Is this PC setup good to gaming in the future

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It will do ok for next year or two, but that CPU is the weakest link if you play open world FPS like GTA that need a lot of CPU. You can replace just CPU / motherboard / RAM in a year and a half and keep the rest.
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It will do ok for next year or two, but that CPU is the weakest link if you play open world FPS like GTA that need a lot of CPU. You can replace just CPU / motherboard / RAM in a year and a half and keep the rest.
 
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What would be your suggestion improvement
 
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If you need it mostly for gaming then get a stronger and cheap AMD, much better price performance and it will last you much more time before need of replacement for stronger one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($163.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 70.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $253.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-26 16:37 EST-0500
 
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Yes it is better but i think that Scythe Katana 4 doesn't go on AMD CPU socket, you need to take AM3+ socket compatible cooler.

Also you would not regret taking a little faster 1TB hard drive, the WD blue is pretty slow compared to Toshiba for that price range.

You can get a great 2TB hard drive with mush faster read and write speeds for 77$. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149407
 
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