Before you call me crazy let me explain. I've bought this computer for gaming twice now. You won't be gaming with this out of the box, but with a few relatively cheap upgrades you can literally play everything at respectable settings. There are 3 things you MUST upgrade; RAM, Hard Drive and GPU.Starting with the GPU: What you need is a low profile GPU, the type that doesn't require additional power. The Nvidia 1030 GT is perfect. It's about $65 everywhere.Next, the Hard Drive: The HDD included on this system is total garbage. It will be the biggest bottleneck to performance. I upgraded it to a Samsung EVO 960 1TB SSD for $109.Finally, the RAM: *VERY IMPORTANT - PAY ATTENTION* You could just stick with the 8GB of RAM that comes with the system. Isn't great, but since it's the 21st century you should really upgrade. Personally, I went with 32GB. That's a lot. More than you need for gaming really. Here is the important thing to note though. You CANNOT use normal RAM you would use in most other PCs. What you need is low voltage RAM. When you are selecting RAM you are looking for PC3L somewhere in the name. the "L" stands for low voltage. Most RAM runs at 1.5v. You NEED RAM that runs at 1.35v. Basically laptop RAM. Systems that run on 1.5v RAM will run fine with 1.35 RAM, but the lower voltage systems, like this one, will not run with the 1.5v RAM. Just make sure you get the right kind or it won't work. The 32GB I bought was about $130,So all together I got an i5 PC running at 3.2GHz, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 10 series GPU for around $475. That's a full on gaming PC for under $500. The way the actual box is set up makes upgrades and repairs really easy as well. Everything is super modular, even more so than most PCs. The one thing I'd watch out for is the Power Supply. It's a little small and you will eventually burn it out. I haven't done so yet, but it's really inevitable. Fortunately replacements for this PC are about $25. I just bought a couple in advance in case I need them.Hopefully this helps someone. I can't recommend this product highly enough.