is this a good gaming pc?

Question

1300$ for the whole thing
*BASE_PRICE: [+579]
BUNDLE: None
BLUETOOTH: None
CD: LG 22X DVD±/±RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drive (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: None
CAS: *CoolerMaster Storm Scout Gaming Mid-Tower Case w/ Transparent Side Panel [+58]
CASUPGRADE: None
CS_FAN: Default case fans
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-750 2.66 GHz 8M L2 Cache LGA1156
FAN: Asetek LCLC 120 Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Extreme Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)
FREEBIE_RM: None
FA_HDD: None
FLASHMEDIA: None
FLOPPY: None
HDD: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
HDD2: None
IEEE_CARD: None
KEYBOARD: Saitek Eclipse-II (PK02U) Gaming Keyboard [+45]
MOUSE: Wolfking MVP Trooper Laser Gaming Mouse with 2400 DPI and Rapid Fire Switch with FREE! Wolfking Sniper Precision Gaming Surface [+30]
MODEM: None
MULTIVIEW: Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors
MONITOR: 22' TFT Active Matrix LCD Display [+178] (Generic 22inch WSXGA TFT LCD Display)
MONITOR2: None
MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] GigaByte P55M-UD2 Intel P55 Chipset DDR3 uATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB2.0, SATA-II RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 2 PCIe X1 & 3 PCI [+6]
MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module [+44] (Corsair or Major Brand)
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts Power Supplies [+26] (XtremeGear SLI/CrossFireX Ready Power Supply)
PRINTER: None
PRINTER_CABLE: None
RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS
SOFT1: *Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 [+149]
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: Logitech S120 2.0 Stereo Speaker Set [+19] (Black Color)
TEMP: NZXT Sentry LX Aluminum High Performance Fan Control, Clock, & Temperature Display [+69]
TVRC: None
USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
USBHD: None
USBX: None
VIDEO: ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB DDR5 16X PCIe Video Card [DirectX 11 Support] [+62] (Major Brand Powered by ATI)
VIDEO2: None
VIDEO3: None
VC_PHYSX: None
VC_GAMES: None
WNC: None
_PRICE: (+1369)
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Answer 1

It seems as this is one of those CyberPower PCs, where they build one for you. For the price I guess its alright. It would be cheaper just to build your own.



The noobs above that are suggesting you pruchase more RAM or an ATA drive are complete idiots. ATA is "IDE" which is actually very much obsolete. 4GB of RAM is plenty for today's gaming computers, you don't need the extreme 6-8GB range.



Also the incompetent poster, that suggested to swap out that ATI HD 5670 for a Nvidia GTX285/295 has no idea what he's talking about. Thats about a $300+ upgrade. The HD 5670 is a budget gaming card, so don't expect it to excell in maxing out your games.

Answer 2

im guessing the prices are in usd so i wont be much help with the price as im in NZ. personally id get a 5850hd video card instead as with the one you have currently would become a bottleneck and im guessing as your asking this youre not an overclocker, in which case the water cooling system is unnecessary. id just buy a $20 aftermarket fan instead and get a WD caviar black hdd in 500gb or 1tb instead of whatever you currently have. i dont think that your build would support 1600mhz ram without an overclock so go for 2x2gb of 1333mhz, and im also a personal fan of corsair psu's aswell so id invest in a 650w one as well. if in the future you plan on filling all of the sata ports, id get an ATA disk drive. also dont listen to what hes saying about more ram. there are little or no circumstances in which more than 3, let alone 4gb of ram are needed. and while im at it, a 5850hd will beat a 285gtx hands down and use less power and produce less heat while doing it (costing less for the 5850hd i might add), and a 295gtx (which is an sli'd 280gtx or something. cant quite remember numbers) will get beaten by crossfired 5850s and the 5850s will also cost you less



And while were getting technical, a disk drive does NOT need the bandwidth of a sata port, it will just take up a port u could use for a hard drive. and ide and ata are slightly different. ata now days is 100-133MB/s, while ide is 16MB/s, and a disk drive doesnt need close to 100MB/s, let alone the 300MB/s that would be much better used on a hdd

Answer 3

that is going to play the main present day video games, yet maximum of them will artwork sluggish on extreme settings. Why? Celeron isn't the gaming cpu sequence. Get an i3,i5 intel cpu, or a Phenom quad center from AMD.

Answer 4

Not a "The Best" gaming PC, but it's great for that price.



The only thing is (you can probably tell I'm an NVidia fan) swap that video card for an nvidia gtx 285 or 295. Then that'll be a sick gaming PC.

Answer 5

Yes

Get more RAM though

try to bump that to 6 or 8 gb

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Everything sounds pretty good. I personally would look for a processor more along the lines of 3.0GHZ