Opinions on this 400 dollar gaming build

I'm trying to get the price as low as possible while at the same time having good performance.


I don't need an OS and an HDD.

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811146061

Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102908

Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341016

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231310

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157241

Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116397

Total: $420 including shipping before rebates.


Now I'm going to be playing at 720p resolution, so I'll be limited to 30/60fps (?). Can you provide your opinions or on this build? The lower the better. I'm not going to crossfire/SLI, overclock, or upgrade anytime soon. And 420 dollars is already pushing the limit slightly. I'll go up to 450 dollars, but no more than that. Thank you all in advance!

try to get a saphire 6870 and 8 gigs of ram if you can aford it.

The 6850 is a great card, I am getting it and I have a few friends who have it, and they can max everything they have thrown at it, You dont want to overpay for a gpu and have your cpu or psu bottleneck it

I don't like any of the mewest games out, but I might play Skyrim and/or battlefield 3. I'll most likely be playing games released before 2010. And I checked the benchmarks between the G850 and the i3-2100, and the performance difference was pretty small. Also, I'm not looking to max BF3 or Crysis.

this power supply is a better deal. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817151096

Don't know, but if you wait on a Sale and combine coupons, you could get the i3-2100 for just a little more.
I paid about $103 for my i3.

It most likely won't. I recommend buying the power supply right away because most likely that deal won't stay very long as it is only temporary.