Budget PC Gaming

[MaatiD90]

Hi all, i want u guys to know that im from Argentina so.. i dont know how to give u a budget couse here the money ( $/ARS ) is so devalued that is not possible to make a budget for you.. 

 

Other thing is that we dont have too much variery of tech here and brands are few. 

 

This is what im thinking..

 

CPU : i3-4150

Motherboard : MSI H81M-P33

Memory : G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2x4GB) 

Storage : WD Blue 1TB

Video Card : Sapphire r9 270x 2GB Dual-x

Power Supply : Thermaltake Smart 430W +80  ( This PSU is weak for the build ? Should i get a 550W ? )

Is this build ok ? Can i be able to play recents games at 1080p in Med-High settings with decents FPS ?

 

We dont have the new pentium G3258 here in ARG.

[Firearm2112]

Could you try shipping the Pentium overseas to you? Its much better then the i3 and can be OCed to hell. Other then that u good

[TheSLSAMG]

Looks good, yes. The PSU should be fine, but you could get a better quality unit, like a Corsair CX500M or XFX XTR 550 if they have them out there.

[Guest Emrye]

Get an H87 or H97 board for the i3, and don't get a Thermaltake PSU. Try and see if you can get a small SSD in if you can.

[TheSLSAMG]

Could you try shipping the Pentium overseas to you? Its much better then the i3 and can be OCed to hell. Other then that u good

The Pentium at stock speeds performs like a Pentium.

 

Overclocked, it performs around an i5 in some apps. Unlike the Pentium, with an i3, there are less limitations on applications based on core count due to the inclusion of Hyper Threading, which actually works well despite what some people like to say.

 

The i3 has always been the better choice, but the Pentium is making people think otherwise. And yes, I have a G3258.

[TheSLSAMG]

Get an H87 or H97 board for the i3, and don't get a Thermaltake PSU. Try and see if you can get a small SSD in if you can.

There isn't much wrong with H81, especially with the budget limitations.

[TheRetiredSlave]

Could you try shipping the Pentium overseas to you? Its much better then the i3 and can be OCed to hell. Other then that u good

 

No it isn't. Read this review on Anandtech..

 

The Pentium has admirable performance for a $70 CPU, especially when OC'd, but it gets beaten by an i3 in anything and everything that can take advantage of multithreading.. The only gaming benchmark that the G3258 won (over an i3-4360) was Company of Heros 2 and the G3258 only won by 1.3 FPS. In every other game, they found that the i3 was faster.

[MaatiD90]

Could you try shipping the Pentium overseas to you? Its much better then the i3 and can be OCed to hell. Other then that u good

It's difficult to do that here.. the custom house may take the items and u have to pay extra taxes.

[MaatiD90]

Get an H87 or H97 board for the i3, and don't get a Thermaltake PSU. Try and see if you can get a small SSD in if you can.

 

The H81 board is ok with any intel non-k as i know.. the performance dont affect at any point.

 

Why dont take TT PSU ?

 

And the SSD is not a needed right now for me, i can get it later!

[Captain_WD]

Hey there MaatiD90,

 

WD Blue shoud do the job for you. You didn't specify which model but a SATA 6 Gb/s with 32 or 64 MB cache should be fine. 

If you are reusing an old drive I would strongly recommend that you check it out for any errors or bad sectors in order to protect your future data on it. WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic is a good tool for that.

In case you would like to upgrade that I would suggest you check out the WD Black series. They are designed specifically for gaming (despite the Blue ones which are build for everyday usage) and would reduce your game load time. Here's a link to check them out:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=760

 

Hope this helps,

 

Captain_WD.