A buddy of mine wants to be able to play Shogun 2 and Battlefield 3 on low-medium settings. He doesn't want to go over $700, but would be willing to go to 750 if need be. Based on the recommended specs I think he needs a quad core. Because he needs EVERYTHING, a monitor, windows, case, mouse, keyboard, etc a custom build is somewhat out of budget and he also wants to get this system as soon as possible so I could not talk him into building.
That being said I still want to help him get the best system for his money and was wondering what you guys thought about this....
Newegg.com - Gateway DX Series DX4350-UR21P (PT.GBYP2.003) Desktop PC Phenom II X6 1065T(2.9GHz) 6GB DDR3 1.5TB HDD Capacity ATI Radeon HD 4250 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Anything else that is better/cheaper? He doesn't need anything near 1.5 tb of HDD space, but this seems to be the best deal. That leaves 250 or so to play around with for a monitor and gpu. But seeing that the stock psu is only 300w will he need to upgrade that too? If so, does this tiny case even really allow for that to be possible? Any psus in mind?
Thanks
That being said I still want to help him get the best system for his money and was wondering what you guys thought about this....
Newegg.com - Gateway DX Series DX4350-UR21P (PT.GBYP2.003) Desktop PC Phenom II X6 1065T(2.9GHz) 6GB DDR3 1.5TB HDD Capacity ATI Radeon HD 4250 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Anything else that is better/cheaper? He doesn't need anything near 1.5 tb of HDD space, but this seems to be the best deal. That leaves 250 or so to play around with for a monitor and gpu. But seeing that the stock psu is only 300w will he need to upgrade that too? If so, does this tiny case even really allow for that to be possible? Any psus in mind?
Thanks