perfect jems start droping a bit later (i don't remember finding any of them in act 1 normal ) . you can cube lower quality gems and uptier them , create cheap rw-s (
Rainbow
Rainbow
Belts
'Eth'
Runeword Level: 15
+5% to Spell Damage
+(6 to 10)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Regenerate Mana +(5 to 10)%
Elemental Resists +(10 to 15)%
(6 to 8)% Magic Find
+2 to Light Radius
for example) , equip the armor dropped by Griswold (you can use a
Rebel
Rebel
Body Armors
'ZolSilSilLo'
Runeword Level: 100
15% Combat Speeds
Adds 6-10 Damage
Weapon Physical Damage +(80 to 100)%
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+(151 to 200) to Strength
+(151 to 200) to Dexterity
-75 to Vitality
-75 to Energy
+60 to Mana
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(40 to 50)%
before that) , the rings and amulet / other rare gear parts that may spawn with resistances . if you finish act 1 and get to act 2 with around 40% all resist it's enough . you will be smaxing your resistances around act3/act 4 when there will be enough p.gems found