CPU-GPU pair?

[jmu599]

Good day LTT Forumers!

 

I'm currently planning to do a budget build and I'm planning to use the Intel Pentium g2030 for this one mainly because I want this build to be powerful and yet low power consuming because I don't want to raise my electricity bills.

 

I am planning to use an R7 250x, will it be bottlenecked by the CPU? or maybe the other way around?

 

Here in our country, the Athlon FM2 series is not available for reasons I don't know, but if the CPU-GPU pair is not good I'm willing to buy online and pay for shipping.

All in all my budget is 300USD.

 

Thanks for suggestions and comments!

[brob]

Good day LTT Forumers!

 

I'm currently planning to do a budget build and I'm planning to use the Intel Pentium g2030 for this one mainly because I want this build to be powerful and yet low power consuming because I don't want to raise my electricity bills.

 

I am planning to use an R7 250x, will it be bottlenecked by the CPU? or maybe the other way around?

 

Here in our country, the Athlon FM2 series is not available for reasons I don't know, but if the CPU-GPU pair is not good I'm willing to buy online and pay for shipping.

All in all my budget is 300USD.

 

Thanks for suggestions and comments!

 

If you can get the Pentium G3258 and an Asus H81M-A motherboard (or any other Asus LGA1150 motherboard that supports the "Intel® Pentium® Anniversary Edition CPU") you will have a nice overclockable system.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.93 @ Amazon)

Total: $126.92

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-29 19:49 EDT-0400

[GloriousPain]

Should be fine  
 

 

If you can get the Pentium G3258 and an Asus H81M-A motherboard (or any other Asus LGA1150 motherboard that supports the "Intel® Pentium® Anniversary Edition CPU") you will have a nice overclockable system.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.93 @ Amazon)
Total: $126.92
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-29 19:49 EDT-0400

H series Mobos aren't good OC'ers.... and some are down right locked down reguardles of whether or not the cpu is...

[jmu599]

Should be fine  

 

 

H series Mobos aren't good OC'ers.... and some are down right locked down reguardles of whether or not the cpu is...

 

 

If you can get the Pentium G3258 and an Asus H81M-A motherboard (or any other Asus LGA1150 motherboard that supports the "Intel® Pentium® Anniversary Edition CPU") you will have a nice overclockable system.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.93 @ Amazon)

Total: $126.92

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-29 19:49 EDT-0400

So I guess I'm going with pentium but the Anniv edition? I don't worry much about overclocking.. but I can consider it since the GPU is always paired with Athlon Quads

[brob]

Should be fine  

 

 

H series Mobos aren't good OC'ers.... and some are down right locked down reguardles of whether or not the cpu is...

 

May not be a great overclocker, but it fits in with the cost of the cpu and is not terrible. The H81M-Plus described in this http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/overclocking-pentium-g3258-on-h81-b75-h87-h97-chipsets-a-60.html article is more expensive but in the same family.

 

 

So I guess I'm going with pentium but the Anniv edition? I don't worry much about overclocking.. but I can consider it since the GPU is always paired with Athlon Quads

 

If you can fit it in your budget along with an Asus motherboard (don't know if non-Z motherboards of other brands will oc) it is a good option.