Is this a good mid-high range gaming PC and is it for a good price?

[Ronald Nand]

I might be getting a new gaming PC for my birthday so I was doing some research and this one looked good its called: HP Pavilion 500-007A Desktop. The specs are:

Processor - AMD Quad Core A10
Processor Speed- 3.70 GHz
Processor Max Speed- 4.3 GHz
RAM - 16 GB Ram (2 x 8GB)
Hard Drive Size- 3TB
Hard Drive Type - SATA
Hard Drive Speed - 7200
Graphics Card- AMD Radeon HD 8570 Dedicated
Graphics Hard- 2GB Dedicated

Price - $1599

The idea is I'll buy this PC and from now on buy new parts to replace outdated parts as they become outdated. I'm not interested in running games on ultra, I just want the PC to run the latest games on medium/high and run them smoothly. So are the specs good for what I want, and is this a good price?

P.S- Also I need to buy a monitor too, can anyone tell me what kind of monitor specs I should look for and what price is reasonable?

Thanks

 

[AWAR]

I wouldn't recommend this at all, it will get outdated very soon, it probably can't be upgraded very easily and it's just way too expensive for what it offers. I don't know much about pricing in Australia but I'm positive you can build the same system for less than half this price.
Find a shop that does custom builds and specify something that is speced decently, like the excellent tier in this website.

 

[SnowyGamester]

Are you serious right now? That garbage is $1599? No. Don't buy that. I mean fuck I know prebuilts can be overpriced but damn that is a joke. Without going through all the pricing I'd estimate that's worth maybe half that on a good day. Wow.

That being said, you spend that much and get what you're paying for you will run most new releases on ultra smoothly. Not with that piece of crap though.

edit: Ninja'd!

 

[Ronald Nand]

My parents aren't going to buy parts, they'll only build a prebuilt PC. What specs are reasonable for buying $1500-$2000, and also what shops in Australia will give me a good price, the computer I listed was from Harvey Norman so i figured it would be overpriced.

Edit:

I found two other PC's that seem good:
http://www.jw.com.au/gmr-evolution-gaming-desktop-p-14883
http://www.jw.com.au/gmr-evolution-pro-gaming-desktop-p-14884

 

[AWAR]

My parents aren't going to buy parts, they'll only build a prebuilt PC. What specs are reasonable for buying $1500-$2000, and also what shops in Australia will give me a good price, the computer I listed was from Harvey Norman so i figured it would be overpriced.

Edit:

I found two other PC's that seem good:
http://www.jw.com.au/gmr-evolution-gaming-desktop-p-14883
http://www.jw.com.au/gmr-evolution-pro-gaming-desktop-p-14884

This shop lets specify the PC to your specs, go to Computers/ desktops/ build your own custom pc Enter the components from the link i gave you previously and you will be good. Don't opt in for useless stuff like extended warranties, software, tuner cards etc. Also note that you don't need a sound card because your motherboard has one already.

 

[Ronald Nand]

My parents aren't going to buy parts, they'll only build a prebuilt PC. What specs are reasonable for buying $1500-$2000, and also what shops in Australia will give me a good price, the computer I listed was from Harvey Norman so i figured it would be overpriced.

Edit:

I found two other PC's that seem good:
http://www.jw.com.au/gmr-evolution-gaming-desktop-p-14883
http://www.jw.com.au/gmr-evolution-pro-gaming-desktop-p-14884

This shop lets specify the PC to your specs, go to Computers/ desktops/ build your own custom pc Enter the components from the link i gave you previously and you will be good. Don't opt in for useless stuff like extended warranties, software, tuner cards etc. Also note that you don't need a sound card because your motherboard has one already.

What tier should I be looking at if I'm mainly interested in running the games on medium/high settings, like i said I don't really care about running games on ultra. Also are there some parts where I should have a higher tier or lower tier or should I just try and all the parts on the same tier.

 

[AWAR]

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Get an i5 4670 (non "K" variant), 8 gigs of ram, a gtx 760 and a decent Z77 motherboard (preferably not Asrock).

 

[Ronald Nand]

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Get an i5 4670 (non "K" variant), 8 gigs of ram, a gtx 760 and a decent Z77 motherboard (preferably not Asrock).

Ok, so I was experimenting with the site and I was wondering what to do with Network Card and Keyboard/Mouse section of the site. Also when you say sound card is built into the motherboard is that the case for all motherboards or do some models not come with sound cards. Also should I go for Solid State or Hard Disk Drive

 

[AWAR]

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All motherboards currently on the market have integrated audio and network, if you're using Wi-Fi to connect to the internet you should consider buying a wireless network card. As for the mouse/keyboard, it's a matter of personal preference.
The ideal would be to have one 128gb Solid state for your operating system and games and a separate 1tb hard disk drive for your other data etc. Note that Solid State drives do not increase gaming performance, they do however eliminate loading times and make your PC to boot faster.

 

[ZhannaKhaslik]

I agree, that is way to expensive for the given specs. You can buy a notebook with better specs for less money.

Here's another desktop with (mostly) better specs, for about $400 less: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220450

[EDIT: For some reason, clicking the link won't work. If you copy and paste it to your address bar though, it should work.]

I'm not saying to buy that one either; it's just an example (although I think ASUS is an excellent brand, so you might consider it). Newegg is a decent place to look, both for pre-built PCs and for parts.

I'm no expert by any stretch. I haven't kept up with PC technology for almost 8 years now, but I hope this helps a bit.