building a gaming pc?

[mbowman309]

My son is interested in getting a gaming pc, but the one he has his sights on has an i3 processor and 4 gigf memory. Would I be better off buying a standard pc with i5 processor and 8 gig memory and adding a good video card, like a Gtx 970? Is there something I am missing?

 

[BadActor]

No, the i5 will perform as good or better in most games and the extra memory (8 GB's) is considered the minimum for modern games.