is this rig good for gaming??please help

[Juve4ever]

hi everyone>>
im new to pc gaming and a friend offered me a pc with following specs for 1000$ is it worth the price?? or i will be better with a custom build??
coolermaster sileencio g550
Intel Xeon Quad core E3-1240V3 (3.4 GHz)
8 GB Kingstone Dual DDR3 1600mhx Ram
AMD FIREPRO V7900 PRo Graphics 2GB
240GB KIngstone V300 SSD, Sata 6 GB
2TB 3.5" Sata III
24x Dual Layer DVD writter
Corsair 750w Enthusiast series TX750 V2-80 Plus Bronze
Creative Sound Blaster Zx 5.1 PCI-E Soundcard
Win 8 64 proffesional (genuine)

 

[anti-duck]

It's more of a workstation build, a rendering beast but not really good for gaming.

 

[Yamitime]

I don't want to be unkind to your friend but that's all old tech really.

 

[clarkjd]

The Firepro is a professional graphics card whose drivers are optimized for applications like Autocad, not games. While it would work for games, you would be better off with a gaming card.

 

[envy14tpe]

For gaming? It is horrible. Why? Where is the GPU? There is no gaming GPU listed. The V7900 is not for gaming. Clearly this is a work station and not a gaming station. I wouldn't pay more than $600 if a friend was selling it.

 

[anti-duck]

I'm not sure how much that graphics card goes for over there either, but in the UK, that is a ~£600 (~$900) graphics card alone, brand new ofcourse. You could probably sell it and get a brand new GTX 970 and just keep everything else and it would be a pretty good gaming rig.

 

[Juve4ever]

guys allright..but if i sell the gpu and replace it with a decent gaming one ??will the rest of the build work fine with it??
if yes ,please suggest a gpu.

 

[Juve4ever]

im sorry i picked the solution in mistake

 

[Juve4ever]

I'm not sure how much that graphics card goes for over there either, but in the UK, that is a ~£600 (~$900) graphics card alone, brand new ofcourse. You could probably sell it and get a brand new GTX 970 and just keep everything else and it would be a pretty good gaming rig.

so the cpu is good enough for modern gaming??

 

[anti-duck]

I'm not sure how much that graphics card goes for over there either, but in the UK, that is a ~£600 (~$900) graphics card alone, brand new ofcourse. You could probably sell it and get a brand new GTX 970 and just keep everything else and it would be a pretty good gaming rig.

so the cpu is good enough for modern gaming??

The CPU is awesome! It's basically equivalent to an i7 3770 without the iGPU and you should be able to set the core frequency so that it runs at its turbo clock all the time.

 

[Juve4ever]

I'm not sure how much that graphics card goes for over there either, but in the UK, that is a ~£600 (~$900) graphics card alone, brand new ofcourse. You could probably sell it and get a brand new GTX 970 and just keep everything else and it would be a pretty good gaming rig.

so the cpu is good enough for modern gaming??

The CPU is awesome! It's basically equivalent to an i7 3770 without the iGPU and you should be able to set the core frequency so that it runs at its turbo clock all the time.

thx man..so i might negotiate with him to lower the price a bit then sell the gpu and get a gaming one...thx again

 

[anti-duck]

I'm not sure how much that graphics card goes for over there either, but in the UK, that is a ~£600 (~$900) graphics card alone, brand new ofcourse. You could probably sell it and get a brand new GTX 970 and just keep everything else and it would be a pretty good gaming rig.

so the cpu is good enough for modern gaming??

The CPU is awesome! It's basically equivalent to an i7 3770 without the iGPU and you should be able to set the core frequency so that it runs at its turbo clock all the time.

thx man..so i might negotiate with him to lower the price a bit then sell the gpu and get a gaming one...thx again

$1000 for that seems like a pretty good price to me to be fair, seems like a really good deal actually! But I'm not familiar with US prices at all so do your research and see what you could sell that FirePro for before making an offer.

 

[envy14tpe]

Be careful. There is nothing in this build that makes it $1000. If you could sell the GPU for $400 then it'd be ok, but I don't know the selling price on that kind of hardware. The other components can be bought for around $600 but they could be overkill.

I seem to be missing the mobo in the list. What is it?