Would this be a good custom pc?

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Alright, here's the specs:

Sentey® Power Supply 525w-$29.99

AMD Athlon II x2 270 3.4 Ghz (Comes with heat sink & fan)-$64.99

ZOTAC Socket AM3/AM2+ GeForce 6100/DDR3/A&V&L/Micro ATX Motherboard GF6100-F-E- $39.99

2 GB Dell New Certified Memory RAM (DDR3, 800 MHZ, DIMM 240-pin) (I also have 2GB more at home)-$25

WD Blue 160 GB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 8 MB Cache - WD1600AAJB-$21

Rosewill Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case, Black FBM-02-$30

PowerColor ATI Radeon HD6950 1GB DDR5 2DVI/HDMI/2x Mini DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card AX6950 1GBD5-2DH-$98.49

Total Cost: $340 (Shipping and tax included)

Would this PC be good for light gaming, such as playing War Thunder on Medium or High graphics? Thanks in advance!
 
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First off Sentey power supplies are cheap crap.
Never go cheap on the part that can destroy everything else.

This pc might play on low-medium with low resolutin and low frames per second.

A pentium g3258 would be much stronger then that AMD and for cheaper.
A GTX 750 or a R7-260x would be miles better then that GPU for $20 more.

Increase the budget to $400-450 and you could have a half decent computer that could game on medium.
 
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I'll look into that cpu and maybe the gpu.
 
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Did not even break $400.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($28.97 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($109.95 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $386.37 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 12:32 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 240 2GB Video Card ($53.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $337.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 12:36 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 250 1GB Video Card ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $363.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 12:38 EDT-0400

Added the Optical Drive as well.
 
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The 260x is a better card then either of those two.

I selected 500w so that there is no issues with the corsair psu. The CX serries dont do well for a long period of time if they are being stressed a lot. If you get 500w and plan to use 300-350 then you will be fine, 350w often on the 430w is pushing it.
 
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Alright, so here's a list of the other maufacturers I found. Which would be the best?

coolmax
rosewill
kentek
fsp group
imicro
coolermaster
startech
apex
radimax

 
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from that list, rosewill i think
 
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Rosewill hive and capstone is good, any other model is not very good.

Here is the T.H. power supply tier list:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2326297/power-supply-effects.html#xtor=EPR-8809

You want a power supply that is 80+ rated. Otherwise the power output number means absolutly nothing. Also, raidmax builds their psu to pass the test, but any additional stress or a couple years of use and it goes, they even have a rep as "motherboard killer"

For the build i suggested, the 500w corsair psu is the best you can get in your price range.

I would only use and recomend seasonic, xfx, evga, corsair, antec or rosewill (hive or capstone only).
 
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That is very helpful! I was about to make a post with items similar to this. However, I already have a spare optical drive, so I guess that drops the price down $17. But seriously, thanks, i might just use this!
 
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My appoligies, I completley missread your GPU when i first read the post, my eyes read 6450 instead of a 6950.

That 6950 is better then anything < $170. That card for $100 is a great deal

Stick with that card.

Get that GPU and this instead:
\PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($28.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $271.44 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 13:04 EDT-0400
 
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Alright, taking everything into account, This is my stuff.

GPU: PowerColor ATI Radeon HD6950 1GB DDR5 2DVI/HDMI/2x Mini DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card AX6950 1GBD5-2DH
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258
PSU: XFX ATX 550 Power Supply
Case: Sentey ATX Case(Yes, cheap crap, I know, only $30)
RAM:Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL9 @1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory Module BLS4G3D1609DS1S00
MOBO:MSI Computer Corp. LGA1150/Intel H81/DDR3/SATA3 and USB3.0/A&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard H81M-E33
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 250 GB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive ST3250318AS-Bare Drive

How does that sound?
 
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sounds good. If I were you, I'd swap the case for the Source 210.
Are you sure you don't need more HD space?
 
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I'm going to stick with the sentey case. I have another 160 GB HD somewhere, so I would have like 410 GB, which is plenty for me. (For now.)
 
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Your choice on the case,

The reson we suggest a higher end case is beause the higher end case is made for gaming.

Cheap cases only have slots for 80mm fans that are louder and move less air then bigger fans, they dont have as many slots for fans, they have top mounted psu slots (bottom mounted is better for cooling), they have sharper edges, no cable managment, and it is just harder to build in.
 
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I know this, but this case comes with an sd card reader, a crap power supply (good for selling on ebay!), and 2 pre-installed fans for $30, which venilate to the outside. I think it'll work well enough.
 
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