Is this good enough for a gaming build?

No (it can play them but at lower settings, overall a bad build for the price). What's your budget? At $1400 a 660 is a awful terrible idea.
 
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/speedx77/saved/3Q0s $1272.18 after savings

-I got low profile ram just in-case you wanted to air cool your CPU later
-That monitor comes with speakers, eliminating the need of speakers however you can always pick up speakers and a keyboard if you really need it.
- I would have gone for a AMD GPU but due to mining the prices have been jacked up
-You can get a CPU cooler if you want, but you can always wait it isn't a necessity.
 
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aaronguy56 said:
How so can you explain? And my budget is 1400ish.
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-Anything above the 1000 or 1100 budget and I would recommend getting a Intel CPU
-The 660 is a bit old and slacks when it comes to newer titles
-That CPU cooler wont make that much of a diff. compared to a stock one.
-You don't need 16 gigs of RAM for gaming 8 is good for now
-The motherboard could probably be better
-You don't need an anti-static wrist band as long as your not working on a carpet lol
-And you don't need that 18 dollar fan
 
Also I understand 4gb is too much for one monitor. As time goes on and money allows I do in fact plan on getting two more monitors.
 
FX CPUs play well with BF4, but not at all with Arma, whereas Intel is good with both.

Get something like this, but with a 780 (you could downgrade to a 770 if necessary but I highly recommend against it, remove the SSD first if needed). It will max all games at 1080p. Remove the 16GB and get 8GB (Crucial Ballistix Sport is usually the cheapest, low profile and good ram), and get a 1080p 23" monitor by Acer, HP, Dell, or Asus. Get a Sidewinder X4 for a KB, and really any mouse over 30 bucks will do. Choose any case you like by Corsair, NZXT, Bitfenix, Fractal Design, or CM Storm. For speakers just get a cheap 2.1 setup by Logitech or Altec Lansing who in my experience make decent enough speakers for cheap.

Speeds build is decent, but he's not making use of the full budget and recommending Windows 7 which is going on 5 years old. And BTW monitor speakers are crappy as hell, even a $20 Logitech set will beat almost every single pair.
 
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God with over $1000 you should look at Intel.

Speed's build is good but I'd get Windows 8.1 over 7 Home now (controversial topic, I know).
 
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God with over $1000 you should look at Intel.

Speed's build is good but I'd get Windows 8.1 over 7 Home now (controversial topic, I know).
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To you and unicorn i know 8.1 is the latest thing but in his OG build he got Win 7, so I went with that because that's what he probably preferred
 
For one, I really don't like intel.. They are overpriced for there product when I could just get the fx 8350 for 32ghz for $200 instead of paying $300+ for the same processor -ghz. Also I've tried windows 8 I'm just not that into it.
 
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FX CPUs play well with BF4, but not at all with Arma, whereas Intel is good with both.
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My fx 8350 plays arma 3 beautifully, and I haven't overclocked it yet. I am even playing with the gtx 660. My fps rarely drops below 30 with the settings I have it on now, and they are up pretty high, nearly maxed except for the fact I have all the post processing junk (all the blurs, depth of field, and bloom) turned off (would never ever want it on). If I wanted to bring all settings to standard and high instead of ultra I would be getting another 15 fps, might need to do that for multiplayer. I would stick with the amd.

EDIT - Just wanted to come back and say arma is a terrible benchmark to be using for gaming. Was just replying to that quote for the most part. But amd does great for gaming in my experience. The only thing that ever gives me any trouble is the arma series, I reckon on my current build something like bf4 would be easily maxed out. Try beamng, it is also demanding, quite cpu intensive. I can max that out no problems on my current rig using the 8350.
 
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If you really MUST get an AMD, save some money and get the FX-8320. It's the same as the 8350 but stock clocked slightly lower (but can be overclocked). It's cheaper.

I still think you should look at getting an i5 4670K and a good Z87 board, but if you must have the AMD then so be it...

Not really digging the ASRock motherboard or the Toshiba hard drive either. I'd go with Seagate or WD for your HDD and Gigabyte, MSI or ASUS for your board. Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 is a good board for AM3+.
 
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