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galaxyblast wrote Its a lot better and cheaper to just build your own.
The graphics card in this is pretty old and outdated, its got a quad core processor when six cores are recommended for gaming.
It has a good amount of RAM and hard drive capacity. But those are not very important when it comes to gaming. Only 4GB of RAM is really all you need and you should be putting most of your budget into a good processor and video card.
I recommend a Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or an AMD Radeon HD 7770 (Which is what I have and it runs amazingly). And for the processor I would recommend either and Intel i7 3930K 6-core or an AMD FX-6100 CPU.


A GTX 470 isn't that old, but there are better alternatives. Six cores are not recommended for gaming...for one, games don't even max out a 2500k so having a 3960x for example would be a waste. Also, AMD is terrible, when it comes to both CPU and their high end GPU market.


Well i have an AMD processor and video card and it runs absolutely amazingly.
Just saying from my experience with gaming PCs. And I'm not say 4 cores is bad, because its not, just if your a hardcore gamer/video editor it doesn't hurt to do a little overkill. You never know when someone will release that resource demanding game/program.


I was referring to higher end AMD cards such as the 7950 and 7970 for example both get rocked by a GTX 670 in most occasions. An i3-2100 out performs the AMD 8150 which is double the price, especially in gaming and single threaded applications. By the time someone releases a game that will be fully programmed to utilize 6 cores to its full extent, the chances of him having the same rig are slim. If you don't believe me, here's proof.

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Generation wrote
galaxyblast wrote
Generation wrote
galaxyblast wrote Its a lot better and cheaper to just build your own.
The graphics card in this is pretty old and outdated, its got a quad core processor when six cores are recommended for gaming.
It has a good amount of RAM and hard drive capacity. But those are not very important when it comes to gaming. Only 4GB of RAM is really all you need and you should be putting most of your budget into a good processor and video card.
I recommend a Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or an AMD Radeon HD 7770 (Which is what I have and it runs amazingly). And for the processor I would recommend either and Intel i7 3930K 6-core or an AMD FX-6100 CPU.


A GTX 470 isn't that old, but there are better alternatives. Six cores are not recommended for gaming...for one, games don't even max out a 2500k so having a 3960x for example would be a waste. Also, AMD is terrible, when it comes to both CPU and their high end GPU market.


Well i have an AMD processor and video card and it runs absolutely amazingly.
Just saying from my experience with gaming PCs. And I'm not say 4 cores is bad, because its not, just if your a hardcore gamer/video editor it doesn't hurt to do a little overkill. You never know when someone will release that resource demanding game/program.


I was referring to higher end AMD cards such as the 7950 and 7970 for example both get rocked by a GTX 670 in most occasions. An i3-2100 out performs the AMD 8150 which is double the price, especially in gaming and single threaded applications. By the time someone releases a game that will be fully programmed to utilize 6 cores to its full extent, the chances of him having the same rig are slim. If you don't believe me, here's proof.

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You have a point, and it is a fact the Nvidia is better than AMD, but if you are on a tight budget (like i was) than a Radeon will work just fine, as long as it is fairly new, like an HD 6890. And as long as the video card can hold a constant 40fps there isn't much of a point in getting a better card, unless you want to do some hard core video editing. But still, when it comes to gaming, 30fps is almost exactly the same as 300fps. It isn't really a noticeable difference, unless the card cant hold anything above 30fps, then its time for an upgrade.
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