Is This Good For A Gaming PC?

[RoadDoc326]

So, this will be my first PC I built and before I buy everything I want to make sure it all looks good. The plan for it is to be a fairly serious gaming PC, and being able to play games such as Skyrim, and Battlefield 3 on a higher quality with a good framerate. Anyway here it is:

Case
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 Black Steel / Plastic Computer Case
HDD
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
MoBo
Newegg.com - MSI 870S-G46 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard
Video Card
Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSU
Newegg.com - APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 500W ATX Power Supply
RAM
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model F3-8500CL7Q-16GBRL
CPU
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor HDZ980FBK4DGM - Processors - Desktops

[glc]

If you have a budget figure to meet, your priorities need to be shifted.

You need to spend as much as you can on the video card, a 550 Ti is not a strong gaming card. Cut back to 8gb ram (get a different brand such as Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, or A-Data - and get at least 1333 speed) and possibly cut the CPU back. Replace that PSU with a more reliable brand, we suggest Antec Earthwatts/HCG or Corsair TX. There is no such thing as a reliable 500 watt PSU for 40 bucks.

[MaxRat]

I'd also get an Asus board over that MSI... the MSI/AMD boards are slow...you wont be happy at all...

their BIOS timings are pretty lax to allow higher over clocks and because of that stock performance suffers...

[RoadDoc326]

Case
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
HDD
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Mother Board
Newegg.com - Foxconn A88GMV AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Video Card
Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSU
Newegg.com - Athena Power AP-MP4ATX55FEP8 550W Micro ATX SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Memory
Newegg.com - Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model 996770
CPU
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition Deneb 3.6GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor HDZ975FBGMBOX

[glc]

Threads merged, please do NOT open any more new threads for this build. Thank you.

Did you not see our recommendations on your first configuration? Motherboard, power supply, and ram should be changed. In fact, that power supply won't even fit in that case.

[birddog_61]

Case
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
HDD
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Mother Board
Newegg.com - ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Video Card
Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSU
Newegg.com - SeaSonic S12II 620 Bronze 620W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Memory
Newegg.com - CORSAIR 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMV8GX3M2A1333C9
CPU
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition Deneb 3.6GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor HDZ975FBGMBOX

If you would tell us how much you want to spend on the build we could help you out a lot better.