First Build

Xikairus · August 15, 2014

Hey everyone

I'm planning on building a new gaming computer in the next week.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VwZWJx

The budget is 600 CAD$

Will an overclocked pentium g3258 bottleneck a R9 280 at 1080p?

Freaky_spider · August 15, 2014

it shows a 270 in that link, so you going with a 270 or 280?

Aniallation · August 15, 2014

Hey everyone

I'm planning on building a new gaming computer in the next week.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VwZWJx

The budget is 600 CAD$

Will an overclocked pentium g3258 bottleneck a R9 280 at 1080p?

An overclocked Pentium K will actually pull past a stock i7, so it will handle even 290s without a problem.

Don't get Kingston V300 by the way, it's literally the worst SSD you can buy right now, which is why it's so cheap.

Cacao · August 15, 2014

As Logan said, that Pentium is really not worth getting. I recommend spending a bit more and getting an FX 6300. You'll be happy in the long run.

Cacao · August 15, 2014

An overclocked Pentium K will actually pull past a stock i7

You should specify that this is only in gaming (and not all of them). Anything remotely optimized to run on 2+ threads will make the i7 shit all over the pentium.

Xikairus · August 15, 2014

it shows a 270 in that link, so you going with a 270 or 280?

I wasn't sure if the 280 would be bottlenecked

Aniallation · August 15, 2014

You should specify that this is only in gaming (and not all of them). Anything remotely optimized to run on 2+ threads will make the i7 shit all over the pentium.

building a new gaming computer

Cacao · August 15, 2014

I understand what you meant and hopefully everyone else did too. I just think it's best to specify on the off chance that someone misunderstands what you're trying to say.