Help!!! Power spply for gaming pc

[richdog16]

I am building a gaming pc. I am on a tight budget ($300) what is the lowest and cheapest power supply I can buy for my gaming pc to run effecient


Parts I gonna purchase everything cost $295 (United States)
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500 GB

DVD Drive: Asus 24x DVD±RW Drive DVD-RAM

Case : GAMMA Classic Series ATX Mid Tower Interior Steel Chassis

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GT 520 1024 MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 2DV
Corsair XMS3 4 GB
RAM:





Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-M68MT-S2P AM3 NVIDIA GeForce 7025


Processor

AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0Ghz

Since the OP has created a new thread in GH, I'm locking this one
-ViRGE

 

[TemjinGold]

Wait, are you saying you have a $300 budget and the parts you picked out already total $295? So you are asking for a $5 PSU?

 

[lehtv]

I'd recommend a Celeron G530 $46 and a $50 BioStar board. You could also get a cheaper case.

On the topic of the PSU, I'd recommend Antec EA-380D $40.

 

[Kristijonas]

Um, really don't take Celeron G430. Better take Pentium G620: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/406?vs=73
It's only 72$ and is four times faster: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Pentium-...9448340&sr=1-1

 

[lehtv]

It's four times faster, really? Benchies plz? If that's true I agree, definitely the G620.

 

[Kristijonas]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/406?vs=73

 

[lehtv]

Oops, I typo'd the name of the CPU, lol. Wrote G430 when I meant G530 which is what it links to. Fixed now.

Celeron G430 doesn't exist. The Celeron 430 you're comparing to is a 2007 released single-core processor at a clock speed of 1.8GHz, while the G530 is a Sandy Bridge dual-core at 2.4Ghz and probably performs very close to the Pentium G620.

 

[Kristijonas]

Ah, that makes a huge difference. I guess the G530 is just a down-clocked G620 with one mb cache less?

 

[lehtv]

It would seem so

 

[Rvenger]

$330 shipped, I even managed to get you a free copy of dirt 3.

 

[Kristijonas]

The hard drive you chose is slow, case could be cheaper. The rest is well, if the OP is interested in integrated graphics (dirt 3 would probably lag in medium settings, wouldn't it?)

 

[ElFenix]

The hard drive you chose is slow, case could be cheaper. The rest is well, if the OP is interested in integrated graphics (dirt 3 would probably lag in medium settings, wouldn't it?)

fairly certain the integrated graphics of sandy and llano are better than the GT520 the OP linked. llano is better than sandy for gaming if you're using integrated. and with a $300 budget and getting new parts that may be all that can be done.


OP where are you located? if you're near a microcenter, they've got the celeron G530 for $40 and 4GB of house brand 1333 ram for $20. the celeron is available at that price online (w/ $6 shipping), but the ram is only available in store. they also have the 7200rpm 500GB F3 for $45, in store.

that'd be $105 + tax. up to $30 savings off the OP pricing.


edit: LG burner is $17, that's another $8 saved off the OP.


edit2: i don't think OP is near a microcenter so n/m

 

[Rvenger]

fairly certain the integrated graphics of sandy and llano are better than the GT520 the OP linked. llano is better than sandy for gaming if you're using integrated. and with a $300 budget and getting new parts that may be all that can be done.


OP where are you located? if you're near a microcenter, they've got the celeron G530 for $40 and 4GB of house brand 1333 ram for $20. the celeron is available at that price online (w/ $6 shipping), but the ram is only available in store. they also have the 7200rpm 500GB F3 for $45, in store.

that'd be $105 + tax. up to $30 savings off the OP pricing.

I didn't pay any attention to the HDD, sorry. Everything else should be good. HDDs are so damn expensive now its hard to find a 500gb for $50 shipped.


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I can definitely vouch for the A6 CPU to have good integrated graphics. Its definitely more capable than the GT520. Scores a 6.6 in WEI alone. (Not that it matters ) I picked 1600mhz RAM because Llano takes advantage of the RAM speed for integrated graphics. Oh and Dirt3 runs perfectly fine on the A6. I forget which settings I used but I know some of them were on high. I don't think AMD would offer it for free and put the title on the box if it didn't run good, that would be bad marketing.

 

[Rvenger]

The hard drive you chose is slow, case could be cheaper. The rest is well, if the OP is interested in integrated graphics (dirt 3 would probably lag in medium settings, wouldn't it?)

$30 shipped for a case is pretty cheap. I wouldn't go any cheaper than that unless you want aluminum foil quality.

 

[BoomerD]

$30 shipped for a case is pretty cheap. I wouldn't go any cheaper than that unless you want aluminum foil quality.

For the price, that looks like a decent case. Too bad it doesn't have the option for a top-mount fan...but otherwise, it's not bad. (not top-of-the-line, but not bad)

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I'm pretty sure those are referral links, and this thread is spam. The OP isn't looking for advice, so please lock this thread.

Reported

 

[theAnimal]

It seems the OP's budget has increased significantly.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2201062