Approximately two months ago I purchased a Vostro 420 tower to use for my home based business. I got the Dell Vostro 420 with an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 (3.0GHz, 12L2Cache, 1333FSB) with 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz - 4DIMMs and a 1TB Serial ATA Hard Drive. If there were an award for speed for a computer (like there is for cars, 1997 the fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land. The current record holder is ThrustSSC , which has achieved 763 mph, or bit less than 1228 km/h over one mile, breaking the sound barrier. ) then I think my Dell Vostro 420 might be in the running. ...