Dell D430

[rokytnji]

Might think about swapping out the existing 80Gb HDD for a SSD

I did that on the Dell XT2, Compaq CQ57, and my 2 M&A companion netbooks.
Best purchase I ever made. Boots fast. Runs fast. Just one example from one of my single core Atom Netbooks.

http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6131

That is with a Slackware based distro though.  I run Linux-Lite on the Compaq CQ57 also that is dual core, 4gig ram, 180 gig Apple SSD>(came out of a Apple laptop)

I'll give you a hint if you want when looking for a SSD. Look around for a broke laptop (screen busted) but internal specs are SSD.
That is how I got the Apple SSD for 5 bucks.