Pentium G3258 Build?

[Matt Wakey]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/f27fnQ what do you think of this build including an ssd and a gtx 760?

[Archangel1994]

If you can squeeze a bit more money for your budget a Sapphire 280X would be a much better choice. Won't be such a bottleneck if you OC the G3258 well.

 

Edit: Problem is though that since the G3258 is only a dual core you will be bottlenecking yourself hard in the near future since games are using more then 2 cores/threads nowadays. I would seriously consider either expanding your budget for an i5 or get an FX-6300/8320 if you can't expand your budget.

[Mr crabcake]

Pretty similiar to my setup. You should be able to play most games without the CPU falling behind. I've noticed some frame drops caused by the CPU in Tomb Raider whilst in large areas.

 

Oh and I'm running the CPU @ 4.2 GHz.

[Matt Wakey]

If you can squeeze a bit more money for your budget a Sapphire 280X would be a much better choice. Won't be such a bottleneck if you OC the G3258 well.

Is the hyper 212 EVO good enough to overclock above 4ghz while staying at an acceptable temp?

[Manny Calavera]

drop ssd and fans, see if you can squeeze in i5

[Archangel1994]

drop ssd and fans, see if you can squeeze in i5

Don't drop fans if you want to OC lol, and yes a 212 EVO would suffice for keeping an acceptable temp though I would still recommend getting an I5 or (if budget stays low) FX-6300/8320. THey are simply better and GOING to be even better than a g3258. You could indeed drop the SSD though for an I5 which would most definitely not be a bad choice.

[WyvernAbstracts]

drop ssd and fans, see if you can squeeze in i5

he's is doing the build around a g3258 

[Matt Wakey]

Don't drop fans if you want to OC lol, and yes a 212 EVO would suffice for keeping an acceptable temp though I would still recommend getting an I5 or (if budget stays low) FX-6300/8320. THey are simply better and GOING to be even better than a g3258. You could indeed drop the SSD though for an I5 which would most definitely not be a bad choice.

I wanna stay under 550, I could drop the ssd and get one in the future, or drop the hard drive and get that in the future I really don't know, I'd rather get a fx 8320 than a i5 because of the price difference.

[Manny Calavera]

Don't drop fans if you want to OC lol, and yes a 212 EVO would suffice for keeping an acceptable temp though I would still recommend getting an I5 or (if budget stays low) FX-6300/8320. THey are simply better and GOING to be even better than a g3258. You could indeed drop the SSD though for an I5 which would most definitely not be a bad choice.

i mean, he can buy this stuff later. and 200r comes with 2 fans.

[enthalpy]

To be honest i thought about buying the pentium first, but then i bought an i3-4330 and i am happy with it!

 

why? OC potential is never garantuied and @stock the i3 kicks the hack out of the pentium.

Only OCed the Pentium is faster but then it has no hyperthreading :-\

It is 40-50€ more, but i think worth it. 

 

ps: Only a H81 Board was "necessary" with the i3 and so it was the same price! ~  i3+h81 = pentium+z97 =)

[Matt Wakey]

To be honest i thought about buying the pentium first, but then i bought an i3-4330 and i am happy with it!

why? OC potential is never garantuied and @stock the i3 kicks the hack out of the pentium.

Only OCed the Pentium is faster but then it has no hyperthreading :-\

It is 40-50€ more, but i think worth it.

ps: Only a H81 Board was "necessary" with the i3 and so it was the same price! ~ i3+h81 = pentium+z97 =)

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wgbWzy

I made this now, a lot better

[enthalpy]

Also a good choice =) I wanted to save some energy because it is often only used for musik and stuff =) if you are gaming a lot the amd is absolutely no bad cpu!