Is this a good gaming setup?

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Case 1 x Raidmax Cobra Gaming Case - Red
Processor 1 x AMD FX-8320 CPU (8x 3.50GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
Processor Cooling 1 x Liquid CPU Cooling System [AMD] - Standard 120mm Fan
Memory 1 x 8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand
Video Card 1 x AMD Radeon R7 260X - 2GB
Motherboard 1 x Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P -- AMD 970
Power Supply 1 x 500 Watt - OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W - 80 PLUS, Modular
Primary Hard Drive 1 x 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
Optical Drive 1 x [12x Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black
Sound Card 1 x 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card 1 x Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Operating System 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit

I need to know if this is a good gaming computer for things like Arma 2, Arma 3, Battlefield 4, ect.
Your answers will be greatly appreciated. :)
 
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"Memory 1 x 8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand" - Is it 1x8Gb or 2x 4Gb? It won't make much of a difference, but it is better to have two memory modules than 1, so get 2 x4Gb if you can.

Most of your build looks pretty solid overall. The biggest thing you have to worry about for the games that you want to play is the graphics card.

The Radeon R7 260X is an entry level card and will only get you playable frame rates when you are playing with medium graphics settings. If you want more performance than that, you will a better card. Essentially, you can just move upward in the 200X series and doing so will get you better quality and higher price.

If you can't spend any more money, you will have to accept medium quality. For $100 more, you could get an nVidia GeForce GTX 660. The 660, or anything higher and thus more expensive, will give you better performance.

So, to summarize, if you want to play Battlefield 4 and Arma 3 with 60fps on high quality graphics settings, you will need a much better graphics card. If medium to low quality is acceptable to you, then this build will probably suffice.

I hope that I helped you :)
 
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The FX-8320 is an excellent CPU choice and a great bang-for-buck option. The liquid cooling is not necessary. I definitely agree with the previous sentiment that for a modern dual channel system you need 2 x 4GB, not 1 x 8GB. Although stay very far away from Raidmax - they are extremely terrible cases, you can get way better around the $50 - $60 range. You don't need the BD-R burner for games as they will never use the format, and all media content is very slowly moving toward cloud computing / online distribution (iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, etc). And instead of an R7, I would go with a GTX 760, but otherwise that's my two cents.

Although if you're going through Cyberpower or iBUYPOWER, don't. They are terrible companies that aren't known for quality control or quality technical support, you can build your own and get a much better system for the same price, and you don't have to deal with those companies.
 
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Well the problem with me building my own system is i have no experience at all on building them. Maybe some youtube videos will help. I thought IBUYPOWER was pretty good, guess not lol, thanks for the info. It'll go a long way :)
 
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