[Solved] Looking For A Gaming Desktop For Under $500, Will this work?

Hello everyone, I have a question. I have done a lot of browsing in these forums and have seen topics with similar titles as this one. However, I actually have a list of products for you to look at. My biggest concern is building a decent gaming PC for around $500. Will these parts work together? I am basing these choice from mainly ratings, not from knowledge. Please feel free to give me suggestions for substitutions if you think something should be changed.

Approximate Purchase Date: By the end of this week.


Budget Range: (Up to $500) Before/After Rebates


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching movies


Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com but open to suggestions


Country of Origin: USA


Parts Preferences: No preference

Overclocking: Maybe


SLI or Crossfire: No


Monitor Resolution: N/A


Additional Comments: I need to be able to run Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (easy), Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and be suspected to run Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad when it comes out.

Here is what I have so far:

LITE-ON DVD Writer - Bulk - Black SATA Model iHAS224-06 LightScribe Support - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106333

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136073

ASRock 880GM-LE AM3 AMD 880G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157199

EVGA 01G-P3-1366-TR GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130591

Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371016

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231274

AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana 3.2GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX450WFGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103886

Thank you for reading!

Looks like a good balanced budget PC

Is the Athalon II x3 still capable of running modern games? If not, will this work or is it better?

AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor - C3 Revision HDZ555WFGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103846

As for the full GTX 460, would this be sufficient?

ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/768MD5 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] llFullInfo

If I used these options, would I still have a PSU that would support this? I heard this GPU uses a lot of energy, but I wasn't sure how much in comparison to the first one I listed.

+1 the Athlon x3 is better, that 460 is OK but the 1gb version or the 6850 are alot better and don't cost much more.

You'd be set for a while. The 5850 is a great deal and the i3 can handle most games at normal to high detail, depending on their requirements.

I just did a build for around 500 dollars, except the only thing I had that you didn't was a case. I got my parts in last night and slapped it all together. I was able to run wow at 60fps on ultra everywhere i went and sc2 was maxed out without any problems at all. I'm using the i3 and the sapph 5850 and they were really great choices. I'll put up the link to the thread i had to give you a couple more ideas on parts and I hope everything goes good with your build.

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I would most definitely suggest the build Genghis gave you. the 5850 and the 2100 really offer amazing performance for the price. It's making me want to build a little cutie like that.

Well, you're memory is decent, you're HDD is decent, you're DVD writer is ok. Everything else needs to go. I know you're on a budget but try to stick with the good stuff even if lower priced versions; (Intel CPU, Radeon GPU, Corsair PS, ASUS Mobo, Cooler Master case).