"PC Gaming Puts Other Platforms to Shame in GAMES, RESPECT, and DEALS"

[WilliamWatts]

HappySqurriel said:

Please show me this magical PC build for $400 that I won't need to replace with a new $400 system in 12 to 18 months. Be sure to include a motherboard, memory, cpu, graphics card, audio card (although I will accept onboard audio), hard-drive, case, power-supply and licenced version of Windows. Show me benchmarks that will lead me to believe that this system will handle a game like Starwars: The Old Republic above minimum settings and above 800x600 when a guild decides to have a 100 man raid in the zone you're playing in.

You can do it with $500 with a PC you don't have to build yourself if you start with a reasonably priced $400 HP with a strong dual core processor and an HD 5670. This is about 40% more powerful than my second system my girlfriend uses to play games on which has an Athlon X2 2.5Ghz and an HD 4670.