Cheap ($200) PC Build Help.

[KurtHansen1988]

So I have a little bit of Christmas Ca$h and wanting to build a cheap gaming PC as my current PC is ancient. I had a few questions below.

Current specs:

AMD Athlon 3700+ 2.2GHz
A8N SLI DELUXE with A8N PREMIUM BIOS v1303
4GB DDR
Nvidia Geforce 8800GT
650W PSU
2TB Hard Drive

Cheap Gaming PC Build:

AMD A6-5400K Trinity Dual-Core 3.6 GHz $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113282

ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ $46
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157578

Klevv Fit 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 $30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820101078

Total =$116
Left $84

The A6-5400k APU is comparable to the 8800GT, but I found a GTX 570 for $60 which is a substantial upgrade. Though It would also be nice to go with a SSD which I don't have also. I guess I could just get one later. So I think I'll jsut go with the video card. Any thoughts?

 

[Dangman]

What's the exact model of that PSU?

 

[Criticalhitkoala]

have you considerd a g3258 with a msi motherboard? It's an amazing stop gap for potential higher end 1150 upgrades.

 

[Darakian]

The APU is probably better than the 8800gt, but not by leaps and bounds. If you end up getting the 570 then go intel for the cpu to have a more balanced system. If you're not getting the 570 then the apu makes sense as a cheap upgrade. Personally I would get an ssd before a gpu, but then I'm not much into gaming these days either.