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what is a good cheap pentium g3258 build preferably under $400? I will just be doing light gaming, light video editing and basic computer stuff. i would also like to over clock this cpu. heres the cheapest good build i can come up with. is it any good?

 

 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($86.97 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($36.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $395.91
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Right at video editing, No, Get a amd quadcore or 6300

Intel single core performance with beat the shit out of Fx in video editing

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Think it looks good, but you will want 8gb ram

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Intel single core performance with beat the shit out of Fx in video editing

Or OP could save and try to aim for at least a FX-8320 or an i5.

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IMO this will be better for your budget.

 

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CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E45 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($65.69 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $397.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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When you can, buy a 212 EVO, 30 bucks.

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CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($58.97 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($74.98 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $409.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI have all opened up the H81 chipset to be used to overclock the g3258. You don't have to get a z97 chipset board. That should save you some change and give you 8gb of RAM which will help you in everything.

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If you have a Microcenter near you they're running a G3258 with an MSI Z97 PC Mate Combo deal for $100. If you don't you can find that mobo brand new from people reselling it at a cheaper price. I think there's one over at OCN and there's a ton on Amazon. Everything else looks fine although you're lacking a case. 

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IMO this will be better for your budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E45 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($65.69 @ Amazon)

Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.98 @ OutletPC)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $397.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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When you can, buy a 212 EVO, 30 bucks.

hows the graphics?

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CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($58.97 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($74.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $409.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI have all opened up the H81 chipset to be used to overclock the g3258. You don't have to get a z97 chipset board. That should save you some change and give you 8gb of RAM which will help you in everything.

didn't asus open there h81,h89,b85 and some other one so you can over clock the g3258? how do you over clock with those boards? do you know of any other boards?

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($58.97 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($74.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $409.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-13 23:49 EDT-0400

 

Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI have all opened up the H81 chipset to be used to overclock the g3258. You don't have to get a z97 chipset board. That should save you some change and give you 8gb of RAM which will help you in everything.

But it does not work out of the box, that means OP needs another CPU to even get the bios to work with the G3258

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what happens if you change the bios with that cpu?

I don't think it will even boot without the bios update for haswell refresh

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hows the graphics?

 

Quite good, it can sustain 40 FPS in Battlefield 4 on medium settings.

 

After doing a small bit of research, the 750TI is much better. Another thing to consider is the R9 270 (no X), if you like team red.

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Anyone saying the pentium g3258 is a bad option for video editing... I edit with the pentium just because I can. it doens't even take forever for me. 

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I vote for Pentium. Ok, in video editing it will be slower, but not by much, but in every other thing it will be faster than AMD. I saw this Pentium against AMD Athlon 750k in budget battle. Intel won it.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849-17.html

 

And if now you can OC it on non-Z chipsets, then just look for cheap motherboard with good power phases and you are good to go.

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Anyone saying the pentium g3258 is a bad option for video editing... I edit with the pentium just because I can. it doens't even take forever for me.

Overclocked? I'm waiting to see a build that can run star citizen with the pentium, only seen one that ran the game at no higher than 20fps
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Overclocked? I'm waiting to see a build that can run star citizen with the pentium, only seen one that ran the game at no higher than 20fps

I'd love to run it if it wasn't in Pre-alpha. The game isn't optimized very well or at all...  

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I'd love to run it if it wasn't in Pre-alpha. The game isn't optimized very well or at all...

The game runs OK, it's not well optimised on the graphics side of things, I think its hammering anything that isn't a quad core from what I've seen.
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Overclocked? I'm waiting to see a build that can run star citizen with the pentium, only seen one that ran the game at no higher than 20fps

 

Free test of this? I want to beat your challenge.

Bye LTT. That was an interesting journey on this board. At least here you see how not to do it. I'll go shaking my head about this place.

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What do you mean by free test? I'd be happy for someone to be my challenge! Maybe we need to get slick on it

 

Running the 3258 and a 280x. Much confident that it can get over 20fps. Yeah some free preview. Not buying the game only to proof a point.

Bye LTT. That was an interesting journey on this board. At least here you see how not to do it. I'll go shaking my head about this place.

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