Im a noob to PC gaming

[isthatugravybob]

Hi forum, im an xbox 360 player and i decided that instead of getting the xbox 720 i would try afford a gaming PC :)

Now i obviously don't have much of a clue when it comes to the technical stuff but i asked a mate to price up a decent PC for a cheapish price. I just wondered if anyone could confirm whether its good or not:

Intel Core i5 3450,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.1GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 6MB Smart Cache, 31x Ratio, 77W, Retail
1GB Asus GTX 550 Ti, 4104MHz GDDR5, GPU 900MHz, Shader 1800MHz, 192 Cores, Dual Link DVI-I/ D-Sub/ HDMI
1TB Seagate ST1000DL002 Barracuda Green, SATA 3Gb/s, 5900rpm, 32MB Cache, 12ms, NCQ
4GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10666 (1333), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V
Asus P8H77-V LE, Intel H77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, PCIe 3.0 (x16), USB 3.0 D-Sub (VGA) / DVI-D / HDMI, ATX
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus, Black Mid Tower Performance Gaming Case w/o PSU
450W EZCool Silent pPFC PSU AMD & P4 Ready, 2x 80mm Silent Fans
Sony AD-7261S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, Lightscribe, OEM

Total £495.72

If anyone replies i will be very grateful and could they tell me whether or not i would be able to play Arma with this at decent quality?
Thanks again :)

[Hellfire257]

That looks fine if I'm honest. The only thing I would comment on would be the power supply. I know you're after a decent priced build but if there is one thing I have learned form PC building it is that you should never skimp on the PSU. EZCool are a budget brand and I've never heard of anyone using them so I cannot comment further. Also, 450Ws limits how much you can upgrade in the future. The thing to remember with PC is that buying better quality and stronger components generally means it can last you through multiple upgrades. Getting a high quality PSU with a decent output usually turns out cheaper than buying multiple cheap, low output ones as you upgrade.

However, I'm not a dedicated builder or anything and there are people on here who can advise you better. You've actually posted in the wrong place as well but that's an easy mistake to make. You will find more/better help here:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?72181-Will-my-PC-Run-this-What-CPU-GPU-to-get-What-settings-System-Specifications