Budget Compact Gaming Rig

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Putting together a budget gaming desktop for less than $500. I'm looking for suggestions although I will use the Desktop Reviews "best desktop you can build for $X" as a basis.

I fly home every 8 months from college so I need a reasonably compact machine that I can fit in a big suitcase entirely or unscrew and fit in a suitcase along with the components wrapped in bubble wrap. (computer parts > clothes)

MICRO ATX CASE:Micro ATX Mini Tower

MOTHERBOARD - DFI LP JR P45-T2RS LGA 775 Intel P45 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

PROCESSOR - Intel Pentium E6300 Wolfdale 2.8GHz

MEMORY - DDR2 800 240pin

HARD DRIVE - Used Western Digital 250GB/320GGB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache

OPTICAL DRIVE - Any http://computers.shop.ebay.com/Drives-Storage-/165/i.html?_nkw=SATA+DVDRW&_catref=1&_dmpt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282SATA DVDRW

GRAPHICS - Used Crossfire 4850's.

POWER SUPPLY - 600W???

Thoughts / Conflicts?
 
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Looks like a mostly solid rig. However I'd like to point out that the power supplies that are included with the cases you linked are not what I would trust my computer with. I'd go with better makes such as PC Power & Cooling's silencer, Corsair, Seasonic or even antec.

Also, I noticed that you wanted a "small" computer to take along with you to home and back to collage. I think you would be better served with a MATX case and motherboard combo.

In this case I can recommend three cases, two with a power supply and one without (you pick a PSU).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129059
Note the following two won't fit the fill sized ATX board you chose, but will fit the reccomended MATX I'd go with in your situation:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129035
This case is the one without the power supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119088

The PSU's to go with the case without the PSU included:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...6817151072&Manufactory=1697,1459,9830&bop=And

You'd need a micro ATX board to go in the smaller case. Here's the same board in a micro ATX format:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128390
 
How does the BIOSTAR G31E-M7 motherboard compare to the GIGABYTE GA-EG45M-UD2H ? I like the Biostar because it's half the price.
 
Intel's current 5 and 6 series penitums aren't as good as AMD current Athlon2 CPU.
 
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