small and cheap dorm gaming PC

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I'm thinking of building a PC for use when I am at my dorm @ college. My main computer is way too big (mountain mod cube case and dual WC loops). So I need something small in size to do some gaming, yet relatively cheap. I will be playing on my sharp LCD tv, so my resolution will only be like 1280x768.

This is what I am looking at:

Case: Cool Master Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119088

HD: WD 160 GB Sata Drive

MB: GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128056

CPU: X2 4600+
Ram: G.Skill DDR2 800 (2gb)
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 430w http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023

VideoCard: Unknown. Only part I'm stuck on. I am obviously wanting to game, but my resolution is going to be pretty low, so I should be able to get away with something cheap. I am thinking maybe an ATI x2600. Its $100. Or maybe buying a 3850 to put in my PC at home, and then use my x1900xt in the one for the dorm.

Would this be a good set up or not? I would much rather do a C2D ( <3 mine right now) but I am trying to get it as cheap as possible. This is just for the occasional gaming for when I am not home.
 
Ditch that power supply. Too little power for your system. I recommend this PSU instead since it offers a bit more and is of better quality:
XCLIO Goodpower 500W PSU - $50

It would help if you told us what is your budget. And which parts you are going to buy and which you already have.
 
I agree, ditch that Thermaltake PSU.

Go with the 3850.

Budget please?
 
One of my current systems is a X2 4600+ 939, 2gig ram, two hard drives (one SCSI, one SATA), and a dvd drive with the mentioned Thermaltake TR2 430 PSU. I even had a 8800GTS 640m card in it at one point and it still ran fine, so it should be enough for the system you have in mind teamed with any of the cards you listed.
 
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