Which gaming PCs are worth buying?
Contributing Reporter
If you're serious about your computer gaming, you're going to want a desktop made for it. Many gamers choose to build their own, selecting the parts that best suit their needs. But to do that, you need the time and money, and it also generally helps to know what you're doing. For those of you lacking in one of these essential qualities, there are plenty of companies that will sell you a great pre-configured gaming PC or even a custom-built one. But which to choose? While we don't really review gaming desktops ourselves here at Engadget, we've gathered opinions from across the web on some recent gaming PCs to help you figure out which one will best suit your individual needs.
Sure, hardcore PC gamers spend a lot of money on their hobby, but maybe they don't have to. The Vanquish II is a solid low-cost gaming PC that TweakTown says offers "great performance on a budget." Indeed, HotHardware found it pulled "reasonably good scores in our benchmarks" despite not being "built to push the bleeding edge of performance." TweakTown also says that the Vanquish II is bested by "larger and more expensive desktops," but upgrading is still an option -- though Digital Trends says the size of its motherboard "limits the amount of extra drives and expansion cards you can add to the system," TweakTown feels that because the case is "quite a bit larger," you can easily "put in a larger motherboard that supports multiple GPUs."
Frank Spinillo contributed to this report.