New Gaming PC Owner

Hi Guys, sorry if this is in the wrong place, which if so I'l delete the thread, but i was thinking of buying a gaming pc, instead of having a console, especially for games like the upcoming Battlefield, I have singled out a few I've found, and was wondering if these would be suitable for gaming?

I wouldn't really know where to begin buying all the parts seperately, so am hoping to get a pre-built(?) one. Just wanting to make sure that these PC's would be okay, and which would be better. Thanks for the help,

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-g3609-desktop-pc-10452269-pdt.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/shinobee-HEXACORE-PC-1333-DirectX-DVD-Drive/dp/B00407QR56/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t

I think this thread belongs to hardware discussion?

I bought an Acer Predator about a month ago, not the same one. The graphics card of the Shinobee is better, but it has less RAM. It's up to you, (but for BF3 it'd buy at least a PC with 2gig graphics RAM).

Okay thanks for the quick replies! Would i be able to add more RAM to it down the line if I needed to?

Don't bother with high street PC's like PC world,They usually have cheaper components like the RAM and so on which for a gaming PC is no good,If you have a independent computer shop that custom build PC's go there,They will tell you THE best components and build a wicked gaming PC for you,Usually cheaper(but better quaility) PC.

Yea, you should be fine to add anything later on. Since they are both desktops, you could technically go with either one. I would recommend the Shinobee though because of the 6870, which is pretty high up there on the GPU listings for AMD. That motherboard can also support up to 8GB from what I can tell, which is fairly low for a motherboard (Mine can go to 32GB and the X58 chipset can still get 24GB) but you won't ever really need more than 4GB unless you do a lot of media editing to be completely honest.

Actually, in general, that motherboad is trash. However, you can get that, and then save up some money and when the next generation of CPU's come out, grab a new motherboard and CPU, Bulldozer and Ivy Bridge are pretty close to being around last I heard. You might end up having to change a lot of the parts out, because I'm sure the PSU and RAM aren't all that fancy either.

Go to the pc hardware forum. Give them your budget and they will set you up with a real nice rig. If you're dead set on one of those, definitely get the cheaper one. It's a far better deal than the other.