Help me decide with my Motherboard

[albaoliam23]

Hey Guys. I've already decided my budget gaming build(excluding chassis, psu,hdd). And i'm down into deciding which motherboard to choose.(PCIE VERSION MAKES ME CONFUSE)

 

Here's my plan:

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258(planning to overclock it)

RAM: Hyperx Fury 1x4gb ddr3

GPU: Powercolor Turboduo r7 265 oc 2gb 256-bit

 

Now for the MOBO:

My current choice is. Asus B85M-G because it has a PCIE 3.0.

 

Now i want to save more. That's why i find another mobo

MSI H81M-P33. it has PCIE 2.0

 

Now the question is.

The GPU i chose has a pcie 3.0. DOES IT MATTER IF I CHOSE MSI H81M-P33 WHICH HAS A PCIE 2.0? 

TAKE NOTE THAT I DON'T WANT ANY DECREASE OF PERFORMANCE. I JUST WANT TO SAVE EXTRA CASH.

 

I ALSO WANT A RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING MY BUILD. IM PLANNING TO PLAY, NBA 2K16, GTAV, FALLOUT4. CAN I PLAY SMOOTHLY?

 

THANKS IN ADVANCE

[Indus Monk]

Those are some terrible hardware choices. None of the games mentioned above will run. Change your hardware ASAP

[albaoliam23]

Seriously? what makes it terrible? i've seen a lot of benchmarks using g3258. what's suppose to be the problem?

[Elehat]

1) Stop using caps lock.

2) get a z97 if you want to overclock

3) PCI-e 2.0 vs 3.0 makes no difference for the current gpus out there, even the 980Ti.

[Indus Monk]

Seriously? what makes it terrible? i've seen a lot of benchmarks using g3258. what's suppose to be the problem?

the above mentioned games refuse to run on a dual core cpu... and get a better gpu, games are unplayable on a r7 265

[albaoliam23]

1) Stop using caps lock.

2) get a z97 if you want to overclock

3) PCI-e 2.0 vs 3.0 makes no difference for the current gpus out there, even the 980Ti.

Sorry for the caps lock. 

i can't afford z97 board right now. I have watch a video of linus that says that asus b85m-g can overclock g3258.

So about the pci-e, you're saying that i can choose msi h81m-p33 instead of choosing that asus b85m-g and there will be no decrease of performance in the gpu?

[Elehat]

Yup it's an exception, though cheaper boards don't have good vrm solutions for overclocking; do it at your own risk. On PCI-e slots: 

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/

[Ivelin__]

If you want a good mobo, to last you a long time, get Gigabyte.

i5 and a 270/X will be able to play GTAV smoothly on medium 1080p.

i3 and a r7 isn't going to run anything in near future(2-3 years).

Another option is to get a nice, stable platform(Z170, 8GB ram, big case and a good PSU, maybe a skylake i3, the 6320 is at 3.9GHz, with Z170 mobo you could cross the 4GHz barrier, and maybe run 2-3 months on iGPU, then get something like a 960/970) now and just upgrade a bit after a few years(skylake refresh/ kaby lake i5 and a pascal GPU).