New to PC gaming. Need insight on my build.

kovyon

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Hey Everyone,

I had been gaming on a laptop (vaio 8, as painful as it was) for about 2 years. I had just been playing games like APB: Reloaded, Counter Strike, Minecraft...etc. My friend has got me into mild computer gaming and I finally decided to get a cheap gaming PC. I recently created a pretty basic build (nothing too high end because of my budget, especially it is the iBuyPower build on Walmart's website) and I was wondering if this could at least run the games I listed above at med settings? I don't know much and I was wondering if someone could tell me how this build would run on med settings for the games listed above. Thanks much in advance. Also I'm not sure of this whole rig I'm buying is coming with a power supply? If anyone could help by looking up and telling me if it comes with the bundle or if I have to buy a power supply separately?

PC Build:

1) Case: iBUYPOWER NZXT Source 210 USB 3.0 Gaming Chassis.

2) Motherboard & processor: I'm split between an AMD-4200/4300/6300. I don't really want to pay for power I don't really need for my level of gaming. (I know this isn't a cheap hobby, but help me out.) :/

3) Memory: 8 DDR3 1333 (4 x 2GB memory sticks)

4) Harddrive: 1TB HDD 7200rpm...I was hoping I could possibly go 500GB 7200RPM, but all depends on what you guys think.

5) Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 or could I possibly go lower 7750?

6) Optical drive: Basic 24x DVD+/- RW DL O.D.

...with windows 7 premium.

I also wanted to know if all of these components will fit in my chosen case?

Thank you again for any potential help, I really appreciate it.

-Kovyon

 
I tried to keep the lowest prices for mild gaming. Here's a video of Crysis 3 gameplay with the same CPU and GPU in this build.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VbXcLYdFTo

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($135.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $577.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 18:20 EDT-0400)