Is this rig good for gaming?

jujar14

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hello,

im getting this rig for £617. can you tell me if it will be able to handle next gen games. if i can overclock and how goo the system would be.

Corsair Carbide
Motherboard Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3
AMD FX 8350 4.0ghz Eight Core 16mb Cache
8gb crucial DDR3 1600mhz
1tb Seagate Barracuda Sata 6Gb/s 64mb Cache 7200rpm
Optical Drive: pioneer blu ray drive
Graphics Card AMD Radeon R9 280X 3gb GDDR5
PSU Size Corsair CX600 80 Plus Bronze 600w
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64bit

i have the monitor wireless card keyboard and mouse already.

cheers.
 
Solution
Watch the cpu frequencies. The 960g motherboards are known to have throttling issues with the 8350 and 8320 under load. The 280x is capable of running most games at ultra at 1080p.