Advice on cheapest Gaming rig able to crysis in low resolution

[mercuryman24]

I need advice on cheapest gaming rig possible to play crysis in low resolution.
Thanks.

 

[batuchka]

Toms USD $500 Dec 2010 SBM
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-a-pc-overclock-athlon-ii-x3,2811.html

already could do 1920 x 1080 high Crysis so scale down from there hehe

 

[kurtcrosbie]

Toms USD $500 Dec 2010 SBM
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-a-pc-overclock-athlon-ii-x3,2811.html

already could do 1920 x 1080 high Crysis so scale down from there hehe

Not into Crysis, but iRacing instead, and its fairly demanding when it comes to parts. I think Tom's build below could use a few tweaks:
CPU
AMD Athlon II X3 445
$75

CPU Cooler
Rosewill RCX-ZAIO-92
$16

Motherboard
ASRock M3A770DE
$60

RAM
Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR3-1333 (PC3 10600) Model 996586
$65

Graphics
Sparkle SXX460768D5UNM GeForce GTX 460 768 MB
$160

Hard Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320GB SATA 3Gb/s
$43

Case
Antec NSK 4482B Black
$75

Power
Antec EarthWatts Green 380 W included w/ case
$0

Optical
Lite-On 24X DVD Burner SATA iHAS 124-04
$17

Total Price

$511

I would drop the cpu cooler, since you simply don't need it unless you're going to overclock, go with a Cooler Master Elite 310 case which will save you another $35, and you certainly do not need a GTX460 gpu. Go with an ATI 4850 or even 4670, which are both below the $100 mark compared to $160 for the GTX460. You could save some money by going with a Regor X2 series cpu, but the X3 is a pretty good deal. I think its worth it to have 3 cores instead of 2 for just a $20 difference. However, if Crysis doesn't use 3 cores and you need to save $20 more, go for the X2.