How good is this budget rig?

[fatmanjumprope]

I'm not too experienced with owning a decent PC as I'm just getting into it personally. I want to drop the console and experience the wonderful world of pc gaming. All that being said, I have a friend who has two units for sale he had built for him. The specs are as follows:

Intel i5-2320 3.0 ghz
H61 LGA 1150 motherboard
8gb Gskill DDR3
Nvidia GTX 960 2gb
Seasonic 550 watt 80 plus

2nd one:
AMD X4 860K
8GB GSkill DDR3
500W power 80 plus
Nvidia GTX 950 2GB


He's asking $500 for both of them each which is a little under my budget (around $600 max) but saving money for some games is always a plus in my book. I'm wondering about how good these machines will be overall? I don't really intend to play a lot of super demanding games but I do want to up my settings on World of Tanks, Guild Wars 2, and Civ 5 to the maximum if possible or at least pretty high. I would also like to be able to play GTA 5 on at least Medium settings with solid FPS.

Would these rigs be able to do what I'm wanting or should I continue to look around a little? And about how well will these parts work together/are they compatible with each other without causing and issues.

 

[Gam3r01]

I recommend the first build for a few reasons.
The 2320, while aging, should still perform well enough for your needs, better than the Athlon most likely.
960 vs a 950, quite easy to pick a winner there.
Seasonic PSU. The no name 500w on the second build worries me.

For 500 bucks, that aint bad.

 

[fatmanjumprope]

I recommend the first build for a few reasons.
The 2320, while aging, should still perform well enough for your needs, better than the Athlon most likely.
960 vs a 950, quite easy to pick a winner there.
Seasonic PSU. The no name 500w on the second build worries me.

For 500 bucks, that aint bad.

Thanks for the quick response

Even without knowing too much about it, the no name worried me as well.