Is This Any Good Of A Gaming PC?

TeraHertz · January 1, 2016

So, what I want to know is if http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Gxg4xr is any good as a gaming/coding/recording and minimal editing machine. The games I mean are like Kerbal Space Program, Minecraft, and Sim City. I'm trying to go for something under 650 USD. I don't need any peripherals besides a monitor. I'm upgrading because I have an A4 3420 APU with 4 gigs of RAM @ 2.8 Gigahertz it also from HP. Model: p6-2100

Rationale:

CPU: It's was cheap and from Intel. I also like the sound of overclocking it.

GPU: A GTX 950 because I don't play graphically intensive games.

RAM: Because it was cheap and from a brand I trust.

Mother Board: I wanted something that said it was able to overclock the Pentium and, had USB headers.

Storage: I really need 1TB of mass-storage space for reasons... and an SSD for my boot drive as well as programs that use fairly often.

CPU Cooling: I plan to overclock the CPU to hopefully 5.0 gigahertz, but I doubt that.

Case: I wanted a side panel window and USB headers.

Power Supply: I wanted something that gave me enough power to let me upgrade and from a brand I trust.

Monitor: Because I NEED a new monitor (I'm running 1024 by 768. Certified for Windows Vista?)

OS: I'm running Windows 10 currently but can't copy it.

EDIT: I code on Notepad++, mostly HTML but probably will be moving on to other programming languages. If possible, please list a good forum of coding people.

NanoTech56 · January 1, 2016

need more cores if you want to do that shit

007agentHP · January 1, 2016

the psu is horrible. get a xfx/seasonic/evga b2 or p2

the cpu cooler is decent, but a criorig h7 is much better

Darth-Marius · January 1, 2016

some games dont run on dual cores,and cx psus are fire hazards, and you aren't getting 5.0ghz on that cpu with that cooler, and that mobo cant oc( they might have some work around, but still)

NanoTech56 · January 1, 2016

you need a x4 860k becase dem cores

Darth-Marius · January 1, 2016

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/G39vP6

NanoTech56 · January 1, 2016

Very vague descriptions of the hardware your thinking of buying.

what do you mean? he posted a link to the build

xiej · January 1, 2016

You PROBABLY cannot overclock the G3258 to ANYTHING above 4.5 Ghz......

I've seen reports of it being overclocked to 4.2 Ghz with the stock cooler.

KSP will use multithreading in 1.1.....

Darth-Marius · January 1, 2016

Didn't notice that. Still what games is OP gonna run? We need some more information. Also, that dual core CPU = RIP any multitasking/power using.

Kerbal Space Program, Minecraft, and Sim City

NanoTech56 · January 1, 2016

Didn't notice that. Still what games is OP gonna run? We need some more information. Also, that dual core CPU = RIP any multitasking/power using.

umm did you not read the post? he said the game he was gonna run.

xiej · January 1, 2016

some games dont run on dual cores,and cx psus are fire hazards, and you aren't getting 5.0ghz on that cpu with that cooler, and that mobo cant oc

somebody should've told me that before I bought it, had trouble getting it to connect to my motherboard(ATX 24), use it for my first PC build, and put that PC next to me as I type this message