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The Lenovo you linked is bad for two reasons:
1) Graphics Card. As you already know, it's a low-end card. In terms of performance it's not that much better than your old card.
2) High stats on the wrong parts. What good does a 2000GB hard drive for gaming? How do you ever get to use the 12GB ram?
That is the general problem with pre-builds: the combination of parts is almost always less than optimal.
Let's try to get something better...
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock B75 PRO3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($87.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 500W ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS90 DVD/CD Writer ($24.97 @ Newegg)
Total: $539.46
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-09-02 14:57 EDT-0400)
This leaves some room for changes and other stuff. E.g. this price includes a total of $55 mail-in-rebate, which might not be available when you purchase your parts.
calankh
Member Since 02 Sep 2011Offline Last Active May 17 2013 06:31 PM
#1867807 Need a new Desktop - $600 budget
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on 02 September 2012 - 07:00 PM
