The E173B is $250 bargain-basement shite. Plus your Vaio has the disadvantage of Being A Vaio.
Dell seem to not do the 1800FP any more; when I bought my Dimension system last year, the 1800FP was a \ufffd500 option.
Here's a review with pics:
[link|http://www.maximumoc.com/reviews/dell1800fp.html|http://www.maximumoc...s/dell1800fp.html]