Awesome, Cheap Gaming Rig

[Qwaseman2]

After searching a bit, I found the best things for my new pc I plan on building with my dad. The most I want out of this i to be able to play TF2 highest settings. I'm pretty sure it will.

Here is the items going into this rig.
NOTE: I do not have a case yet. Some of the stuff, such as DVD players, I already have at home.
I have also included the sites they are availible from so you can take a look at them yourselves.


MotherBoard:

ASRock A55 PRO3 FM1 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157278

Usual Price: $75



RAM:

Corsair XMS3 TW3X4G1333C9AG 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 RAM - - PC10666, 1333MHz, 4096MB (2x 2048MB), 240 Pin

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4837614&CatId=3361

Usual Price: $38



Graphics Card:

XFX ONE R-Series Radeon HD 5450 ON-XFX1-PLS2 Video Card - 1GB DDR3, PCI-Express (x16), 1x Dual-Link DVI-I, 1x D-Sub (VGA), 1x HDMI, DirectX 11, Low Profile, Heatsink

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7373215&CatId=1558

Usual Price: $30



Power Supply:

SILVERSTONE SST-ST40F-ES 400W ATX 12V 2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256060

Usual Price: $49


TOTAL PRICE (Estimate) - $257

All prices are rounded from the actual price.

Tell me what you think about it!

[CheMiCal]

so you basically built a computer for 300 bone?

[Qwaseman2]

Yes, plus bout 50 bucks for the stuff I already have, like DVD player, hardrive, the belt-looking things, mouse, keyboard, etc.

I'm looking for a good cheap case that possible comes with a fan and a 450w+ psu.

[jitspoe]

I would stay away from AMD/ATI (Radeon) cards.  Also, what CPU are you going to get?

[SuperMAn]

There is no way that graphics card will do tf2 on highest settings.  You will need to put at least 100$+ into the video card for that.

[Qwaseman2]

I forgot to put that processor.

AMD Athlon II X4 631 (AD631XWNGXBOX)

http://shop.amd.com/us/All/Detail/Processor/AD631XWNGXBOX?SearchFacets=category%3AProcessor#Details

Usuall Price: $65

I saw a video with the same card but 512mb and he was doing TF2 on high with 60+ FPS without FRAPS.

He had less RAM then me but had the same Athlon processor as I do.

Whats wrong with cards from AMD/ATi? I've heard great things from them. Guess I might need some better card.  I figured that would be a decent gaming PC, I don't want much, maybe the highest would be playing BF2 lowest settings.

[UnRateD]

Ive had good experiences with AMD/ATi etc. for the average person who plays games occasionally they work fine.

[skitzo]

If I'm not mistaken, people usually complain about drivers for ATI cards not working. Either way I've always gone with Nvidia, always will.

[omni]

Yeah my catalyst drivers messed up once, there are higher up Radeon cards like the 7000 series though.

It depends why you will be using it for I suppose my set up can run anything at at least 30fps pretty mutch maxed out and I use radeons.

Edit: Good for light casual gaming.