If you really want value for money, I suggest building your own pc. It may sound hard but it is really simple, and there are tons of tutorials on youtube. It will be much cheaper than buying one of those computers, and you will also have a much better pc.

Yup, custom built = save ton of money, those are very crappy value PCs price-wise.

The 1300$ one is overpriced by atleast 500$ and that Inspiron is weaaaak even my 600$ budget build from 2009 is better.

Like the previous posters have said, it's better to get a custom built PC that will suit your needs far better than an OEM one.

But the main problems are, what do you want to do with your PC? (If it's for gaming, then neither of those 2 PCs you listed will last long)

And, do you feel confident enough to build one? If the answer is no (it's not hard to do, and most parts are "foolproof" and can only go in one way), then I'd suggest that you should try to find if there is a store that builds them for you with the components you want. I mean, if there are stores like these here in Spain, there must be some in Canada, right? And the extra cost of them building your PC is not that big.

TBH buy a mediocre PC right now even used 2010 stuff is sufficient and wait 1 year to upgrade. In 1 or 1,5 years you will have hardware that will allow you to play PS4 Xbone "ports" for PC.

Most of the stuff you buy now will be to old in 1 year.

OP: budget isn't a factor...
Everyone else: Go build a custom PC it's CHEAPER!!

never change vgchartz.. never change...

Is it important for it to be pre-built?

OP: "(...) but I'm looking for value for money."

If you don't want to go through the hassle of building the computer yourself, you can digitally put one together on ibuypower.com and they'll make it and deliver it to you.

Also, wait to see if there are any good 4th of july sales (or sales later this year if you can wait) on different parts.

Whatever you do, make sure you get an Nvidia Titan GPU. Those things are even capable of emulating next gen console games.

If you can't build a PC yourself, go to a local hardware store and have them assemble one for you. It's ages better than a Dell piece of crap.

A very generic description for a mid-range system would be something like this:

CPU: i5 Ivy Bridge
RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz or better. Kingston, GSkill, Corsair are brands I like for RAM.
Motherboard: H77 Chipset, Z77 if you overclock(guess not). Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte I like
GPU: The best you can afford. For a mid range system, an AMD HD7870 or nVidia 660Ti etc.
HDD: If you are a gamer, forget about SSDs, just get the biggest hard drive. I like western digital, but seagate is good too.
Optical drive: Whatever
PSU: Depends on your GPU. Brands I like are Enermax & Corsair. Example: If you buy an HD7870 graphics card then a quality 650W PSU like Corsair's TX650 would be a good match.
Case: Coolermaster, Corsair, Thermaltake, whatever, just have it stocked with fans for a "cool experience"

You don't need to understand everything written above, just take it to your guy at the local hardware store and they'll fix you alright.

Umm, no.

Go SSD for OS and program/game boot drive, AND have an HDD for all the other stuff such as data. For a power supply brand, I can also recommend Seasonic.

But I agree with the general setup. Have a local hardware store assemble one for you, dell is not your best option.