Help with gaming PC

I'm looking into buying a new computer and i want it to be able to play any games out today on high settings. I was wondering if this PC would do the trick.

Intel Core i5 3550 3.30 GHz 6M LGA1155 Processor

8GB Kit Dual Channel RAM DDR3-1333 OEM

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA3 6.0Gb/s 3.5' Internal Hard Drive

Liteon 12x Internal SATA Blu-Ray DVDRW iHBS212 Lightscribe

Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H Intel H77 mAtx LGA1155

Power Color HD7850 2GB 860MHz/1200MHzX4 256bit DVI/HDMI/DP

Great Wall 550W AdvanceX Power,Ultra quite,12cm Fan

Any opinions would be great.

i5 seems to be everyone's Intel sweet spot at the moment and the i5 3550 is at the mid-upper end of the spectrum. You shouldn't any problems with that. Obviously an i7 will be your best bet for longevity, but it's a pretty steep price increase...so precede with the utmost wallet-caution

Blu-Ray drive? If you absolutely want it, go for it. But that's an easy 80 USD you can deposit into another component (GPU, RAM).

I am a bit of an absolute separatist when it comes to matching CPU/GPU, so your choice of an AMD GPU with an Intel CPU irks me. I've had nasty experiences with cooperation issues when yoking the two together. But I know of plenty of people who disagree with me and go all willy-nilly patchwork, so you are probably safe. The 7850 is an okay choice if gaming at 1920X1080. Even then, juggernauts like Witcher 2 and Battlefield 3 will drop frames (like run somewhere around 40 FPS on high at 1920X1080 with dips to high 20s). I'd either switch over to Nvida 670 (roughly a 100USD more...remember that Blu-Ray we talked about???) or AMD 7950 for more head room.

Be sure to recalculate your power consumption if you make any changes. I personally like to leave myself some room to grow (SLI/CrossFire, additional HDD, SSD), so I placed a 1250W power supply in my current rig.

Hope this helps a bit. I do not profess to keep up with PC tech until about six months before upgrade/new build time, so I'm sure other members of the community will fill in the inevitable gaps I may have left.

Best of luck with the new machine!