Is this a good gaming PC?

Question

I need some people's opinions about this custom built PC.

Case: Cooler Master HAF 922M ATX Black Mid-Tower Case - 5 External 5.25" Drive Bays, 5 Internal 3.5" Drive Bays, 2 200mm Fans, 1 120mm Fan

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K BX80623I52500 Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 6MB L3 Cache, 3.30 GHz, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Retail

MOBO: ASUS P8P67 Pro B3 Intel P67 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA 1155), Intel P67 Express, 2200MHz DDR3 (O.C.), Gigabit LAN, 8-Channel Audio, SATA 6.0 Gb/s, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, SLI/CrossFireX, Bluetooth

RAM: Patriot PGV38G1333ELK Gaming i5 8GB PC10666 RAM - DDR3, 1333MHz, 2x4096MB, 9-9-9-24

Hard Drive: Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 0F12115 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 2TB, 7200 RPM, 64MB, SATA-6G, 3.5"

GPU: Sapphire 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 Video Card - 1GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, CrossFireX Ready, Dual DVI, Display Port, HDMI

Power Supply: Thermaltake TPX-775M Toughpower XT 775W Power Supply - ATX, 775 Watts, 80PLUS Bronze, SLI Certified, CrossFire Certified, Status LEDs, 140mm Fan

DVD Burner: Asus DRW-24B1ST 24X Internal DVD Burner - DVD±R 24X, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6X, DVD±R (DL) 12X, DVD-RAM 12X, CD-R 48X, CD-RW 32X, SATA, 2MB, Black, OEM

CPU Fan: Cooler Master Hyper N520 CPU Cooler - Socket LGA 775, AM2, AM2+, 1156, AM3, 1366

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64BIT Operating System Software - OEM DVD

I have $1200 to spend on a desktop. The total of all this stuff came out to be $1111.90. I don't even really need this PC until the fall so should I wait until then to see if I can get a better price on this stuff? Is there anything I don't need or I do need that is not on here? This is just for the desktop. I don't need a new monitor, mouse or keyboard. I would like to save as much money as possible but still get a good gaming pc for the future.

Answer 1

Depending on the screen resolution you will play on, the GPU may not be enough for some games. Overall, it is a solid build that will play all games today on good settings.

Answer 2

Drop down to 4 GB of RAM. You don't need 8. Put an extra $100 into a high end video card such as a 6950 Radeon or Nvidia 560 GTX Ti. A 5770 is not a great choice for a upper end gaming rig



You really don't need a 775 watt PSU either. A good quality 650 watt one would be fine

Answer 3

it's a good system, but these are the changes i would make.



RAM. a 1600mhz ram, this will improve the overclocking ability of the board, you will be able to get a better clock speed on your CPU if you have 1600mhz RAM.



Hard drive, if you can afford it, an SSD for the operating system, or a 500GB HDD, and a 1.5TB drive, the larger drives take slightly longer to spin up, and if they fail you loose a lot of data.

i have found that having more then one drive has an improvement in load speeds, I have my games on one drive, operating system on another and programs and other files on another. Partitian your 2tb drive so everything isnt on one drive.



GPU, i'd get a much better GPU, if your going for a gameing machine, put most of your money into this rather then other places, you can always pick up a drive cheaper later as prices are dropping, you can also get ram later as prices will drop, 4GB ram should be enough.



Power Supply, i'd get a Corsair 750w



CPU fan, if your not going to overclock, you should be fine with the stock cooler that comes with the CPU, if your going to overclock then get that cooler.