Is this a good gaming pc?

[Amir Kondori]

Holy shit. You found a pre-built pc that doesn't have people telling you to build it yourself? Bravo

Forgetting the GPU, because everyone's already picked on that, you could also do better with the hard drive and the RAM. A 1TB hard drive is undeniably useful for storing tons of games or downloading high quality porn, but solid state is a step up from traditional hard drives performance-wise. Use the 1TB as an external, and get a 300GB SSD, the SSD is going to last you for a while.

Actually not quite. SSD's are WORM devices: write once read many. They wear out faster than hard disks the more times you write to the memory. BUT, op might not be the kind of user who frequently writes a lot of data. I just thought I'd point that out to him. Its generally safer to back up anything you put on an SSD to a hard disk.

I'd rather go for a hybrid drive. Or use both a hard drive and a small SSD and install the OS and favorite programs on the SSD. Though personally, I'd also rather have one huge pool of memory on my main computer

You are not writing enough data to your solid state drive to worry about it wearing out within the lifespan of the computer. Unless you writing 100's of terabytes a day, which 99% of people reading this forum are not.

Hybrid drives suck. They are good for laptops with a single drive bay if you can't afford a SSD in the capacity you need, but otherwise you are MUCH better off going with a SSD for the OS/Programs, and a mechanical drive for your data/backup. Of course if your data is really important you need more backup than just that anyway.

 

[Breno]

hey guys thanks for all the info, turns out that it cant be shipped to ireland but i did find another rig that can

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00C72IMOU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

seems pretty good comes with windows 8, would i be be able to upgrade this later with a Better Graphics card? (GTX 660ti/7850, whatever you recommend) since people don't seem to be too fond of integrated ones. would i need to install a wifi card? if so could someone recommend one? heard the power supply is a bit faulty so could anyone recommend a cheap replacement? thanks

also found this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCHW-FX-6300-Bulldozer-Graphics-Operating/dp/B00DY5DGCM/ref=sr_1_14?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1385247851&sr=1-14&keywords=gaming+desktops

6 cores is temping but no reviews for it so now too sure about it also no OS makes it a bit pricey