(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I am thinking of buying my son a new computer for Christmas and was wandering if anyone who knows a lot about PC's could help me determine if You must login or register to view this content. is good enough for running games like Crisis 2 & BF3 etc? (I really don't know much about computers. :lol Also would this be suitable for running emulators like Dolphin and PCSX2 at a normal FPS? If there is any other hardware you would recommend I get installed please let me know. Cheers:y:

whats your budget?
could you build a pc yourself/know anyone who can? - would get you better value for money

the pc you linked is pretty poor for gaming

Thanks for your response DT. I'm willing to spend about $800 USD on it. I wouldn't have a clue on how to build my own rig, only thing I've ever done was upgrade my RAM lol. With Xmas just around the corner I don't think I would get enough time to learn how, even thou I would prefer to build my own together with my son. Work is just to busy this time of year for me.

do u need everything for $700, including keyboard/mouse/monitor etc...?

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look for a pc with intel i3 + HD6870 graphics card :y:

can build a decent one with those for around $600-$700,might find one pre-built

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Nope, it would be just the tower. I already have wireless keyboard'n'mouse and a 32inch LCD we use as our monitor.

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Ok you convinced me to build my own, I was reading up on it and it doesn't seem as difficult as I expected. I'm sure I could manage it before xmas. I'll order everything in the picture and I'll get one of my nerd mates to help me out lol Cheers Derek, thanks for your help. :y:

no probs, ive just recently built my first pc and its pretty easy - you cant really fuk up, just get an anti-static band







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also, if you could up your budget a little this would be a pretty good gaming build

CPU
i5 2500K You must login or register to view this content. $219.99
Motherboard
ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3 You must login or register to view this content. $154.99
RAM
G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB 2x DDR3 1600 You must login or register to view this content. $49.99
Graphics card
ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU You must login or register to view this content. $164.99
PSU
XFX CORE 550W You must login or register to view this content. 69.99
HDD
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB You must login or register to view this content. $59.99
CASE
HAF 912 You must login or register to view this content. $59.99
Cooler
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 You must login or register to view this content. $26.00

Total $805.93

looks pretty shady.