Is this a good gaming PC?

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Not much, athlon chips are also slow as hell! For just a few more bucks you can get PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB TurboDuo Video Card
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower...

Brady_8

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Do you have a video card that you could suggest?
 

Brady_8

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I'm sorry, I'm new at building PCs. Could you recommend something I could change to fix it? Sorry if I seem really stupid.
 

neblogai

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For the most basic PC, you should still be getting a better CPU. At least X4 845 if PC is for basic games, but i3 6100 if you want to call it gaming PC.
The graphics card, 270X 2GB is ok for 1080p or lower resolution and offers the speed similar to GTX950, better than RX460 2GB and 750Ti. It is fine as long as it's price is $100 or less, and PC is not meant for next years AAA titles. RX470 is the cheapest proper GPU.
 


Not much, athlon chips are also slow as hell! For just a few more bucks you can get PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB TurboDuo Video Card
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $362.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-26 23:02 EDT-0400

This system is better in every single way. Faster CPU, faster wifi, double the memory

If you need the same price, you can drop the 16gb memory to just 8gb and then it'll be the same price as your build
 
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