Thanks for the feedback. I will rework the rig setups tomorrow. I was including the larger than necessary hard drive and RAM figuring it would be good if people wanted to be able to use these as normal computers as well when they weren't mining. I will change these into more barebones systems and reduce the prices. I was undecided if I should go for the extra to make it more of a functional computer other than for mining, but it looks like a straight up mining rig would be better. I will also take the suggestions regarding different choices in cards.
here's my critique.
Economy Mining Rig
AMD Athlon II X2 250 @ 3.0GHz AM3 Processor
(wtf? get a semperon or something)2GB RAM
(overkill. use linuxcoin)1x ATI Radeon HD5770 GPU
(why would you even use that card for mining? even as an "economy rig". i would expect a 5830)650W Power Supply
(overkill. a good 450W would probably work)500GB SATA HD
(wow, can't you get something cheaper? like a usb flash drive with linuxcoin?)DVD-RW
(they should revoke your rig building license)it seems like you're building gaming computers, not mining rigs. read up on how to build one over here:
https://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=16076.0.
Yea, must cut the crap in hard times. Just want to add that I run 2x5770 on a 400W no problem. Slightly OC:ed to reach 200MHash/s but compensating with 300Mhz mem so I guess they draw around 100W. Mobo + CPU maximum 100W probably less, CPU underclocked and undervolted.
Leaves another 100W for safety and more OC.