Need help determining benchmarking this pre-built desktop - Hardware & Software

Basically, I'm really piss poor at determining whether I'm getting a decent desktop that will run games on max settings and shit. This is the one my Dad found, budget is $1000, and he was planning on switching out the hard drive to a SSD hdd hybrid. How well will I be able to run games on with this desktop? Is there anything better for the same price, or within' the $1000 budget? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1418794[/url]

Fairly sure that's a barebones kit, which means you'll probably have to assemble it yourself. It's not that hard, but if you were looking for something to just buy and then immediately plug into the wall and go, that's not for you. The video card is [url=http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_value.html]pretty high up when it comes to value[/url], so that looks fine to me. Some other people would probably need to help you with most of the other stuff, I'm not incredibly knowledgeable in these matters.

[QUOTE=joshjet;42052665]Fairly sure that's a barebones kit, which means you'll probably have to assemble it yourself. It's not that hard, but if you were looking for something to just buy and then immediately plug into the wall and go, that's not for you. The video card is [url=http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_value.html]pretty high up when it comes to value[/url], so that looks fine to me. Some other people would probably need to help you with most of the other stuff, I'm not incredibly knowledgeable in these matters.[/QUOTE] Nah I've put together plenty of computers, and my Dad repairs computers for a living, but I don't really have the best Dad in the world... So I don't exactly trust his judgement. What I'm trying to say is, for anyone else reading this, don't be afraid to suggest separate builds or suggest replacing yada yada because I can definitely put it together myself. Thanks for reminding me to clarify that though, joshjet!

The 8350 is a great processor, but not for gaming. For gaming your best bet is Haswell. The 4670k is near that price range (it'll be a little more expensive in the end), but it will get you [U]much[/U] better performance in gaming. This is because the 8350's specialty is multithreading (the same is true with most AMD processors), and game's rarely rely on more than one or two threads.

The 8350 is good for a bit lower budget build. For you the sweetspot would be the i5-4670K

Using advise given I've modified the build myself and ended up with this: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oMKtBiw.png[/IMG] Any other objections?

[QUOTE=KamenMoore;42054708]Using advise given I've modified the build myself and ended up with this: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oMKtBiw.png[/IMG] Any other objections?[/QUOTE] Several: No CPU cooling. WAY WAY WAY overpriced $200 ASUS motherboard that isn't compatible with your processor. Very expensive HDD for no good reason. Only using newegg for parts when they can be purchased much cheaper elsewhere. I recommend this: [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1z8hl[/url] -Decent cooling. -Good compatible sanely priced motherboard. -More reasonably priced HDD, but if I were you I would just go with a 1TB barracuda. -Gigabyte's 7870 not only has the best air cooling you can buy, but is overclocked to surpass the GHz edition and performs closer to the XT and GTX 760 (not to mention it can be overclocked further because of that cooling). -Better case. -Probably a better, cheaper PSU.

Ooo, thanks for this!