A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Sister & the Gaming PC.

Theloftyraven

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Alright, so let me begin by saying...

Hello! I am a new member and have the pleasure of bringing you a question that might be probably one of the trickiest questions this forum will ever handle..

The Dilemma: My sister has promised to buy me a computer for graduation, however.. there are a lot of obstacles to go around. What she says goes, and that's the end of that. So here are her rules..

    ■You may not make it yourself - it has to be prebuilt.
    ■It cannot be refurbished.
    ■It must be under $700.
    ■Try to get it from Best Buy - because "I have a Best Buy Card. -insert smile here-"
    ■The lower the price, the better the chances of you getting it.


Now, if you don't see the dilemma yet.. maybe this will help..

My Hopes for this Computer:

    ■I want to be able to play Guild Wars 2, League of Legends, Minecraft, WoW, ■Perfect World International and its affiliate games comfortably.


I have a friend who consistently tells me that it's going to be almost impossible to find anything that can do that well, under 700 dollars.

But there is some light in this dark tunnel!

I'm not looking for 140 FPS, I used to play WoW on a 2002 Integrated intel graphics card very comfortably. Comfort to me is anything where I am not drastically exploding at my computer because I just died in a raid, or in a team fight (if this were League of Legends) because my computer decided "LETS GIVE HIM 2 FPS!"

I'm not looking for fanciness!
I don't need a screen, I've got one!

Any who, these are some of the things I've found (and what concerns me about them):

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/CyberPowerPC+-+Gamer+Ultra+Desktop+-+8GB+Memory+-+1TB+Hard+Drive/6897999.p?id=1218811215113&skuId=6897999

- I don't know the processor's strength at all. My friend tells me the Graphics card is a bit too far back for some Guild Wars 2 action.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227459

- TOP OF THE BUDGET.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883258019

- Processor and Graphics Card scare me again.. and it's from Newegg (which isn't a bad thing, but my sister will be less inclined to get it.)


Thanks to everyone who will and are replying!
Best of wishes to all.
 
Best advice I can give is the same I gave an old neighbor of mine. Pick out the computer, and make sure the motherboard has a PCIe 16x slot. That way you can get the computer, and install a video card later if you want/need to. APUs have also come a long way so you might get good enough from one of them. Can't help more then that. I don't follow prebuilds.
 

voiidwulf

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Definitely go for this one. The GT 620 is better than the GT 610 found in those other ones , and the i5 is much more powerful too. According to Asus's website it has a 350W PSU, so you would be able to upgrade to something like this quite easily.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/XFX+-+Graphic+Card/6241315.p?id=1218721480395&skuId=6241315&st=graphic%20card&cp=1&lp=48&AID=10597222&PID=5656028&SID=SPM_7700ser&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2FXFX%2B-%2BGraphic%2BCard%2F6241315.p%3Fid%3D1218721480395%26amp%3BskuId%3D6241315%26amp%3Bst%3Dgraphic+card%26amp%3Bcp%3D1%26amp%3Blp%3D48&ref=39&CJPID=5656028&loc=01

Even without the upgrade it will be able to play the games you mentioned quite well.