Newegg diy build

[jhuert843]

first of all sorry for my lack of computer knowledge.

I'm on a budget of 500$ and I'm planning on building a new gaming pc. I've been looking on newegg and found a great deal on a diy kit:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.679894

I'll also be adding a radeon hd 6870, and another 4gb of ram.

1. should i trust the power supply that comes with the case, and if not what sort of power supply do you suggest i get?

2. should i trust any of those components? it seems like they just threw in the cheapest stuff they could find in order to get a good price.

3. the graphics card says that it's for pcie 2.1, will it still work with a pcie 2.0 slot?

4. will the graphics card be bottlenecked by the cpu or ram.

5. do you suggest a different graphics card? will it even fit in the case? ill only be running games on 1600 x 900 resolution.

6. is 4gb of ram sufficient? Do i really need the extra 4gb?

7. is it all compatible with each other, and would i need to buy anything else?

8. would there be much room for future upgrades?

 

[rolli59]

Logisys PSU's are crap, with all the stuff you want to add +a better PSU this combo is much better and will handle your resolution fine http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.692053 it has quality components and all you have to add is a cheap DVD drive.
Version 2.1 cards work fine in 2.0 slots and 4GB ram is enough for most things.

 

[jerreddredd]

1. should i trust the power supply that comes with the case, and if not what sort of power supply do you suggest i get?

its JUNK ! get this (below) it will run a quad core and most mid tier GPUS's
XIGMATEK NRP-PC Series ACXTNRP-PC402 400W $35 +$2 shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817815007

2. should i trust any of those components? it seems like they just threw in the cheapest stuff they could find in order to get a good price.

yes, most of the stuff is cheap, but it works for the most part. What were you expecting a $212

3. the graphics card says that it's for pcie 2.1, will it still work with a pcie 2.0 slot?

yes in most cases

4. will the graphics card be bottlenecked by the cpu or ram.

the CPU will bottle neck the GPU you selected.

5. do you suggest a different graphics card? will it even fit in the case? ill only be running games on 1600 x 900 resolution.

depends on what type of games you play

6. is 4gb of ram sufficient? Do i really need the extra 4gb?

4GB's is plenty for gaming
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ram-memory-upgrade,2778.html

7. is it all compatible with each other, and would i need to buy anything else?

yes compatible, but crappy

8. would there be much room for future upgrades?

only 1 PCIe x16 slot so not CF/SLI
only 2 RAM slots so adding another 4GB of ram means chucking what in the combo and add 2 x 4 GB sticks
only SATA 3
won't handle x6 core cpu's or bulldozer.

When you talk budget build you usually sacrifice upgradability.

if you fill out this form (copy and re-post)
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261222-31-build-advice
do you need an OS included in the $500 budget?
any re-usable parts from and old computer?

 

[z_4]

Here's a build that should game well at resolution 1600X900:

HDD & Optical Drive: $62- Seagate Barracuda 1TB & LiteOn

CPU: $125- i3 2100

Motherboard: $55- Biostar H61 (Lacks USB 3.0 & SATA 6GB/s ports)

RAM: $27- GSkill NS 2X2gb

PSU: $44- Antec Earthwatts 430

GPU: $175- Sapphire Radeon 6870

Case: $30- Xigmatek Asguard II

Total (Excluding rebates): $519

rebates: $20

if you need usb 3.0 & sata 6 gb/s consider this cpu + mobo combo worth $200