Need feedback on my build

[Max999]

Hi all,

I am hoping I can recieve some feedback for my first ever gaming rig. Running at a resolution of 1600x1050. Would it be fine for Batman Arkham City and Battlefield 3 running at high?

Intel Core i5-2500K
Official Intel Socket 1155 Cooler
Coolermaster Elite 430 Midi Tower Chassis
Asus GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
8GB Exceleram Rippler Sandybridge-Series (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz - ERS303A
1TB Samsung SpinPoint F3
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Motherboard
650W XFX Core Edition Power Supply
LG 22x DVD-RW SATA Black Optical ReWriter Drive

I got the asus gtx 560 really cheap off a local (£90) so I settled for that instead of the more expensive gtx 560Ti which I admit is better. The 560 itself is still a good card.

Feel free to criticise, hopefully I can do better next time around!

Max

 

[Athlon2K15]

looks perfect,may want a better cpu cooler in the future.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

only thing I can say is about the motherboard, which is the same board I have, the 2nd PCIe slot is only a *4 slot if you decide to go SLI in the future. Something I wished I had noticed before purchase.

 

[Max999]

@BarbaricSoul - Oh thanks I did't spot that...I guess I won't be going for a SLI setup, this build is for my younger brother for Christmas, I was thinking of doing up a similar build for myself with the ti of this card, will certainly look for a better mboard

@AthalonX2 - For the current setup I though that cooler would be sufficient, do you think I should invest in a cooler with the current setup or in the future if further upgrades are carried out?

 

[BarbaricSoul]

get a new cooler if you plan on OC'ing at all.