Is this a decent pc for Gaming?

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DanT25

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I am looking at getting a new Gaming PC in a few months, and I have to questions.
I am looking for a pc that can play games like skyrim on high graphic setting at 30fps.
( I also have never built a pc but am intresterd to learn)
One: Are bare bone pc's decent for gaming
Budget of around $950 Aus.
Two: if they are is this one decent : GB-BXi5G-760
Link: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5096#ov
If not, could someone point me one please.
Thanks
(sorry if this is in the wrong area)
 
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As you are in Australia, the budget you provided isn't suitable for a gaming PC but it will manage to play on medium for most games. If you build one it will be much cheaper and if the right parts are chose it will be much faster than a prebuilt.


Try this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($101.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card:...
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As you are in Australia, the budget you provided isn't suitable for a gaming PC but it will manage to play on medium for most games. If you build one it will be much cheaper and if the right parts are chose it will be much faster than a prebuilt.


Try this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($101.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($258.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $967.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-15 11:38 EST+1000

 
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That's not a bad system but is a bit small so you would have some issues working with it in the future. The build suggested above goes to a bit of a high end video card, for Skyrim you don't need one that is over $150 USD. A $100 Radeon 7770 or 250X will handle things just fine. If you really want to play at high settings as smooth frames in any game, then you can look at $200+ cards, but for something like Skyrim a lower end gaming card with a good CPU and RAM amount will run it well. I can play Skyrim on High at smooth rates on a 9800GT which is quite a bit slower than the 7770.
 
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