Is this a good gaming desktop for a budget?

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I built a custom AM3 Desktop on Avadirect and was wondering if this could handle what I need it to do. I wish to play minecraft, terraria, GTA San Andreas and battlefield 3. I will be planning to play it on very low settings. Will this machine run those games with few to no lag with low settings? Keep in mind I will be running these through wine speaking I will be using Linux.

COOLER MASTER Elite 430 Black Mid-Tower Case w/ Window, ATX, No PSU, Steel/Plastic
CORSAIR CX750 CX Series 750W Power Supply, 80 PLUS® Bronze, 24-pin ATX12V v2.31 EPS12V, 4x 8/6-pin PCIe
GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3, AM3+, AMD® 760G, DDR3-1333 (O.C.) 32GB /4, PCIe x16, SATA 3 Gb/s RAID 10 /6, HDMI + DVI + VGA, HDA, GbLAN, mATX, Retail
AMD Phenom™ II X4 965 Quad-Core 3.4GHz, AM3, HT 4000MHz, 4x 512KB L2 + 6MB L3 cache, 125W, 45nm, Black Edition, Retail
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler, Socket 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/FM1/AM3/AM2, Copper/Aluminum
ARCTIC SILVER Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound, Polysynthetic Silver, Electrically Non-Conductive
KINGSTON 16GB (4 x 4GB) HyperX Blu PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz CL9 1.5V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC
MSI N660 TF 2GD5/OC, GeForce® GTX 660 1033MHz, 2GB GDDR5 6008MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, DP + HDMI + 2 x DVI, Retail
SEAGATE 1TB Barracuda®, SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB cache
RAID No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
LG ELECTRONICS GH24NS95B Black 24x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner, SATA, w/ M-Disc Support, w/o Software, OEM
TRENDNET TEG-PCITXR 10/100/1000Mbps Network Card, 32-bit, PCI 2.2
LOGITECH MK120 Black Desktop Keyboard & Mouse, USB, Retail
KUBUNTU Pre-Installed Kubuntu Linux 64-bit Latest Available Desktop Edition, No Media, No Support
WARRANTY Silver Warranty Package (3 Year Limited Parts, 3 Year Labor Warranty)


Thankyou!

Sidenote: I also plan to Overclock to 3.8-4.0 Ghz, will the Cooler Master fan and Processor handle this?
 
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It's a good enough build, but people are going to come here and say "why so much ram" and "what a waste of ram". Or, "your power supply is too big, what a waste" and blah blah blah.

It's good enough. You will prob be able to play BF 3 on medium settings, high with no AA, as JUST one of my 560's run it on high with 40 FPS on 64 player games.

Heironious

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It's a good enough build, but people are going to come here and say "why so much ram" and "what a waste of ram". Or, "your power supply is too big, what a waste" and blah blah blah.

It's good enough. You will prob be able to play BF 3 on medium settings, high with no AA, as JUST one of my 560's run it on high with 40 FPS on 64 player games.
 
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Okay thanks! Yea haha, I got so much ram because Wine IMO takes a lot of ram, and the power supply is just there because I want this to last me for a long time. I also like to skype, play minecraft, watch videos, and make text documents at the same time so ram is high priority.