Gaming On Minis

Hey,
I'm probably going to buy a mac mini very soon (Either the PPC 1.25GHZ 512 Ram, PPC 1.42GHZ 512 Ram or Intel Core Solo 1.5GHZ). I'm not a heavy gamer but I enjoy World of Warcraft, Warcraft III and some shooters like Half Life. I don't care about extreme settings (Good with low/medium) or perfect framerates (Good with like 25+ For WoW) as long as it's playable I'm happy. I was wondering if these systems are good enough to play those games? And is the 1.25Ghz sufficient? (Price is a big object here -I only have aprox 850$ CAND To spend on the Mini+Monitor- Buying used- so if the 1.25GHz is good enough than thats perfect and will give more $$ to find a cheap monitor)
Thanks allot,

I have a mac mini and it works well with WOW and Warcraft 3 but on WOW try a find a really good browser because theres a lot of lagg
by the way my IPOD SHUFFLE will let me put songs on it but it wont charge
it just has a never blinking orange light it is REALLY makeing me want to brake it..............
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