Help me choose a PC!

Hey guys, my laptop recently overheated to the point where it can't play games anymore. I decided to get a desktop. I found two that are sort of old models, but they seem like they would be decent for gaming. I found them for a good price, but I don't know which of these two to choose. Help me out please. =)

1) HP P6503F Pavilion

AMD Athlon II Quad-Core 635 Processor
6 GB DDR-3 Memory
1 TB Hard Drive
512MB ATI Radeon HD5450


2) Acer AM5811-E1512

Intel Core i5 650
6 GB DDR-3 SDRAM
1 TB Hard Drive
512 MB ATI HD4350

Hey guys, my laptop recently overheated to the point where it can't play games anymore. I decided to get a desktop. I found two that are sort of old models, but they seem like they would be decent for gaming. I found them for a good price, but I don't know which of these two to choose. Help me out please. =)

1) HP P6503F Pavilion

AMD Athlon II Quad-Core 635 Processor
6 GB DDR-3 Memory
1 TB Hard Drive
512MB ATI Radeon HD5450


2) Acer AM5811-E1512

Intel Core i5 650
6 GB DDR-3 SDRAM
1 TB Hard Drive
512 MB ATI HD4350

Ikarii_

the former IS better for gaming however i recommend a few ammendments if its within the budget. they also arent that old, like you can barely count them in months ahahaha

the HP is the better machine in the end btu if you want to game your going to want to swap that gpu

if its within your budget here is what i recommend

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161365

this would improve preformance considerably and then you could sell that 5450 for like $25

• What is your budget?
• What games are you playing?
• How comfortable are you with making modifications to the computer (e.g. taking the side off to swap the video card, installing drivers, putting in memory, etc.)?

Good luck,

Boz

Thanks for the responses! My budget is pretty low at moment, and I found those two desktops for fairly cheap at a local computer shop. I was initially going to go with the the HP, but then I noticed the intel i5 cpu on the acer and it looks better. However, I think the intel is dual core on the acer. The HP desktop seems to have a quad core cpu, but I'm not sure if having a quad core means it will be better for gaming. I also heard HP is the better brand for desktops.

I suppose I could eventually upgrade the video card, a friend of mine is good at that type of thing. However, for now I just want a new pc that can play recent games on at least low to medium settings with good frame rate. The games I was playing on my laptop before it crashed were Dragon Age 2 and The Sims 3, so those types of games.

Thanks for the responses! My budget is pretty low at moment, and I found those two desktops for fairly cheap at a local computer shop. I was initially going to go with the the HP, but then I noticed the intel i5 cpu on the acer and it looks better. However, I think the intel is dual core on the acer. The HP desktop seems to have a quad core cpu, but I'm not sure if having a quad core means it will be better for gaming. I also heard HP is the better brand for desktops.

I suppose I could eventually upgrade the video card, a friend of mine is good at that type of thing. However, for now I just want a new pc that can play recent games on at least low to medium settings with good frame rate. The games I was playing on my laptop before it crashed were Dragon Age 2 and The Sims 3, so those types of games.

Ikarii_

budget seriously here.. you could actually be overpaying and not even know it like im ebing real wit chu id never pay for than 550-590 for my suggestion

and no 2 isnt much better maybe 650-660

but you would play all those games you mentioned decently and installing a videocard isnt hard.. nor is removing it. its so easy a -----bag can do it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9x097QRXeA

...I noticed the intel i5 cpu on the acer and it looks better. However, I think the intel is dual core on the acer. The HP desktop seems to have a quad core cpu, but I'm not sure if having a quad core means it will be better for gaming. I also heard HP is the better brand for desktops...Ikarii_