game rig? what's wrong/right with this?

pschmeer

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Configured this at cyberpower for $624! Looks good to me, but what do I know? Comments pro and con will be greatly appreciated.

CASE: CyberPowerPC X-Titan 100 MID-Tower Gaming Case
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 6MB L2 cache & Turbo Core Technology [+20]
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FAN: Asetek 510LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Enhance
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
MOTHERBOARD: * GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 4 Classic, On/Off Charge, GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 2 PCI
OS: None - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY
POWERSUPPLY: 500 Watts - EVGA 80 PLUS Bronze Certified
VIDEO: AMD Radeon R7 250 2GB GDDR3 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
PRICE: (+624)
 
Not that bad, but if you were to build your own pc for 640$ you could have practically the same build but with a much better video card (with either a GTX 760 or a r7 270x) which would have a big boost in your gaming performance, so consider that possibility.