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[US] Intel Pentium G3258 for $59 at Fry's Electronics

boozerc
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If you get the G3258 with the MSI Z97 PC Mate at Micro Center, the total is $99.99, which is less than that motherboard costs without the processor.

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pentium hype is kinda over at this point, if i was looking at a new cpu upgrade i'd wait for the 6300 price drop.

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`I got the bundle at newegg with the G3258 and the MSI Z97 UP3 for $100. The Pentium surprised me. I got roughly the same FPS with the Pentium as I do with my 3570K. 

Definitely recommend it for budget builds. 

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Why?! Why can't you ship to Aus...
I really want to get this CPU (recently found out my mobo can OC it), but I can't get it for anything near that price in Aus.

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`I got the bundle at newegg with the G3258 and the MSI Z97 UP3 for $100. The Pentium surprised me. I got roughly the same FPS with the Pentium as I do with my 3570K.

Definitely recommend it for budget builds.

Same FPS? Ermm...what game?

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I bought this in late June at that price at Micro Center. What's the big deal?

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Same FPS? Ermm...what game?

Roughly the same. In Skyrim, Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2 and Fallout 3(happen to be playing it) I got a 2-6 fps boost. In Battlefield 4 Multiplayer I got a 10 fps decrease in minimum frame rate. 

If you don't believe me, you can look at benchmarks and remember that I have a 3570k. Not a 4670k or 4690k. 

Edit:Pentium was running at 4.8ghz and 3570k  at 4.3ghz because my motherboard decided recently that it was just not going to overclock.

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I'm running a g3258 and feel no difference from my 4670k. People keep saying not to buy it because it's a dual core but the reality is that most people don't need anything more powerful than that.

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