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Is this a good PC for Gaming/Graphic Design?
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Title says it all ... Here are the specs,

Intel Core i5-3570K Processor
8GB DDR3/1600MHz RAM
AMD HD 6450 1 GB Video
GIGABYTE Z77 USB3 & SATA3 MB
1TB SATA3 7200 RPM HD
24X DVD+-R/+-RW Drive

This is what it looks like,
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The price for it is $659, Please tell if if this computer is good for gaming and Graphic Design. If not please tell me what i should need to add on this PC to make it good for those things. Thanks in advance!
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get a better graphics card it you plan on gaming and editing, the 6450 is weak for that kind of stuff.
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tyster44 wrote get a better graphics card it you plan on gaming and editing, the 6450 is weak for that kind of stuff.


What kind of graphics card do you recommend then?
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what is your budget?
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tyster44 wrote what is your budget?


$1000 the most but it wouldn't kill me if i went over a little
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That would be perfect
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tyster44 wrote what is your budget?


$1000 the most but it wouldn't kill me if i went over a little

this is almost the same computer I have and the graphics card will work fine for gaming and editing.

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and it has free shipping, so you would not have to pay and extra $75 for shipping.
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tyster44 wrote
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tyster44 wrote what is your budget?


$1000 the most but it wouldn't kill me if i went over a little

this is almost the same computer I have and the graphics card will work fine for gaming and editing.

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and it has free shipping, so you would not have to pay and extra $75 for shipping.


So the "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video card" is perfect for my situation?
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Sunday wrote
tyster44 wrote
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tyster44 wrote what is your budget?


$1000 the most but it wouldn't kill me if i went over a little

this is almost the same computer I have and the graphics card will work fine for gaming and editing.

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and it has free shipping, so you would not have to pay and extra $75 for shipping.


So the "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video card" is perfect for my situation?

Yeah, my brother has that graphics card and he has never had a problem with it and works perfectly, he almost gets 60fps on bf3 with that graphics card.
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tyster44 wrote
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tyster44 wrote
Sunday wrote
tyster44 wrote what is your budget?


$1000 the most but it wouldn't kill me if i went over a little

this is almost the same computer I have and the graphics card will work fine for gaming and editing.

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and it has free shipping, so you would not have to pay and extra $75 for shipping.


So the "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video card" is perfect for my situation?

Yeah, my brother has that graphics card and he has never had a problem with it and works perfectly, he almost gets 60fps on bf3 with that graphics card.


Thanks so much! I hate lag on anything, +Rep for you
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