New Computer, how's it look?

[Guest]

Operating system
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-2400 (3.1 GHz )
3.1 GHz
6 MB cache
Memory
8 GB DDR3
2 DIMM
Supports up to 8 GB DDR3 memory
Hard drive
1.5 TB SATA (5400 rpm)
Graphics
ASUS HD7850-DC2-2GD5 Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Optical drive
Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
Power Supply
Corsair Enthusiast TX V2 Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified High Performance Modular Power Supply CP-9020002-NA

Adds up to about $1000. Hows it look? BTW its by HP. I will be using it for gaming, and reg computing. Will it be able to handle Skyrim/Bf3 with high settings?

 

[Augray37]

Yeah i suppose it looks good, but why not build your own? Are you adding parts to a pre-built one? And yes it should handle BF3 on high just fine, even at 1080p.

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately, my parents don't trust me with building my own, (lol), but yeah I'm switching out the PSU and the graphics card, because the ones HP offers suck.

 

[Shockattackr]

My rig cost my roughly 1000$ and it runs perfect

I5 3570k 3.4Ghz (3.8 turbo) mine is currently OC'ed to 4.5Ghz running with a Antec Kuhler H0 920 Water Cooler
Asus P8Z77 - V
8GB RAm Corsair Vengeance 1600MHZ
1TB HDD Space
EVGA Geforce 560 TI FPB
Cooler Master Silent Pro 700w (Modular PSU)
Case is more User Preference i chose a Antec Eleven Hundred

**Edited**
Added in PSU

 

[Augray37]

Unfortunately, my parents don't trust me with building my own, (lol), but yeah I'm switching out the PSU and the graphics card, because the ones HP offers suck.

good deal bro, you did great with your upgrade choices IMO. One last thing that's not a big deal, but you might consider it, is getting an SSD, say a 64GB one maybe, since your OS and everything is on that somewhat slow 5400rpm HDD. But that's not essential, just a thought.

 

[Guest]

I was actually going to ask you about that. Yeah, I'll def. consider it.

 

[DomDunes]

The first time you boot up your system with an SSD you will not regret getting one lol. SSD's are one thing I would recommend you get now rather than waiting to upgrade later. A lot of components are easily upgradeable but with the SSD you have to reinstall windows and all of your programs and it's time consuming and tedious. I think 64GB would do you well.