Need Help With Pre-Built PC

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Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my old computer and was wanting some advice/opinions on the PCs I've looked at. The main use will be multimedia (music, videos, etc.). I don't plan on doing any gaming on it, but I do have a 24" monitor that it would need to be able to used (not sure how powerful of a graphics card will be needed, but my older computer's resolution was too low to look good on it). As for pre-built vs. building it myself, the main reason is that I need it fairly quick and I don't have any technical/computer knowledge. I've also read that with lower end systems (I'm looking to spend around $600), the price difference isn't too big. Anyways, here are the systems I'm looking at:

Dell ($630):
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
AMD Athlon™ II X3 425 (2.7GHz, 1.5MB)
No Monitor
6GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
640GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB
No Speaker Option
Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio
Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader
No Modem Option

HP ($630):
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8300 [2.5GHz, 4MB L2, 1333MHz FSB]
6GB DDR2-800MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs]
640GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 500GB
512MB ATI Radeon HD 4350 [DVI, HDMI, VGA adapter]
LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
Integrated 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) Ethernet, No wireless LAN
15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, audio
Integrated 7.1 channel sound with front audio ports

Thanks.
 
The number of DIMM's and the installed memory scares me with both builds.

Can you post links to both machines please?

Athlon II's are AM3 which require DDR3.

3 DIMM slots on a socket 775 DDR2 board?
 
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Ish. I don't like either one.

Dell is just crap, and how can HP install 6Gigs of RAM in 3 DIMM's on a Dual Channel motherboard?

It may work, but it will run in single channel. Socket 775 should have 4 DIMM's.

I just don't like either one, tbh.
 
Do you have any suggestions? I looked on Newegg for some pre-built ones, but it seemed like the selection was pretty limited and a lot were from Cyberpower, which I've read are a pain to deal with.
 
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