Question 1

Can I use a tv with an HDMI port as a monitor for this?

Accepted Answer

Yes you can. I bought one a couple months ago. You can use HDMI(Best) DVI or VGA.

Question 2

Am I the only one who got an invalid Windows 8 product key delivered with the machine? Three horrible attempts with "customer service" and I remain uncertain. Newegg doesn't seem to want to answer this question for me. They want me to call the manufacturer.

Accepted Answer

It turns out, the Quick Start Guide provided by ABS explains correctly where to how to do this and where to find the product key. Unfortunately, I lost the guide (but just now found it).  For those with experience with setting up PCs, you probably would've skipped the guide, anyhow.

In stark contrast to Newegg's customer service, ABS's customer service was great. They called in response to my email shortly after they opened and even tried a second time when I couldn't take the call the first time. Kudos to ABS. The product key is on a sticker that somehow I overlooked/missed the first time I searched for it.

Question 3

can this computer run battlefield 4?

Accepted Answer

When I checked the stats:
Battlefield 4 Minimum Requirements
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz or better
CPU Speed:Info
RAM:4 GB
OS:Windows Vista SP2 32-Bit (with KB971512 System Update)
Video Card:512 MB AMD Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or better
Free Disk Space:30 GB

This build, in this configuration can easily run it.

Question 4

Can I get more information about specs? Is it worth it for the price? Am I going to need to swap out any parts right away?

Accepted Answer

I would say it is worth the price.  I ordered for my kids for xmas and so far so good.  They run games like Wildstar and Tera with no problems.  Ark will eat it up itself.  They are running dual monitors on it atm.  The cooling fans are extremely loud though.  It comes with 4 gb ram but I did order 12 more gb to make sure there are no problems as it was on sale on New egg.  But all in all a good starter gaming pc.

Question 5

Can I connect a HDMI cable from the PC to a monitor and it work? (My first desktop PC)

Accepted Answer

Yes I can, my grandson loves this and I would not hesitate to say it is an awesome piece of machinery, and if ever I need another one; Yes!!! I would get this one.. Thank you. Bunnea in Washington State..

Question 6

Has anybody had issues where you are unable to successfully hook a monitor up to this pc?

Accepted Answer

The computer has 4 monitor ports, but the one built into the PC is the HDMI at the top of the case in the back were the USB ports are, it is going to be disabled because there is an internal VGA graphics card installed at the bottom of the case in the back which has 2 DVI ports and a mini HDMI port so 3 monitors can be plugged in.

If you have a monitor with a "Blue" (VGA) which looks like bowling pin's partly setup, you will need to get a VGA to DVI adapter, if you want to use the mini "HDMI" (Display port)you will need a HDMI to mini HDMI, of a monitor that has a DVI port you can just plug right in.

Question 7

How many USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports are there?

Accepted Answer

The motherboard has 2 usb 3.0 ports in the back and the case has 1 usb 3.0 port in the front. There are 4 usb 2.0 ports on the motherboard and 2 usb 2.0 ports on the case.

Question 8

Would it run The Forest or Ark: Survival evolved?

Accepted Answer

I can't attest to The Forest, but Ark runs ok on the lower settings. (ie sacrificing frame rate for looks). The video card it comes with is nothing special, but straight out of the box it was capable of running Ark. I say was, because I did add more memory and a beefier video card.

Decent build as far as mother board, power supply and chassis are concerned.

Question 9

Would something like this be able to play games well like Fallout 4 or Witcher 3?

Accepted Answer

If you double the RAM, you should be near the minimum requirements, and likely to be able to run on Low graphics settings. Check the return policy if you buy it for that, I think it's 30 days. If you do, and it works, please let us know in a review, because that would be awesome. The Low graphics for Fallout 4 are probably still amazing.

Question 10

what are the dimesions of this pc?

Accepted Answer

16.5 in x16.5 in x 7.25 in

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