Is this a good PC build for gaming?

[Duggman]

is this a good pc build for gaming?

AMD QUAD CORE FX 4170 4.4 Ghz X4 BULLDOZER CPU
FAST GAMING OR MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER
MASSIVE 2000 GB SATA 2 HARD DRIVE
MASSIVE 16 GB DDR 3 1333 MHZ MEMORY
MASSIVE 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 630 GT GRAPHICS CARD
ASROCK N68-VS3 FX MOTHERBOARD
WILL UPGRADE TO 8 CORE IF REQUIRED
24 SPEED DVD WRITER MULTI-FORMAT DUAL LAYER
500 WATT POWER SUPPLY UNIT

any changes or ideas would be greatly appreciated?

 

[Outlander_04]

Not really , no

The processor is OK ,the motherboard too cheap , the RAM too much and the graphics card too weak for all but basic gaming

 

[Duggman]

Not really , no

The processor is OK ,the motherboard too cheap , the RAM too much and the graphics card too weak for all but basic gaming

Could you recommend a decent build for around £400?

 

[Outlander_04]

I dont live in the UK , and have no idea of UK pricing .
but hopefully someone else will be able to help you

 

[g-unit1111]

I dont live in the UK , and have no idea of UK pricing .
but hopefully someone else will be able to help you

PC Part Picker links to UK websites. That budget will be tricky to work with because of the rapidly escalating RAM and hard drive prices.

Maybe try this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.41 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£68.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card (£120.46 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.84 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.13 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £485.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-01 19:15 BST+0100)

 

[Duggman]

What about this system?

Case : Galaxy 3 Gamers Style Midi Tower Case
Motherboard : Asus P8Z77-V LX Motherboard Technology
CPU : Intel Ivy Bridge I5 3470 CPU
Hard Drive : 1tb Sata Hard Drive
Memory : 8gb DDR3 1600Mhz Memory
Graphics : Nvidia Geforce GTX 650 TI 2gb GDDR5 with HDMI
Power Supply : 750 Watt Branded Power Supply
Optical Drive : 24x Dual Layer Sata DVD Writer