Gaming pc built,is it any good.

[Peach1868]

Hi there.ive had a gaming pc built for my son and just want to know if it's any good any help would be much appreciated as I don't want to let him down ( same as any father would).

The spec.
Amd fx 8350 8 core 4ghz processor
8gb DDR 3 ram
Amd 7850 graphics card 2gb ddr5
120 ssd
2tb hdd
H80 corsair water cooling
Evo red/blue casing
Windows 7 professional 64 bit
Usb3.0
1gb LAN
DVD writer
Microsoft security essentials
Microsoft office 2007

Any help or input will be much appreciated.thank you for your time.

Chris

 

[OllieOxenFree]

Its a nice set-up. Price per performance for gaming you would have been better off with core-i5 series. Check this link for example.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-core-i7-3770k-gaming-bottleneck,3407-9.html

 

[aevm]

It's a decent build. It will play Battlefield 4 on high settings at 1080p quite well, for example.

 

[merandos]

Everything looks fine except for the GPU, it is fine and will run games and so, but i think *if possible* to get a cheaper CPU cooler and get a more powerful graphics card....

My recommendation for the cooler would be : Cooler master hyper 212 EVO
Graphics card : GTX 760 or R9 270~280X

 

[Drew010]

That's a perfectly good build, definitely won't let him down.

 

[Romeru]

I'd say, switch out the fx 8350 for the fx 8320, the difference in fps is small. And by doing that you could spend some more money into a more powerful graphics card. Not sure about which one though.

As for the H80 i think you should get the H80i instead, as the H80 doesn't have PWM controlled fans. So it could get pretty loud. Or you could get a much cheaper air cooler instead if you don't play to do any type of overclocking. And again, here you'll have more money for a better graphics card.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2

Also, in my opinion you should go with Windows 8.1 instead. It has longer support and sometimes you'll get more performance as 8.1 isn't as resource hungry as 7 is. If you want the start button check this out: http://www.classicshell.net/