My GF has an old gaming laptop from like 2005-2006. Age of Mythology is about one of the only games we can consistently play together on, outside of flash games. We always had to keep a bag of ice under it if we wanted to play something for an extended period of time. Actually Borderlands ran fairly decently at minimum settings on it which was surprising. Still, we couldn't really play the games we wanted to together.
Decided I was going to build her a PC from some of my hand me down parts. Have a DnD group on FB I was able to get some parts cheap from a fellow geek. I got the MOBO, CPU & GPU for $150, which was a steal. Kind of progressively gathered parts over the last year and finished it up in time for Xmas. She had no idea I had been doing this, and was over the moon about it
We've been playing ESO a lot lately, which has actually been a lot of fun. It's so different now, in a good way.
Specs:
Corsair 600T Case
W7 64Pro
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD
2TB Seagate
16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3
Amd Phenom x4 965 3.4ghz
Radeon R9 280 (Gigabyte Windforce)
M5A97 MOBO
Corsair Hydro Series H55 Liquid Cooling Unit
Ozark 600W Power Supply (A hand me down, It actually has enough power!)
LG Internal Super Multi Drive GH24NSC0B