Is this a good gaming pc? HELP NEED ANSWER IN HOURS BEFORE I BUY!

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karmvir cheema

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Someone is selling me a gaming pc, it comes with

thermaltake ms-i commander snow edition -GeForce GTX 660 2GB -8gb Ripjaws X Series RAM (2 x 4gb) -AMD X8 FX-8320 Eight core processor -Cool Master Hyper after market CPU cooler -4 blue LED fans adjustable -cosair CX600 600 watt power supply -ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Motherboard -western digital 1TB hard drive disk.

and for $500, is that a good deal? Also is that good enough to run games such as, CoD,BF3,FIFA, ect??
 
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Keep in mind that you're paying $500 now to get something that will last you, I'm guessing here, 2 years. Much longer than that, I think that GPU will be out of date to play the games... anyone back me up on that?

If you tried to build something now, new, that future proofed you for 3-4 years, I think you'd pay at least $1k-$1.2k. Spending $500 bucks now, taking the $700 you "saved" by not spending it now, time value of money, 2 years you buy something state of the art. If you like the looks and it meets your criteria, and its in good shape, seems like a decent buy.
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If you tried to build it new, you'd probably pay $700 for that setup. Is a $200 break enough to buy used? I think so...

RE playability, I think the 660 can run BF3 at ultra, but towards the lower end of playable (35-40 fps - not 60 fps). I'm not as plugged into the gaming side, maybe someone else can weigh in and support my assertion.
 
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if its all in good condition, this is a fairly good buy. It should probably pull around 40 FPS in BF3. The 660 is old, but its not terrible. Consider it roughly equal to an R7 265 or a little stronger than an GTX 750 Ti. 500 for this is a pretty good deal, considering that it would cost around 650-700 to put together a competitive build. However, both the 660 and the 8320 are comparatively power hungry compared to modern gpus and intel chips.
 
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I would definitely Go for it. Considering what Enthusiast Builder said Building it yourself Would cost up 700 or more depending on where you would buy the parts. But if you were to use this build on Gaming like BF4 or Assassins Creed 4 ( 25-35 FPS ) on Very High settings. In Battlefield 3 at 1,920 1,080 with 4x AA its minimum frame rate of 44. Therefore this Build is pretty solid.
 
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Keep in mind that you're paying $500 now to get something that will last you, I'm guessing here, 2 years. Much longer than that, I think that GPU will be out of date to play the games... anyone back me up on that?

If you tried to build something now, new, that future proofed you for 3-4 years, I think you'd pay at least $1k-$1.2k. Spending $500 bucks now, taking the $700 you "saved" by not spending it now, time value of money, 2 years you buy something state of the art. If you like the looks and it meets your criteria, and its in good shape, seems like a decent buy.
 
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