$500 Gaming PC

[Anonymous66]

I'm looking to make a cheap Gaming PC around the budget of $500. I have seen the build they have designed and have took interest to this design. I have to admit I'm new to Building PCs as this is my first. Feedback and Ideas would be great. Also with this build is there anything else I would need to buy to get it up and running - Excluding Monitor/mouse/keyboard/Wireless Net/speakers.

*CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 925 $125
*CPU Cooler - AMD boxed heatsink/fan $0
*Motherboard - ASRock M3A770DE $60
*RAM - G.Skill 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR3-1333 (PC3 10600) Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNS $40
*Graphics - Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1 GB $170
*Hard Drive - Samsung Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320 GB SATA 3Gb/s $43
*Case - Xigmatek Asgard II B/O CPC-T45UE-U01 $30
*Power - Antec EarthWatts Green EA380D 380 W $40
*Optical - Lite-On 24x DVD Burner SATA iHAS 124-04 $19
*Total Price - $527

 

[MXGame]

The 380W power supply might not be able to properly power your system with a HD 6850. I think going with a 500W PSU would be better.

Below is a good one:
Antec EarthWatts EA-500D Green 500W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371035

 

[Anonymous66]

Yeah I was kind of thinking this aswell. But this is the build they made, And it works fine. But i may upgrade it to the 500W PSU. Anything else needed to be able to run this PC??

 

[MXGame]

Everything else looks fine. You could buy thermal paste as well if you wanted. An Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste keeps the CPU temp much lower than the stock thermal paste, but its optional since you aren't going to overclock, so you should be fine with the thermal paste that comes with the CPU.

Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007&cm_re=artic_silver_5-_-35-100-007-_-Product

 

[Anonymous66]

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[k1114]

I'm sure you've seen this as you have the same exact parts and you have the old prices that date back to the article. The cpu is $10 cheaper, and the cd/dvd rose to 23 and you can find a cheaper one than that. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/budget-gaming-pc-phenom-ii-radeon-hd-6850,2903-14.html Peak power is 306 overclocked, 80w isnt a much of an overhead but even a 430w to save money is a good choice. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371034