Is this a good deal?

[bristow84]

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/...eaab13ac2fen02

I don't know much about computers and I want to get into PC gaming. I don't have a lot of money for a custom PC so this seems good for the price. but i would appreciate some experts input.

 

[mazeroth]

That actually doesn't look that bad for an intro to PC gaming. Don't expect high settings on current games but games 1+ years old it should play pretty well. It would be hard to build a PC that cheap.

The nice thing is that processor is pretty beefy for an intro computer so maybe in a year or so, when you get the itch to upgrade, you can drop $150 or so on a new video card and be able to play anything you can throw at it.

 

[teknic111]

If you're hoping to play games that look like this, I'm going to say save your money and buy something better. I don't want to scare you away from PC gaming, but my video card cost more then that entire computer.

 

[bristow84]

i'm not expecting anything amazing from a starting computer. And I know that unless I spend like 5 grand, I will not get anything like BF3. How would that do for current games. Would I be able to play say The Witcher 2 on low to medium settings?

 

[fffblackmage]

The graphics card sucks, but for $400, it's hard to complain about it. Just spend another $100-$200 for a better graphics card, and you'd have a decent gaming rig, though the 6670 should probably be able to handle most games on low-med.