Buying cheap desktop (~300) with emphasis on gaming

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Levgre

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Hi, my laptop isn't working so I'm buying a cheap desktop for general gaming, like Civ4/5, minecraft, and whatever games from the last couple years it can manage. I was preferring to not build it on my own but its starting to seem the best option..

I've been searching around and here's one option I found so far, but I don't know a ton so if there's a better option my ears are open.

Biostar A780L Motherboard Bundle
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7166237&sku=B69-0294


310$
Biostar A780L Motherboard - $49.99
AMD Phenom X4 9600B Business Class Quad-Core CPU - Q $64.99
Cooler Master Fan for AMD CPUs - $19.99
Corsair 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory - Qty: 2 $69.98
Seagate Barracuda 1TB Low Power Hard Drive - $59.99
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S-0B 24x DVDRW Drive - $19.99
HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCIe, DVI/HDMI/VGA - $64.99
PowerUp ATX Black Mid-Tower Case with Power Supply -$49.99

Thanks for any help/suggestions on different hardware/pcs!
 
 
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daisymtc said:
Get DDR3 instead.
5450 is rubbish for gaming
Power Up PSU is not good
9600 is last gen CPU.
HDD is slow

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138290
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...16814102855&cm_re=4670-_-14-102-855-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148323
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139017&Tpk=cx 430
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147023
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Hi, so do you think those are the best parts for my goals and my low price range? I suppose the best way to go about this is just do side-by-side comparisons of the highly rated hardware in the low prices..(40-60 for most parts)
 
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