Need Advice on Budget Gaming PC

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Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next couple of days
Budget Range: Under $350
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: No preference, for the most part
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: No preference
Additional Comments: Building this PC for my step brother, who'll be using it mostly for gaming (mainly Skyrim) and schoolwork.

CURRENT BUILD:

Linkworld 3210-04-C2628 Black/ Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASRock A770DE+ AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon II X2 260 Regor 3.2GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor ADX260OCGMBOX

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKX 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

PowerColor AX5570 1GBD3-H Radeon HD 5570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W Continuous power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-222AL/BSBE LightScribe Support - OEM

CURRENT TOTAL: $347

Any advice regarding better or cheaper parts, or anything else, is welcome! Thanks!

 

[rmiiirusty]

This system will work for your brother to play the game on but he will be limited as to graphic settings.
I might consider a slightly larger power supply just to make sure it can handle the video card. I would take advantage of some of the extreme sales going on right now or look on ebay for a psu that is @ least 450w and preferably 500w. Ive seen them pretty cheap. I have a galaxis 650w modular psu 80+ that I found @ pcdirect for $42.99.
I think the Antec will work for you but psu's aren't as efficient when throttled at their upper ranges.
I have this concern because I bought a Sparkle nvidea gt430 for a prebuilt acer not long ago and ended up having to get a larger psu than my 350w that was in it . I just went with a 500 watt to be sure. I got it for $29.99 @ pc.direct as well.

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Also unless your stuck on amd or something, chek out this killer deal on ebay
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[acerace]

That PSU is fine. The 5570 use little power. For that budget, I think you system is great enough. But, if you can spend some money, upgrade to at least 5670 or 6670.