Which Computer Shoud I Buy? [RESOLVED]

The Emachine is going to be your best bet since it has a dedicated graphics card.

Moved.

Long story short, all of them will be bad. Here's an excellent budget build I put together for another poster earlier today:
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
Total: $399 ($20 higher at time of checkout because of rebate). No taxes because of buying online, shipping included in budget

not included: windows/peripherals, but you can use the ones you already have. If you can't user your current version of windows, there's not room in your budget for a legal copy of windows 7 (one of the only benefits of cheap pre-made computers = windows discount). You can, however, get windows 8 free & legal by downloading the trial version to a friend's computer, burning it to DVD, and installing as normal:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download

I know this is over budget. But it will game for you like never before (and no games you can't play), and I can't honestly recommend any of the computers you linked above. This is as low as I can get using new components without cringing at lost performance for tiny savings. Considering the amount you seem to have spent on games, I promise you it will be worth it . You may be able to find some deals for used components/systems in the Marketplace on this website, if you have the tech knowledge to know what you're buying. If not, well, the list above works. But wait, you say, isn't building a computer hard? No, it is remarkably easy, as long as you can read. Here is a instructional video you can refer to. It makes computer building seem harder than it is, but is pretty handy for its visuals and pleasant voice:



edit: re: above. The e-machine's dedicated graphics card is years old and will have little to no real gaming power.
Edited by MisterFred - 7/5/12 at 10:41pm

I was about to say upgrade your current system, but I googled it and its so tiny i don't think its worth it. You might think about buying a good case and parts from a yard sale and upgrading the internals. I really need to make a full scale guide on how to do that and post it here. I built a win7 250 gb hd 2core AMD system for $120 last week using a donor and 5 new parts.
Edited by AlderonnX - 7/6/12 at 6:14am

Save money and build a PC from scratch yourself. The investment will be very worthwhile and will last you for years. Not to mention it will be vastly superior to any of the prebuilt computers you researched.

All of the ones you posted are either 2-3 generations old or Slimline with no upgrade future. I would get the Intel. At least when you need to upgrade again good parts will fit back in.

You need to check if it has a PCI-Express slot or AGP for graffics. If it PCI-Express then at least you can get a better GPU

Cheers, Alder
Edited by AlderonnX - 7/6/12 at 6:29am

In that case the Intel system is much better than the other. Neither can play games much beyond Microsoft hearts/6 year old games, but it comes with a legal copy of Microsoft office & is $100 cheaper.