Will this play diablo 3 and wow well?

[Deleted]

Hi all, so a friend of mine wants to buy a new pc and she doesn't know anything about pcs and asked me for help ( which i don't know much either , but at least i use this site often! )

Anyway she only plays WoW and wants to play Diablo 3 too and that's it . So she doesn't want a very expensive pc just for two games. She wants to buy this, but is it good enough?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/deskto...59621-pdt.html

Nvidia says that graphics card can play diablo 3 "the way it's ment to played" but looking more online most people think that card is pretty bad . She doesn't want to play those 2 games on ultra settings or whatever , medium-high is fine . Also she doesn't want the pc or graphics card to be obsolete with the new wow expansion that will come out.

Can i get your opinions on that pc please?

[Deleted]

Maybe it's me or maybe the website is down. either way I cannot open your link and view what you have posted.

[Deleted]

The website is having some problems i think since i had to try a few times too to get it working. I'll write some of the more important things it has :

Processor AMD A8-5500 3.2 GHz processor
- 4 MB cache

Operating System Windows 8

RAM 4 GB DDR3 (1 x 4 GB)

Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 (1 GB dedicated), with hardware video editing acceleration.

Hard drive 1 TB

[TwentyTwelve]

Junk - Would play well at low settings maybe? Could build a decent rig for around £450 in my opinion for high settings.

Look for a computer with an I5 3570k / GPU combo. would perform much better.

[Succath]

Just for people who cannot see the link

General Information Processor AMD A8-5500 3.2 GHz processor

- 4 MB cache
Operating System Windows 8
RAM 4 GB DDR3 (1 x 4 GB)
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 (1 GB dedicated), with hardware video editing acceleration.
Hard drive 1 TB
Optical disk drive DVD writer SATA
Memory card reader 6-in-1 memory card reader
USB - USB 3.0 x 2
- USB 2.0 x 4
Modem/Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
WiFi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth No
Video interface - HDMI
- DVI-D
- DVI-I
Sound Beats Audio™ Console; High Definition Audio 7.1
Keyboard & Mouse - USB keyboard
- USB optical mouse
Accessories included - Guide user manual
- 300W AC power adapter
Software included - Windows Store
- Microsoft Windows Live Essentials
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Beats Audio console
- CyberLink PowerDVD
- HP Connected Remote
- HP Connected Photo
- HP Games Console
- Skype
- HP Connected Music
*Buy Microsoft Office to activate Office software on this PC
Size - Unboxed: 368 x 165 x 389 mm (L x W x D)
- Boxed: 496 x 240 x 518 mm (L x W x D)
Weight - Unboxed: 8 kg
- Boxed: 10.5 kg

tbh i think this pc is a bit lacking on video card and internal memory
But i`m also not an expert in this.

[potis]

Can it run the games? Yes.

Will it play them smoothly? No.

Thats a very weird built..They put an APU, with a GPU as horrible as the GPU inside the CPU

Basically its a pile of junk meant for youtube/facebook.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£95.87 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£37.15 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.00 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1GB Video Card (£106.61 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.87 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.61 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £419.08
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-19 11:34 BST+0100)

This will serve her much better for what she wants.

Put a single 8GB in case she needs another 8 in the future (Highly unlikely..but just in case..)

Kept the price as low as possible, and didnt add Windows, no idea if you have them..

[Deleted]

If possible don't go for something like HP or Asus or whatever pre-build computer. They usually have decent processors, good amount of RAM and HDD space but the GPUs are absolute shit. And even if you find one with a decent GPU it'll be overpriced as fuck.

[Deleted]

Thank you all for your answers , i was comparing mine to that one she wants to buy and i thought it was an ok pc . Since i am fine with how mine handles those two games. The only problem i have is that i don't know how to compare the graphics cards, which is better. So i will write here for some extra comparison, if it's like mine ( or better) then she should have no problem with them since i like how they work for me

Mine :
Processor : AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00 Ghz
Memory (RAM) : 6 GB
Graphics Card : Nvidia GT 220 Series

Linked PC :
Processor : AMD A8-5500 3.2 GHz processor -4MB cache
Memory ( RAM) : 4 GB
Graphics Card : Nvidia GeForce GT 620 ( 1 GB dedicated), with hardware video editing acceleration.

[TwentyTwelve]

Why make a thread asking about it if your just gonna go with the computer anyway, waste of money...
A quick search for i5 3570k found me this on Ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-I5-3...item20cf24ad8b

For a little bit more, would perform a hell of a lot better, but it's your money i guess.

For WoW intel CPUs are always better, and the GPU you listed, both, are garbage.

[Deleted]

Personally, when it comes to gaming computers, I choose to either buy a preowned one off of ebay that's in decent condition with good specs, or if buying brand new, I have it custom built because every computer I tend to see in a computer store is reasonable when wanting to multi task at a cheap price but terrible for gaming. Computer gamers don't tend to buy computers from a shop as they're aimed more at the general populace and the majority don't want a computer for gaming, they want it for work/multi-tasking

[potis]

Thank you all for your answers , i was comparing mine to that one she wants to buy and i thought it was an ok pc . Since i am fine with how mine handles those two games. The only problem i have is that i don't know how to compare the graphics cards, which is better. So i will write here for some extra comparison, if it's like mine ( or better) then she should have no problem with them since i like how they work for me

Mine :
Processor : AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00 Ghz
Memory (RAM) : 6 GB
Graphics Card : Nvidia GT 220 Series

Linked PC :
Processor : AMD A8-5500 3.2 GHz processor -4MB cache
Memory ( RAM) : 4 GB
Graphics Card : Nvidia GeForce GT 620 ( 1 GB dedicated), with hardware video editing acceleration.

Why do you waste our time if you aint gonna listen?

The PC you want her to buy is a pile of junk, you are gonna waste 380 pounds.

[Fluorescent0]

Get the build potis suggested, it's miles ahead of the one you posted. The 620 is barely a video card and AMD CPUs are pretty bad for wow.

[Toffie]

It's not even funny how huge difference there is between the junk PC you linked and the one potis provided, please don't waste your money mate.