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You can save by getting single stick of ram, a cheaper case, and maybe bump the gpu up to R9 270(mantle helps).

And omit the cpu cooler.

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Since our teachert supports us pretty strong in building our own pc, I thought this would be the perfect time to get myself a Pentium G3258 OC rig. I really wanted to get my hands on one of these things since it came out, but never had a good reason for that. Here's what I've come up so far. I don't know if I will acutally use it for gaming so the GPU doesn't matter.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€57.90 @ Caseking)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€32.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€69.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€73.94 @ Hardwareversand)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€112.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (€132.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  (€77.95 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€47.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €606.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-29 17:48 CEST+0200

 

Is there anything I can save money on?

I once had one of these, now I've got this.

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You can save by getting single stick of ram, a cheaper case, and maybe bump the gpu up to R9 270(mantle helps).

And omit the cpu cooler.

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why are you going itx

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Because I want to use it was a kind of portable PC, since my main PC is heavy and bulky as shit.

ok i'd recommend spending a bit more and getting a z97 chip set motherboard other than that its alright 

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ok i'd recommend spending a bit more and getting a z97 chip set motherboard other than that its alright

What reason do I have to get a more expensive mobo? I've heard of people reaching the 4.6Ghz I want to get with this exact mobo.

I once had one of these, now I've got this.

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What reason do I have to get a more expensive mobo? I've heard of people reaching the 4.6Ghz I want to get with this exact mobo.

OC is really depending on the CPU, and is random. The same model of CPU can get to 4.5 for 1 user may not even able to break 4.0 for another user, so I wouldnt count on it..

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OC is really depending on the CPU, and is random. The same model of CPU can get to 4.5 for 1 user may not even able to break 4.0 for another user, so I wouldnt count on it..

I knew that. Just is there another reason to get z97 instead of h81?

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What reason do I have to get a more expensive mobo? I've heard of people reaching the 4.6Ghz I want to get with this exact mobo.

well you don't have to spend more its just you never know if intel will patch it and make it so you can't overclock on anything other than a z97 motherboard but you don't have too get one everything is fine how it is

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I knew that. Just is there another reason to get z97 instead of h81?

Z97 is supposedly confirmed to work with Broadwell while h81 isn't.

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Anyone who does not have a sister hates the fact that Kasugano Sora isn't his sister.
I'm not insulting anyone; I'm just being condescending. There is a difference, you see...

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