Would this PC play the games i have?

[xBCxRangers]

Asked and answered, and no need anymore for the PC. You can lock the thread.

And thank you for the points.

[Cathulhu]

That is an office computer completely incapable of gaming besides games with the most basic requirements.

That CPU is mainly for low powered tablets.
There is no dedicated videocard so you have just 15 Watt power for both the CPU and GPU, which is pitiful.

If you want it for simple office work and watching the occasional video, it would be fine. But for gaming it's completely underpowered.

[Zef]

I get wanting something cheap and with a small form factor but you'll be lucky if you can run minecraft on that thing. It doesn't even have a GPU.

Now if it had an APU , you might at least do some light gaming on it, but this?

Forget it.

This is not meant for gaming.

[ImperatorPavel]

Publicado originalmente por Zef:

I get wanting something cheap and with a small form factor but you'll be lucky if you can run minecraft on that thing. It doesn't even have a GPU.

Now if it had an APU , you might at least do some light gaming on it, but this?

Forget it.

This is not meant for gaming.

To be fair to xBCx, I think he's mentioned the most modern game he uses on his actual computer is one of the older Mount and Blades, which does have lower system requirements than Minecraft.

[xBCxRangers]

Here are some of the games.

Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30 w/mods.

Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood w/mods.

COD 1

COD United Front

COD 2 w/mods.

Sniper Elite 1.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein w.mods.

Men of Valor

Elite Forces Vietnam

Red Orchestra Ostront

Mount and Blade Warband, w many mods

MOH Pacific Assault (EA)

MOH Allied Assault (EA)

Battlegrounds 2

Brass Brigade

Those are just some.

[Zef]

Publicado originalmente por ImperatorPavel:

Publicado originalmente por Zef:

I get wanting something cheap and with a small form factor but you'll be lucky if you can run minecraft on that thing. It doesn't even have a GPU.

Now if it had an APU , you might at least do some light gaming on it, but this?

Forget it.

This is not meant for gaming.

To be fair to xBCx, I think he's mentioned the most modern game he uses on his actual computer is one of the older Mount and Blades, which does have lower system requirements than Minecraft.

There are better ways to have a small form factor pc still capable of running games that buying a GPU-less NUC.

It's a bad idea in general.

[Zef]

Publicado originalmente por xBCxRangers:

Here are some of the games.

Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30 w/mods.

Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood w/mods.

COD 1

COD United Front

COD 2 w/mods.

Sniper Elite 1.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein w.mods.

Men of Valor

Elite Forces Vietnam

Red Orchestra Ostront

Mount and Blade Warband, w many mods

MOH Pacific Assault (EA)

MOH Allied Assault (EA)

Battlegrounds 2

Brass Brigade

Those are just some.

I could go pick you up a 10 year old PC from dupster parts that would perform better then the NUC you've shared.

It's a bad purchase and bad idea for what you want to use it for.

[lsdninja]

Publicado originalmente por Zef:

I could go pick you up a 10 year old PC from dupster parts that would perform better then the NUC you've shared.

It's a bad purchase and bad idea for what you want to use it for.

Bear in mind that Rangers is supposedly using a 20 year old PC from dumpster parts ;)

[BJWyler]

Honestly, I would try looking at the outlet sections of some of the PC manufacturer sites, like Dell or HP. You can pick up some nice refurbished machines for a big discount. I did that with a couple of laptops.

You might pay a little more than these Amazon things, but even if you get something halfway decent, you can future proof yourself for the next decade or so.

[Piston Smashed™]

That thing could have 32 GB memory and it still be no good unless you plan on using it to keep your door open. After having a quick look on Amazon there are plenty of old desktops going cheap although a lot with onboard graphics if your lucky but you can find some PC's going with dedicated graphics fairly cheap, how good they are is another matter but they are renewed, come with windows 10. So, maybe you could find something there.

A few I found quickly, which would be well better than that little box thing. I know they are old office PC's with some lipstick and a dress slapped on them to make them more appealing if you look around you might find a bargain, just don't buy anything like you posted.

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Optiplex-9010-Desktop-Computer/dp/B08L42TQW4

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Desktop-Computer-Keyboard-Bluetooth/dp/B0CFRPPWQ5

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Desktop-Computer-Keyboard-Bluetooth/dp/B0CFRN22QL

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Desktop-GeForce-Bluetooth-Keyboard/dp/B0BNH3VJ6L

[Rusalky]

That 2nd option is just missing a bit better CPU graphics card. Choose model with AMD 5700U processor and GPU (light gaming/office), it should suffice for the games you have listed for around 260 US$ total. Cheap, but still upgradable RAM, even GPU, Windows 11 PRO licence included.

[rawWwRrr]

Publicado originalmente por xBCxRangers:

I only play 2003 to 2006 era games. And i'd like to stream Ge Force Now, that i already do thru my Xbox. 800x600 at 30 frames is fine.

I'm not looking for a big investment, and would only be done due to being gouged by Mr Newell. Anyhow, here's my "boomer" PC i've been looking at.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVLS7ZHP [..snipped all the useless parts of the URL]

If you want this form factor, at least get one of the Ryzen APU powered models.

https://www.amazon.com/Beelink-SER5-4-0GHz-Graphics-Computer/dp/B0BCQKFP47

I've got two of these running as HTPC for my TVs and should be able to provide enough horsepower for what you're wanting to do.

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

$151 for that?

grab yourself an dell optiplex with i5 in it for $50 used and put a gt730 in it for another $50

$100 bux u got gaming pc on budget

this will allow u to play games up to 2015 era at 1080p 60 fps

[lsdninja]

I looked in to the CPU in the first PC Rangers linked and it’s one of those new “Atoms” that use the exact same “Gracemont” architecture as the e-cores in a 12th or 13th Gen Core-branded processor. You’re basically getting the rough equivalent of a 6th Gen i3 or i5 in a 12-15W power envelope.

[lsdninja]

Publicado originalmente por xBCxRangers:

That would work?

There’s likely no Windows 7 support, but it should run your collection of early to mid-noughts games just fine (RtCW only requires a Pentium 3 for crying out loud) :P

[rawWwRrr]

Publicado originalmente por xBCxRangers:

Publicado originalmente por rawWwRrr:

If you want this form factor, at least get one of the Ryzen APU powered models.

https://www.amazon.com/Beelink-SER5-4-0GHz-Graphics-Computer/dp/B0BCQKFP47

I've got two of these running as HTPC for my TVs and should be able to provide enough horsepower for what you're wanting to do.

That would work?

Far better than your original choice. Why settle for decades old tech when for a few dollars more you can get something more modern and efficient. Windows 11 is going run like crap on the N100. It has barely enough to qualify as Win 11 compatible. Then you're going to want to run things on it when it's barely chugging away to make Win 11 work. With the 5650U, or even $30 for the 5700U, you get all the benefits of Zen3 architecture. Higher clock speeds, more cores, more cache, Win 11+ compliant, etc.

Granted, these NUCs are all using mobile processors so they're not going to compete with the PC versions, but anything is better than the N100. You're still not going to run modern GPU heavy games, but for the list of games that you want to play, you'd have more than enough to do that.

Those Beelinks have space to add a 2.5" SSD inside. There's a small ribbon cable that comes in the box for it. You can grab a 2TB 2.5" PNY for $89 right now. So if you wanted to install your games locally instead of streaming them, you can easily add the space to do that and cheaply right now.