Thread:Black Pearl 666/@comment-5518179-20151011021106/@comment-26901407-20151011041117

Well, lets start with the processor. After a bit of review the most demanding game for your CPU on this list is Minecraft.

To begin with ill link some comparison videos as I don't myself play any videos on this list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeRKD1gnaDM shows minecraft being played on a Intel Pentium G3220 at the listed description speeds of a minimum 13 FPS, Average 22 FPS, and Maxium of 22 FPS. This is not a playable framerate. Since Minecraft uses your CPU almost entirely we can tell that for gaming, a Intel Pentium G3220 is not the optimal choice for this price range. My advice to you would be to skip the Intel Pentium G3220 and go instead for a AMD A10 7700K Quad Core (3.5-3.8) GHz Processor. As we can see from the following video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNrqu5KToR4 video, this is a much smoother experience of anywhere from 50 to 331 FPS. (Note that both PC's were using 8GB of DDR3 1866 Mhz Ram and Minecraft is nearly entirely CPU based).

As for the RAM, Its fine. 8GB DDR3 1600-2133Mhz Ram is enough to play most any game you want at 1080p today if your other requirements are met, and with the games listed is more than fine. So this falls on the low end of requirements past this point. I personally would upgrade to 16GB DDR3, In fact, on Ibuypower there is a free promo for the PC im going to recommend you buy to upgrade you to 16GB of DDR3 2133MHz RAM for free, but we will get to that in a moment.

As for the HDD, you never actually listed wether its going to be a 5400, 7200, or 10,000 RPM Drive, nor its brand. But for all intents and purposes I'm just going to assume 7200RPM. As far as the RPM is concerned, this is fine for the games listed. And A terabyte is more than enough space for all of these games (and many, many more similar ones) so you should be fine.

As for the GPU, Since I myself do not use a Nvidia GeForce GT 610 i took the liberty of watching gameplay FPS test videos for a few of the games you listed. Its a fine GPU, sure, but its pretty old and there are better ones at a very cheap cost if you dont mind going just a SMIDGE over $500. Before I begin I feel that I need to say that I am not a AMD fanboy, nor do I personally feel they make better GPU's than Nvidia at a higher price point. Now that being said,  pitted against a AMD Radeon R7 250 2GB Edition from AMD, the performance of the Nvidia GeForce GT 610 is lacking in comparison in Team Fortress 2. Whereas the Nvidia GeForce GT 610 is netting between 48-55 FPS in most of the titles you listed(including TF2) the AMD Radeon R7 250 2GB does a much better 60+ FPS at a fairly constant rate.

So my recommendation personally at the price point you have given is instead to buy this computer http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/AMD-FM2-A-Series-APU as it gives a better CPU, GPU, a 1TB 7200 RPM HDD as requested, and a free upgrade to 16GB DDR3-2133Mhz Ram instead of 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM like your aiming for. And if you don't mind going just $75 up and paying $574 instead of the $499 it currently costs, switching the GPU from Integrated Graphics to the AMD Radeon R7 250 2GB Edition.

This PC is about the same in cost, has a much better CPU, a marginally better GPU, The 1TB 7200RPM HDD you requested, 16GB DDR3 2133Mhz RAM and a AMD Radeon R7 250 2GB GPU, which again, marginally outperforms the Nvidia GeForce GT 610 GPU.

Again, this is just my recommendation for the $500 rough price point I was given, not what I honestly believe the better manufacturer is. And yes, the specs in the system I recommend can and do handle all of the listed games at 60 FPS and above fairly easily and will allow your friend to play the listed games any time she wants. Note that it will struggle with AAA modern titles, but given the choice of games listed I don't see that as a problem. Goodnight and good day.