Is this a decent gaming PC for the price?

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AMD A10-5800K Trinity 3.8GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 7660D AD580KWOHJBOX 
$129.99

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM 
$19.99 

NZXT Source 210 S210-001 Black “Aluminum Brush / Plastic” ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 
$39.99

Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - OEM 
$59.99

MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 FM2 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard 
$59.99

CORSAIR CX430M 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply 
$49.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 
$64.99


Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM 
$99.99

Grand Total	 $524.92

So this is going to be my first build. I was wondering how good of a gaming PC this will be. WILL 64-BIT WORK WITH THIS SETUP OR WILL I NEED 32-BIT? I'm 14 and paying for this by myself so I can't be putting $1000s into this. If its not good please give reasons and things to replace it with. Thanks.

Anonymous · Answer

That is a really good build but I would recommend buying a discrete graphics card since the APU's graphics can't run squat with decent resolutions. I purchased an ASUS Radeon HD 7770 GHz edition for $119 on Newegg. If you don't have the additional funds, what you have can run most games on low.

Here is the link for the graphics card if you're interested. Amazing card!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121663

And for the record your PSU will be enough to handle this card.

Anonymous · Answer

Yea, it's actually not bad at all. It does have 64-bit support and I have that same G.SKILL series ram, it's amazing.

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