Is this a good gaming pc?

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You're spending too much for your motherboard and GPU. Your CPU is not overclockable, so you don't really need the CPU cooler and you could get a better GPU for that price. Try this...

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WcrXjX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WcrXjX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($181.83 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($308.98 @ Newegg)
Case: CiT...

rwoody

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Nov 13, 2015
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You're spending too much for your motherboard and GPU. Your CPU is not overclockable, so you don't really need the CPU cooler and you could get a better GPU for that price. Try this...

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WcrXjX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WcrXjX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($181.83 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($308.98 @ Newegg)
Case: CiT SPECTRE BLACK ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($48.75 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($95.97 @ Amazon)
Total: $945.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 15:56 EST-0500

 
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mlga91

Admirable
Avoid that PSU, for your budget this would be my recomendation:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($82.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: CiT SPECTRE BLACK ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($46.39 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $960.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 16:18 EST-0500

If you plan to add a second card later then get this PSU:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20850v1

A bigger Hard drive would be good too, 1 TB gets filled up quite quickly.
 

turbopixel

Reputable
May 18, 2015
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Here is my take. I added a different case, as yours don't have a price. So, it makes a difference of 70 dollar. I also added a SSD for around 80-90 dollar, for installing games and Windows. This would speed up a lot.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($338.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.78 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1072.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 22:31 EST-0500