Ram seems cheap, so I'd probably add some. Thumbs up down on that price? And do you think they will be much cheaper on Amazon in the near future or Black Friday? I was able to play Diablo 3, Deus EX HR, and FFXIV on it for like 5 or so minutes each without any big problems. Haven't tried anything too intensive on it (I only got it last week and have been busy with Fire Emblem Awakening). It sports two 4GB DDR3 RAM (for a total of 8GB) and has Western Digital 1TB Mechanical Hard Disk. My FFXIV benchmark was like 7000-something with the i3/4 GB ram model. The Average power consumption of this PC is about 350W. Holding everything together is the NZXT Source 210 Elite. Is the i5 version much of an upgrade? I think it's about $150 more expensive which is pushing it for what I'd like to spend.Ĭoncerning price, I know there have been some deals through Newegg or somewhere in the past that put them about $350 after a mail-in rebate, but I have a bunch of of Amazon credit and they're listed at $410 (no tax, free shipping) right now. The heart of this system is the Intel Core i3-4170 based on the LGA1150 Platform which has a TDP of 54W. Would the i3 Alpha be a good fit?Ĭoncerning emulators, what can I expect? Can the i3 handle Dolphin and PCSX2? I'd want the PC for exclusives and older games I didn't get around to playing and to mess around with some emulators. Boasting one of the most graphically advanced engines and visuals. I'm looking for something to use on the TV for just gaming (and maybe Kodi I guess?). Metro 2033 and Last Light redux can someone give me the benchmark results of these two cpu's running on these games please. Metro: Last Light follows its predecessor roots by using a heavily customized version of the 4A Engine. I've been a Mac user/console only gamer for decades with virtually zero PC gaming experience since like Doom II. Thief, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Metro: Last Light C ore i3. I'm thinking about picking one of these up and have a few questions.

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