How much performance can be expected from this specs in mainly games

[vishalaestro]

my friend asked me a idea whether he can buy this cpu or not i cannot decide so i leave it to these people here..intel i5 2500,MSI H67MA-E35,corsair 1333mhz 4gb,LG DVD-Writer,Seagate 500 GB,corsair 550cx,rosewill challenger mid tower cabinet,msi gtx 560ti 1gb..max res of monitor is 1600x900

 

[Hiteryan]

I have the same CPU, motherboard, 4gb of RAM and a GPU that is somewhat the AMD equivalent, the 560TI should be slightly better. I've completed Crysis (the first one) with everything on Very High minus 3 or 4 things that were on High, with an average 40-50 fps. As for every other game I've played, everything runs smooth at 60fps with all graphical settings set to the bare maximum. Games such as Batman: Arkham Asylum, Spiderman Shattered Dimensions, Mirror's Edge, TF2, L4D2, at least that's what I've tried so far.

If you're gonna get a 550w power supply, make sure you get a good one, I have a XFX Pro Core Edition 550W power supply, the 12V rail is enough to power everything up. I'd recommend an equally good 600w power supply or above for the GPU you mentioned. I'd rather get the PSU I own compared to a cheap 600W PSU though.

 

[Hiteryan]

Forgot to mention that I play my games in 1680x1050, so your friend should be absolutely fine. Don't forget the motherboard is a H67 so it cannot be overclocked; but then again you could only overclock the CPU if it was a 2500k. You can still use Turbo Boost to go up to 3.7 GHz, and you can still overclock the GPU anyway.