Is this computer a decent gaming computer for $300

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CPU - AMD A10-5800K APU 3.6GHz
Motherboard - MSI A55M-E33
RAM - Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB
HDD - Western Digital 250 GB
Case - Rosewill Dual Fans
Power Supply - Antec VP-450
Optical Drive – (Install O.S. from USB drive)

I'm curious on how good of a computer this is for $300, also what games it would be capable of playing
 
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This is better for 368 Bucks
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
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TopLuca

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This is better for 368 Bucks
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $367.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

It won't play games on ultra but you can upgrade to an i5 later with another 4 gb of ram and maybe a better gpu but you can expect playable framerates on 1080p low or 720p medium
 
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How do you plan on overclocking on that board to get the most out of the unlocked pentium?
 
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ASrock and MSI updated those boards to enable Overclocking (H81) :)
 
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I don't know Bios mods really , can you explain further for me ? ( I get the idea behind modding but with that model exactly )
 
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Ty for the link. About the mods, before the native bios updates from the manufacturers there were some custom mods that allowed overclocking on non-z97/87 boards, thats all i know about it because it didn't take long for the official stuff to come out.
 
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Your welcome mate , Did these mods void warranty though ? Actually luckily for me it turned out that the mobo I've chosen has the highest OC ability for its price :D
 
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Technically if you don't fry the board while using the mod and you have time to revert to original bios then warranty should be ok.
 
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