Buying a tower computer, FF7+mods are my main priority

[Travis]

Well not really my main priority.

Anyway, I'm in the market for a tower PC.

Basically, I would like something that I can have as a backup in case my laptop was to ever crap out.

Anyway my main priorities are the following in order from most to least important...

1. Budget, would like this to be cheap. Hopefully less than $500
2. Ability to play FF7 with all mods, even the super intensive ones like Team Avalanche, Tifa's bootleg (the big time ones in that pack), etc.
3. Portability

My dream here is the following and I know this will be a bit of an oxymoron.

A mini-tower (portable) that has a good CPU maybe a GPU added (ability to play ff7) with good airflow so I don't wreck the thing, that is relatively cheap.

I figured if anyone could help me, it would be you guys.

But I just want to be able to mod FF7 and be happy. My main issue with my laptop and FF7 is the fact that my CPU goes on overload and my fan goes fucking overdrive, even when it's vanilla ff7.

[WolfMan]

If ff7 is the only game you want to play then any current mini tower would do fine. Mini towers are like laptops in a way though. A lot of the components are laptop components. So upgrading is very limited.

[xLostWingx]

Do you know anything about building a dekstop/tower computer from components?  That would make your $500 go a lot further.  Also, do you already own a Monitor and Peripherals (keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc.)?

If you plan on buying from a retail store, I imagine a $500 system would do you just fine...but you can do so much better by building it yourself.

[Travis]

If ff7 is the only game you want to play then any current mini tower would do fine. Mini towers are like laptops in a way though. A lot of the components are laptop components. So upgrading is very limited.

Yea, I just want to be able to like write a paper and play FF7.

But here's the thing. Will any current mini tower be able to do FF7 with Tifa's Bootleg and Team Avalanche mods?

[cmh175]

You don't need a terribly powerful pc for FF7. Any quadcore or decent dualcore will do. 1gb of vram may work, but 2gb would be best. Integrated graphics aren't suggested, I'd go with Nvidia. $500 should definitely do it.

[KnifeTheSky77]

You are in luck, ff7 came out like 8 16 years ago and has very low spec requirements. Even with a bunch of mods thrown into the mix, literally the cheapest brand new computer manufactured this year will play pretty well. Protip: claim the student discount from Dell, they don't check. They also have the best budget 'tiny' computers imho

[Travis]

You are in luck, ff7 came out like 8 16 years ago and has very low spec requirements. Even with a bunch of mods thrown into the mix, literally the cheapest brand new computer manufactured this year will play pretty well. Protip: claim the student discount from Dell, they don't check. They also have the best budget 'tiny' computers imho

Well I am a student.

Can anyone suggest one with a link?

Also, that shit will run Tifa's Bootleg no problem...?

[WolfMan]

Do you need a monitor as well

[WolfMan]

Here's a tiny guy

ZOTAC ZBOX nano ID64 Plus - Mini PC - 1 x Core i5 3337U / 1.8 GHz - RAM 4 GB - HDD 500 GB - HD Graphics 4000 - GigE - WLAN : 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 - no OS

[Travis]

No I don't need a monitor. I have a 22 inch tv.

Also, theres no disc drive on that is there?

[Travis]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?_dyncharset=UTF-8&_dynSessConf=-4524089784683352482&id=pcat17071&type=page&ks=960&st=tower&sc=Global&cp=1&sp=&qp=category_facet%3DDesktop+%26+All-in-One+Computers~abcat0501000%5Ecurrentprice_facet%3DSAAS~Price~%24200+-+%24249.99&list=y&usc=All+Categories&nrp=15&fs=saas&iht=n&seeAll=

Would something on this list work?