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tyharley77

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im new to gaming pcs and i wanted to get started but i dont know anything about them so i wanted to get help on here. for $500 i will get.... (specs below)

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965 oc'd to 3.8ghz
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H
Ram: 4gb 800Mhz Geil Black Dragon Ram
Graphics Card: Saphire HD 8350
Aftermarket Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Case: Rosewill Black Bone
Power Supply: Rosewill 500w PSU
Hard Drive: 100gb HDD
Disk Drive: DVD-RW
 
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a big NO

for comparison, it is what you will get with $500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($125.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular...
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a big NO

for comparison, it is what you will get with $500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($125.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $521.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-03 10:16 EDT-0400)
 
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This is not a good overall setup for games.
CPU: on a budget, perhaps the only reasonable part in this list. Still, it is now generations old, and I would not recommend it unless your choices are very limited.
Motherboard: ancient tech. While not incompetent, it lacks modern features and interfaces.
RAM: That looks to be DDR2, which is obsolete and slow. 4GB is a bare minimum; you really want 8GB of DDR3-1600 (CAS9).
Graphics card: looks like a relabeled low-end card suitable for HTPC use, but not gaming; or worse, a liar-label attached to that motherboard's IGP.
Cooler: not a bad cooler, but a bang/buck Loser since there are other, comparable direct-touch 120mm tower coolers available for less (e.g. NZXT).
Case: Ok. Low-end, but ok. You might want one with front USB3.0 ports though.
PSU: Looks to be one of their old ones, perhaps from the time they finally began to pass competent PSU reviews, but nowhere near as capable or efficient as a good modern PSU like anything built by Seasonic.
HDD: If 100GB is not a typo for 1000GB, then that's a tiny drive, and may even be IDE, which is a slow, obsolete interface by modern standards.
Optical drive: Ok, provided it isn't an old 16x drive (modern drives are typically 24x or 22x).
This would have not been unreasonable five years ago (except the video card, easy enough to upgrade), but by today's standards, is a BAD DEAL.
 
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