How is this budget PC for gaming?

[Skrub]

CPU: i5 4460 (3.2ghZ)

RAM: 8gb (2x4gb HyperX)

MOBO: asRock b85 fata1ty killer

GPU: Palit gtx760 2gb

PSU: 650W gold Thermaltake

Case: Zalman z3 plus mid tower

storage: 1tb 7200rpm HDD + 128gb SSD

win7 os

How are these specs for gaming atm?

Is there any potential bottlenecking?

Thankss <3

[Guest]

Hello and welcome to the LTT forum

Though that is an overall good build I see a few place where it can bee improved give me a moment to edit and leave a PC Parts Picker link

[Guest]

Also what is your price point?

@Skrub 

[Cokeman]

NEVER BUY NON K CPUS. Holy cow this is like the 10th time today I've had to tell people this.

[Skrub]

around the 1300$ range

 

[edit] i live down under so cpu etc is really expensive

[Guest]

NEVER BUY NON K CPUS. Holy cow this is like the 10th time today I've had to tell people this.

I disagree. If he doesn't plan on overclocking there is not point to a K cpu. Glad I could clear this up

[Guest]

around the 1300$ range

 

[edit] i live down under so cpu etc is really expensive

Thanks working on it now.

[Guest]

around the 1300$ range

 

[edit] i live down under so cpu etc is really expensive

ok I'll try to keep it down to around $1000 to compensate

[Skrub]

I figured getting an i5 4460 was fine since Im not gaming hardcore and would purchase a cpu of higher quality later on

[Guest]

I figured getting an i5 4460 was fine since Im not gaming hardcore and would purchase a cpu of higher quality later on

Check your messenger I have a few question about your preferences and that makes it easier.

[Guest]

I figured getting an i5 4460 was fine since Im not gaming hardcore and would purchase a cpu of higher quality later on

The little envelope at the top check it I have a few questions just because I don't want to spam your topic thread .

[Trik'Stari]

I'd say it's fine if your on a budget. I was going to get a 4460 but I found a cheaper motherboard than what I was looking at that offered me the SLI ability I wanted, good looks (the heatsinks on the board I was looking at originally just looked hideous), and was able to buy a 4690k instead. I do wish I had a GTX760 instead of my GTX660, although being on my crummy 720p screen that doesn't matter at all.

[Guest]

Here you go. The PSU is a little over kill for this build but would work great for any upgrades would might have. It's also fully modular.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tLZDQ7

Hope this helps

[tuberolector]

The one thing that I would be careful about with this system is that I think (not 100% sure, but fairly sure) that the 4460 is a Haswell refresh Cpu, so you might need a bios update on that motherboard to use it.