Budget Gaming PC around $600

[Joemomma_03]

Approximate Purchase Date: June

Budget Range: Around $600 not including OS

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Watching Movies

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, DVD +RW, Monitor (want to use 22" LCD TV with HDMI input)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: www.Newegg.com

Country of Origin: USA

Parts Preferences: no preferences

Overclocking: NO

SLI or Crossfire: Unknown

Monitor Resolution: 22" Vizio LCD TV

Additional Comments: Performance Trumps noise or bling


This is my first build your own computer and I was looking for a budget gaming PC. Any idea's or recommendations on my current build? I'm trying to stay below $600 and I also don't know which version of windows 7 to buy. Thanks for your help.

Cart Item List:
Case:

NZXT M59 - 001BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146058

Hard drive:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433

Video Card:
EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625

Power Supply: (swapped out cart thanks to jbakerlent, thank you)
Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030

Memory:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

Processor/Mother Board Combo:
Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I32100
Item #: N82E16819115078
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.648138

Any input is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Grand Total: $546.93

 

[jbakerlent]

Welcome to the forum. We might need a little more info - see the build advice sticky, but first off don't get that PSU, it's not good quality. Get an Antec Neo Eco 520C instead. Doesn't look too bad other than that, you may want to upgrade the GPU but we'll need the resolution to be sure. The motherboard isn't my favorite but I suppose it's fine.

 

[Joemomma_03]

Can you recommend a different budget motherboard?

 

[gametstr]

The samsung spinpoint F3 is better recommended for a HDD around here.

How about these for mobo

both are usb 3.0

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128473

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130587

edit :

@jbakerlent : yah u r right, I linked the wrong board sorry.
heres the correct link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128486

 

[jbakerlent]

Yeah that TV is probably just 720p so the 550 is enough. I don't think that Gigabyte board has USB 3 but that shouldn't be much of an issue anyway. I personally prefer full size boards in ATX cases, but that's a matter of taste I suppose.
Here's a non SLI board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157230
This one supports SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157229

 

[gametstr]

^ Those are nice boards but the OP is looking for budget boards around 80$ I guess.