hows this look as a budget gaming rig?

[Secret666]

Title says it all really.

Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

 

[Phoenix]

I'd recommend upgrading the HDD to a caviar green and getting the coolermaster elite case, the black enigma isn't designed for gaming so the temperatures will be quite high.

 

[Varithgar]

Adding to Phoenix's suggestion; For some reason it seems the 640GB and 1TB version are the same price for some reason!

A simple suggestion; you could always drop the AMD PHENOM II X4 970 to something lower and upgrade your graphics card because I have a friend of a friend who says a less powerful Processor in substitution for a better Graphics card and benefit the system.

This is because with the games these days you GPU is kinda working it's ass off so the CPU has less to do, so getting a better Graphics card can ease some of the load it takes, not saying your CPU does nothing but it's something to look into if you're going to be doing some extensive gaming or high resolution gaming with AA and AF etc. (1920 x 1080 upwards).

If you decide to consider the substitution, I'd recommend an ATI Radeon HD 5830 or a NVIDIA GeForce GTX460, but don't substitute a processor any lower than an Athlon II 640 3.00GHz or you'll see some pretty bad performance issues and may even bottleneck the system.

 

[Secret666]

thanks, advice taken on board