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Will the Pentium G3258 bottleneck an R9 270?

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Not if overclocked. But still, not even an i3 with hyperthreading can't pull off not having four physical cores.

 

Pick up an i5 if you haven't already bought the Pentium.

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Not if overclocked. But still, not even an i3 with hyperthreading can't pull off not having four physical cores.

Pick up an i5 if you haven't already bought the Pentium.

Which i5 would you recommend that's in the same price bracket?

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 CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 @4.0ghz MOBO: MSI Z87m-G45 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8gb (2x4) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120v GPU: MSI R9 270x PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Case: Corsair Air 240 (modded) SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500gb HDD: Samsung 1tb Apple Hard Drive Mouse: Razer Naga 2014
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Not if overclocked. But still, not even an i3 with hyperthreading can't pull off not having four physical cores.

 

Pick up an i5 if you haven't already bought the Pentium.

not everyone has a extra ~125$ to spend

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Which i5 would you recommend that's in the same price bracket?

Well if you ABSOLUTELY can't spend any more then go with the Pentium.

 

But if you can get the i5.

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Well if you ABSOLUTELY can't spend any more then go with the Pentium.

But if you can get the i5.

I'm completely at the edge of my budget. Literally a few dollars away from going over

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I'm completely at the edge of my budget. Literally a few dollars away from going over

Ok then a Pentium would do nicely. Also, pick up a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO if you haven't already.

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I'm completely at the edge of my budget. Literally a few dollars away from going over

 

Could you post what you have so far?  Maybe we can recommend something that works better as a whole

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Could you post what you have so far? Maybe we can recommend something that works better as a whole

Intel pentium G3258

Asrock Z97m MATX Motherboard

R9 270 graphics card

Corsair vengence 2x4gb

EVGA 500w psu

Corsair air 240

Current Rig

 CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 @4.0ghz MOBO: MSI Z87m-G45 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8gb (2x4) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120v GPU: MSI R9 270x PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Case: Corsair Air 240 (modded) SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500gb HDD: Samsung 1tb Apple Hard Drive Mouse: Razer Naga 2014
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Intel pentium G3258

Asrock Z97m MATX Motherboard

R9 270 graphics card

Corsair vengence 2x4gb

EVGA 500w psu

Corsair air 240

 

Please note that you don't need to go with an Z97 motherboard to overclock the G3258.

 

Please see this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2389948

 

That has a complete list of motherboards that have been updated to include overclocking on the G3258.

 

I hope you can maybe save some cash. 

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What is your budget?

£250 excluding graphics card and case

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