$550 Cheap Gaming PC, opinions

[Saljen]

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=14211589

Building this PC for my friend who wants a very cheap PC to be able to play Diablo 3 at decent settings when it's released next month, also wants to run SC2 on good settings.

What do you guys think?

 

[azeem40]

Get the Radeon 6850. It performs better.

 

[Saljen]

Did a little research and you're absolutely right, the 6850 is quite a bit faster than the 7770. Thanks, updated the build to include the 6850.

One concern I have is the power supply. Will 450w PS be enough to power an i3 and a Radeon 6850?

 

[Pezcore27]

Yes. The July 2011 sbm used an i3 and a 6850 ran off an antec earthwats 380.

Can't comment on ghetto rest of the build because the link is asking for a login.

 

[Saljen]

Here's a list of the components for those of you who don't have a NewEgg log-in. (???)(fixed)

CD/DVD-ROM - $17.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136247

Case - $39.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147122

HDD - $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

Power Supply - 39.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371045

RAM - $19.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313102

MotherBoard - $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128539

CPU - $127.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115077

GPU - $149.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121419

Total - $545.92

 

[obsama1]

The Power supply link goes to a page for your hard drive.

Here's better RAM, chose either one, though I recommedn the G.SKILL:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146748

 

[Saljen]

The Power supply link goes to a page for your hard drive.

Here's better RAM, chose either one, though I recommedn the G.SKILL:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146748

Better because of the brands? As far as I can see the specs are the same. I chose this RAM because it's the one that Tom's used on their most recent $650 build, I used that for a primary reference and just customized it a bit.

 

[obsama1]

Didn't know that... Well, most RAM is the same

 

[Saljen]

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