I'd do a search on Amazon Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more & Newegg Computer Parts, Laptops, Electronics, and More - Newegg.com . That pc is old and a little bit overpriced and it only has onboard graphics. You won't really be able to play any games with it. Yes that is low for a power supply, too.
This one on Amazon is a little bit better and has a low-end video card. https://www.amazon.com/CyberpowerPC...d=1472193979&sr=1-8&keywords=Desktop+Computer
Heres a few on Newegg. Desktop Computers / Desktop PCs: All in One Computers, Gaming Desktops - Newegg.com
Do a search at Staples & Best Buy. You should come around with some sales, as school just begun.
I would love to make my own PC, but I wouldn't know where to start really lol I was considering getting this PC for now and then later on upgrading it's power supply and GPU to something with 4GB of dedicated video memory. Possibly upping the ram to 16GB as well! The board can take 16GB of RAM and supposedly can have the GPU upgraded as well. Is this a bad approach?Not to step on any toes here; but the Amazon link to the CyberPower PC isn't any better than the OP link for the iBuypower PC. Infact the CPU on it is worse....4300 vs 6300.....the 6300 is way better. The mobo in both choices are outdated.
OP: Personally for that kind of money ($500) you'd be better off piecing together a PC and building it yourself. The only thing missing if you go this route is the OS....just keep that in mind. Depending on what type of build (brand - AMD vs Intel) you can save some money on a AMD build.
I would love to make my own PC, but I wouldn't know where to start really lol I was considering getting this PC for now and then later on upgrading it's power supply and GPU to something with 4GB of dedicated video memory. Possibly upping the ram to 16GB as well! The board can take 16GB of RAM and supposedly can have the GPU upgraded as well. Is this a bad approach?
Also, building a PC would be IDEAL, but I wouldn't know how to start honestly.
Thanks for the links and info! Much appreciated!No...not a bad approach at all. In fact that's a nice happy middle route to go.
Just keep in mind that the mobo is a tad outdated....which is using DDR3 RAM.
Note: the first thing I would upgrade is the PSU. Something in the 600 to 750 watt range and either Seasonic, Antec, XFX, EVGA for a brand. This will allow for a nice GPU later on.
Thanks! That's good to know! I will also be needing a DVI to HDMI converter because I'm gonna be using a TV. And a good wireless adapter, the PC doesn't have one built in. What's a good adapter that's not too expensive, but can handle my 70mbps connection? I wouldn't wanna buy one that doesn't work. Thanks guys!For the machine you're building DDR3 would be fine. The speed differences are negligible in real life situations while gaming.
So there would be a noticeable difference between the two? If this PC comes with ddr3, can the board most likely handle ddr4?If you're going low end DDR3 to low end DDR4 you can expect about twice the data transfer rate on the memory, on high end you get about a 33% increase in transfer rates. DDR4 also has lower voltage requirements and 2 - 4 times the memory density.