Is this pc good for gaming?

[mrnichols]

Im currently looking into buying a pc primarily for gaming, but im not too familiar with pc hardware. Is this setup good for gaming? If not, which parts should be upgraded/replaced?

AMD fx 8120 black 3.1 GHz
AMD radeon HD 6850
Asus M5A99x evo
8gb RAM
100 GB SSD

 

[Siddharth_M]

Ya good enough...

 

[sharpshooter_992]

Depends, let me know what games your interested in playing, then we'll take it from there.

 

[mrnichols]

A little bit of everything really, ill likely invest a good amount of time in bethesda games; fallout, skyrim etc.

 

[simon12]

The FX series CPUs are not good value for gaming, you want to spend more on the GPU and less on the CPU and if the SSD if the only drive you will not fit many games on it.

 

[simon12]

Whats your budget?

 

[mrnichols]

Whats your budget?

Around 1200-1300

 

[Sunius]

Is that dollars? Euros? Pounds?

 

[mrnichols]

that would be dollars

 

[Sunius]

For that price you can get a PC that's twice or most than that powerful than the PC you linked. Something like this would be perfect:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($389.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) ($91.01 @ Amazon)
Total: $1324.90
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-08-30 18:07 EDT-0400)

 

[sharpshooter_992]

For that price you can get a PC that's twice or most than that powerful than the PC you linked. Something like this would be perfect:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($389.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) ($91.01 @ Amazon)
Total: $1324.90
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-08-30 18:07 EDT-0400)

Sunius has it spot on, this system could easily play games at max settings, with a GTX 670, you could even (if your interested) play BF3 at max. Give or take a couple of things to lower the price. But overall this system looks really good, kind of reminds me of what I have.

 

[mrnichols]

Best answer selected by mrnichols.

 

[mrnichols]

that looks great, thanks a lot for the help

 

[Sunius]

Glad I helped .

 

[Mousemonkey]

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