Is this a good gaming computer?

[danquoc]

I'm open to recommendations for better parts. My limit for a gaming pc was 800 bucks and this sets me to around 706. I was thinking of upgrading the GPUT to a 580 which will be significantly higher but would it be necessary for what I want? I mainly want to run games such as battlefield 3, skyrim and games of that nature on the highest and I was told this build would be good for it. Any suggestions on what would be better or if this is fine?


CUP Intel Core i5-2500K
GPU GTX 560
RAM 8GB
Board ASUS P8Z68-V LX LGA

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Its fine for mid-range gaming...

All the best Brett

 

[LostInHardware]

1. What ram are you buying?
2. How much HDD/SDD space?

Heres two links to look at and compare, most of the prices are a little off but if you do your research you can find them cheaper.

http://ksstudios.com/1000-gaming-pcs-and-windows-home-servers#more-1336

http://www.squidoo.com/building-gaming-pc

 

[amuffin]

That board is horrible.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Listen to amuffin, that board is crap. Trust me, I have the LE, which is 1 step up, but still basically sucks. No problem with the quality, but if you ever plan on going very far with OC'ing, the 4+2 Phase VRM's will probably hold you back.

Edit: Not to mention that the LX doesn't even have heatsinks on the VRM's...

 

[amuffin]

Asus V-LX and V-LE are the low end stuff. Why get a crappier low end board, when you can get a mid ranged asrock board for the same price! Z68 exreme 3 gen 3 or the z77 pro 4!

 

[Robi_g]

GPU and CPU are good for gaming
Motherboard gets good reviews on ebuyer but I don't own it
http://www.ebuyer.com/281367-asus-p8z68-v-lx-socket-1155-onboard-graphics-output-8-channel-audio-atx-p8z68-v-lx

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

One thing I should have added earlier is that Vcore adjustment with that board is only possible with offsets. Setting a manual Vcore in the BIOS is NOT possible. Not the worst thing in the world, but it makes it a little more difficult to OC, until you understand how the offsets work.

 

[amuffin]

ugh, offsets :/ Can't for the life of me figure them out!