Is this a good budget gaming pc for $550

[Cardinals21]

I am building my first gaming pc. Is there anyway you guys can lower the price or increase the performance for the same price?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1XxLY

 

[PierceScott]

what games are you trying to run? it's gonna be hard to build a half decent gaming rig with $550 but that depends on what games you play entirely

 

[PierceScott]

first thing, cut that cpu cooler out. You're not going to overclock with that hardware so the stock cooler will do just fine for you. It's only $15 but with your budget it might help a little

 

[Computerchap]

I brought the RAM down to 4 GB and the hard drive down to 500GB but I increased the graphics card and the CPU http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Xy5o this will be better for gaming.

 

[PierceScott]

Yeah I was thinking with a budget like that 4gb should be good for ram and hard drive space is easy to upgrade later...

no one you know has a copy of windows you could snag? that would save you $80 which would do wonders for getting a better GPU

 

[jjs0891]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Xyg1
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Xyg1/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Xyg1/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($53.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $552.65
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-04 20:39 EST-0500)

 

[Cardinals21]

what games are you trying to run? it's gonna be hard to build a half decent gaming rig with $550 but that depends on what games you play entirely

The most intense game I would want to play would be Planetside 2 the game I play most right now is probably garry's mod and Kerbal Space Program. I may want to potentially play BF4 but I would have upgraded it by that point.