Loads of games now are dumping lots and lots of resources either through bad optimisation or are pushing the boundaries really hard so if you think you're going to be able to play games on a cheap computer these days you've got another thing coming, simple 2D and 3D games yes, but none of the big titles that are coming out now. I just recently had a fit against Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare because when I tried to start it up to check if it would even work on my PC it blocked me because of how old my CPU was and I suspect it's only going to get worse from now on.
Thanks for the tip!!! I'll keep that in mind May be a while before I can upgrade my computer unfortunately. Knowing what people use now may help me in the future though.