How well could my PC run games?

[Fidgety_Fugu]

Hello Steam-goers,

I was looking to get a new gaming PC, and was wondering if a desktop with these specs could run a game like Shogun 2 or other modern games on good/high quality with a decent FPS?
Power Supply : 500W Power Supply
Motherboard : Gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2 (HDMI & USB3 Support)
CPU : AMD FM2 A4 6300 APU Dual Core 3.7Ghz (turbo 3.9Ghz) Black Edition
Hard Drive : 1TB Seagate Sata 7200RPM 6Gb/s Hard Drive
Memory : 8GB DDR3 1600mhz Memory
Graphics Card : ATI 8370D APU Graphics
Optical Drive : 24 Speed Dual Layer DVD Writer
Warranty : 12 Months Return To Base (Parts & Labour)
Connections : 6 x USB 2.0 Ports + 2 x USB 3.0 Rear ports / LAN / Sound / VGA / DVI / HDMI

I'm sorry for posting this question, I'm sure people must get this all the time but wanted to be sure before I made a blummin' expensive mistake.

Thanks for reading,

[Doctor Teo]

It does happen all the time, but it's fine; everyone wants to make sure they don't get caught with a bad computer, and with so many different parts, the answers aren't always obvious.

Someone will probably have to correct me on this, but to me that computer looks quite sub-par.

Nothing is innately wrong with the RAM, the Hard Drive, or the power supply.

Your "CPU" has a small quirk. That's not a CPU, that's an APU, and I made the same mistake trying to order a computer when I got the two mixed up. APU's are different, and tend to be weaker than proper CPUs. If you insist on an AMD processor (they tend to be more cost efficient but a bit weaker than Intel), look for something starting with 'FX' (FX-6350, or FX-8350) since those are CPUs and not APUs. Even by APU standards, that one is very, very weak, and doesn't hold a candle to a CPU; the only advantage of an APU is that you do not have to have a dedicated graphics card, so you save a bit of money.

(https://cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A4-6300+APU&id=2083) (Your APU vs common CPUs)

Your Motherboard will also only accept APU's. A CPU will not fit in that motherboard, so you can't switch them out. You are stuck with APUs if you go with that computer, which many consider sub-optimal for anything too intensive.

The Graphics Card is an integrated graphics card, courtesy of your APU (APU's are both processors and graphics), and absolutely not meant for gaming. You will be able to run older games just fine, but it will have tremendous issues running something super recent; forget 'high fps', my guess is a modern game like Witcher 3 won't even work.

If you are going to buy a computer, you're going to have to look elsewhere; that thing's a glorified potato by gaming standards.