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amgleason83

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Are these specs good/enough for a gaming pc?

Gaming Chasis: Thermaltake Commander G42 Mid-Tower Gaming case w/ USB 3.0 & Toolless Drive Bays & Side-Panel Window
Extra Case Fans: Default case fans
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 6MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling Performance (Dual Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance Edition Fan (Push-Pull))
Motherboard: * GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 4 Classic, On/Off Charge, GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 2 PCI
NFC: None
RAM / System Memory: 8GB DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
AMD Radeon RAMDisk: None
Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
Power Supply: 750 Watts - EVGA SuperNOVA 750B1 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
Hard Drive Cooling Fan: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System (1 x System)
Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
Internal Network Card: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
 
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It would be better if you changed the 8320 to an fx 6300 and spend the money on a r9 280 graphics card. Another thing you could save money on is the ram. Fast ram doesnt make a difference ( 1866 vs 2133 has no performance improvements )

gytisxp

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It would be better if you changed the 8320 to an fx 6300 and spend the money on a r9 280 graphics card. Another thing you could save money on is the ram. Fast ram doesnt make a difference ( 1866 vs 2133 has no performance improvements )
 
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amgleason83

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Thanks. The 8320 was a free upgrade from the 6300, as well as the 2133 ram from the 1866. So might as well go with the better if its the same cost I guess. But I could spend the extra for a r9 280 if you think it would make a significant difference.