To get into such gaming we still want a dedicated GPU. Gamers that try onboard i5/i7 graphics still complain a lot. At a minimum I'd look at the i5, 256GB SSD and the 1050 GPU. These start well under 800USD and provide a nice mid level gaming experience.
I can buy a brand new HDD i7 - gen7 for just a little less than the i5-5th gen and my question is which might perform better using a high resource program online like Second Life, or IMVU? I know my old 1st gen i7 HDD gets really hot and shuts down a lot of the time while IMVU.
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