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Is this good gaming rig?

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  • gtx 660 and i5 3470
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December 7, 2013 9:25:36 AM

I'm planning to buy a new pc,and one I want to buy has following specs:
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB GDDR5
CPU: Intel Core I5 3470 3.2GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR 3 1600 MHz
HDD:1TB

So will it be good for heavy gaming?

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December 7, 2013 10:11:58 AM

If you can strech a little bit, i5 3570k 3.4GHz is excellent choice for overclocking. price at 180$ for store pickup or 215$ with shipping.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80637i53570k

GPU looks good. It will play all games with high settings.

what about motherboard? you already have one or going to buy one ?
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December 7, 2013 2:23:51 PM

Motherboard which that pc has is MSI B75MA E33,is that mobo good? :-)
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December 8, 2013 1:12:54 AM

Onus said

"MSI has a reputation of using weak VRMs on all but their high-end boards. I see from some pictures of it that his mobo doesn't even have heat sinks on the VRMs. If you overclock it at all, do it on STOCK VOLTAGE only, and don't push it too hard even then. Good luck.
Edit: You may be in luck. The B75 isn't an overclocking chipset, so he may not be able to push it all that much. If you want to overclock, look for a Z77 or Z75 chipset board, preferably from Asus, Gigabyte, or ASRock. Asus in particular uses better VRMs, with thermal protection.
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So its not good for overclocking.
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