Help - what is the cheapest pc to play DotA2

As someone with considerable knowledge in this area....stop offering advice without knowing anything.

Corsair is hands down one of the best PC parts manufacturers, and there power supplies are very high quality. as for the bronze rating thats fine...? the bronze-silver-gold etc. rating is the power loss from the capacitors, so no it's not going to short out in 6 months...you spud....

As for actual advice I recommend the classic console killer build as it is known, the build is around $400 to $500 depending on your country and build selection, it as in the name is more powerful then todays next gen consoles, this means you should easily be able to power dota 2 even with the new source 2 graphics engine being released. I don't think you will be able to max out all dota settings and get 144 fps but it should run quite smoothly.

Edit: Reddit has a perfect list of all the different console killer builds here, http://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds
On a side note my build is as follows:

i5 4690K
Kingston HyperX RAM 8GB CAS: 9 2133hz
EVGA GTX 780 Classified 4gb
ASROCK Extreme 4
128gb samsung evo SSD
2*2tb seagate HDD in Raid 0
2*27' AOC IPS monitors that I can't remember the model of
Noctua NH-D14
NZXT Phantom 410
Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold fully modular
Cyborg R.A.T 9
Corsair K95 cherry mx red
Steel-series Siberia Elite 7.1 Dolby Surround

thats off the top of my head anyway

edit 2: I just read all of your comment, and you think this "cheap non modular power supply" is bad, what....mysterious plants are you smoking that you think being non modular is bad for a low budget build, that just means you might have some extra cables in your case.....I am going to stop before I say terrible terrible things here

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Take a look on the world wide interwebs.

Corsair's PSUs are trash. Lots of complaints about having to RMA all of their bronze PSUs and cheap-*** RM PSUs with their really skimpy internals.

SeaSonic or Superflower made only. That is a general rule. Corsair hands down is the most overrated company in the business.

And I am aware the AX series is SeaSonic made.

The rest???

The HX series is alright, the CX and CM and RM series are plagued by cheap capacitors, coil whine and poor assembly quality.

uh...every link you provided is you searching for people saying corsair is bad....and nothing coming up....

and the last link...."Corsair has created a good reputation for their branded PSUs, and today they are among the most popular choices for gamers and enthusiasts."
literally argues against you.

not sure what your trying to accomplish there

To throw my hat in, How are coolermaster PSUs?