AMD 760K vs. Pentium G3258?

[Max Money AWA]

After watching Linus' latest video on the Pentium, I've been rethinking a build I'm working on. I'd like something that is solid for games now as well as expandable in the future. The budget build I had pretty much finalized on was this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($60.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Nexus DF1209SL-3PWM 43.5 CFM 92mm  Fan  ($10.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $608.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

BUT ... If the Pentium is as good as it looks, AND it's a Socket 1150 which can be upgraded down the road to an i5 or i7, then I thought maybe this might do the trick for my budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Nexus DF1209SL-3PWM 43.5 CFM 92mm  Fan  ($10.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $627.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Am I splitting hairs or would there be an advantage of one over the other?

[Guest]

Why have you paired the G3258 with a H97 board? And one that's not confirmed to OC like Asus' boards do?

[helping]

With a good overclock, that Pent will mop the floor with an Athlon.

[Morfy]

Need them z97 boards bro

[TheSLSAMG]

Get a Z97 motherboard and the Pentium has the potential to kick the shit out of the 760K

[Kevinkt]

Get a Z97 motherboard and the Pentium has the potential to kick the shit out of the 760K

even without an OC, i think the pentium will kick the shit out of it, if the game can't use more than two cores anyways.

[rambi36]

JUST GET THE PENTIUM!!! 

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But seriously for gaming, a higher clock speed is better than more cores(*in most cases) because video games are still lightly threaded tasks. But I think if you want to release the potential of that pentium, you might want a better gpu

[Max Money AWA]

Why have you paired the G3258 with a H97 board? And one that's not confirmed to OC like Asus' boards do?

According to newegg.com, this MSI motherboard lists the memory types it can use and most have a (OC) after them. Doesn't that mean this board can be overclocked?

[dragoon20005]

According to newegg.com, this MSI motherboard lists the memory types it can use and most have a (OC) after them. Doesn't that mean this board can be overclocked?

http://www.msi.com/support/mb/H97MG43.html#support-mem

 

look at this memory supported list from MSI

 

1600MHz RAM are the max support speed

 

only a few selected 1866MHz will work with the board but they will down clock to 1600MHz if not stable so just stick to 1600MHz for best compability

[Guest]

According to newegg.com, this MSI motherboard lists the memory types it can use and most have a (OC) after them. Doesn't that mean this board can be overclocked?

 

You can't overclock a board...that only refers to memory OC. Those speeds listed are supported by the board, means that you should have no problem hitting those speeds through OC or XMP.

[DateMost]

After watching Linus' latest video on the Pentium, I've been rethinking a build I'm working on. I'd like something that is solid for games now as well as expandable in the future. The budget build I had pretty much finalized on was this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($17.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($60.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($72.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($46.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  ($43.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC)

Case Fan: Nexus DF1209SL-3PWM 43.5 CFM 92mm  Fan  ($10.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $608.60

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

BUT ... If the Pentium is as good as it looks, AND it's a Socket 1150 which can be upgraded down the road to an i5 or i7, then I thought maybe this might do the trick for my budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($74.99 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($17.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Mwave)

Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($72.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($46.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  ($43.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC)

Case Fan: Nexus DF1209SL-3PWM 43.5 CFM 92mm  Fan  ($10.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $627.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Am I splitting hairs or would there be an advantage of one over the other?

Bro go with the asus Mother Boards but you don't need the 90 series to get that Pentium OC'ed, Get a decent h87 from Asus or if you're planning to upgrade it later with the newer processors like 4690k or 4790k then you'll need a Z97 motherboard.. so it all depends from how much you really want to spend on your build, If you have any quiestions just ask me

[Max Money AWA]

So do all ASUS boards allow over-clocking?

Why do they not list the over-clocked memory speeds on pcpartpicker or newegg?

[Guest]

So do all ASUS boards allow over-clocking?

Why do they not list the over-clocked memory speeds on pcpartpicker or newegg?

 

Asus promised us overclocking on H97 and the like, but CPU support is most likely, knowing Asus, going to be extremely sketchy. They haven't implemented it yet, and I haven't heard of any more complex plans from Asus barring that extremely vague announcement/promise.

 

Memory OC is usually not supported on B- and H- series chipsets.