I originally bought a very similar unit from Newegg awhile ago. Well, my wife and I needed a new computer for school, so, we tried, and Newegg dropped the ball twice (never even processed the order in 6 weeks, and holding my money while they were not processing my order).Amazon was amazing because not only did they have multiple of this computer available, they had better for less money. Thus, my wife has a really great school computer for less than what I was expecting to pay. The machine/unit I received is very quiet, it boots right up with minimal to no lag, is responsive, and does everything we need it to do. We haven't tried video games on it but, I doubt any issues with high speed video games...