Best low end CPU?

[Dubesta11]

For two different types of builds, the non-gaming facebook ones, and the "I want to game but don't have much money" ones. This is what I was thinking for the lowest price non-gaming system:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.96 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($40.00 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($22.95 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $241.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 1952-10-29 16:32 EDT-0400

 

What do you guys think, given the choices of a Pentium, Axx, or other.

[VincentiusIV]

AMD Athlon 860k

[samcool55]

The G3220 is indeed probably the best low-end cpu out there, you can even overclock it if you want, the stock cooler should be able to handle a bit more from that cpu.

For gaming it's a different story, but for facebook people, that's probably the best option.

[TheSLSAMG]

AMD Athlon 860k

And then you will have to buy a GPU.

[HannahLewis]

I agree with Samcool, the G3220 is fine for the facebookpeople.   

[failblox]

The G3220 is indeed probably the best low-end cpu out there, you can even overclock it if you want, the stock cooler should be able to handle a bit more from that cpu.

For gaming it's a different story, but for facebook people, that's probably the best option.

A G3220 is pretty overkill if you're just using facebook. I don't think you should build your own computer if the only thing you're gonna do with it is go on facebook...

[Dubesta11]

you can even overclock it if you want

 

No, that's the G3258, and it would also require a better motherboard.

[johngo90]

I would personally go with a G3258 and get an aftermarket cooler like an evo 212 for your "I want to game but have no money" build. I've personally built a rig like this for my LAN rig and i've had no problems overclocking to 4.6ghz. 1150 motherboards are very cheap as well and many of the non-Z87/Z97 boards support overclocking for that particular chip. 

[johngo90]

No, that's the G3258, and it would also require a better motherboard.

 

Some H81 platform motherboards now have support for overclocking the G3258

 

I know the Asus ones do at least. 

[Dubesta11]

I would personally go with a G3258 and get an aftermarket cooler like an evo 212 for your "I want to game but have no money" build. I've personally built a rig like this for my LAN rig and i've had no problems overclocking to 4.6ghz. 1150 motherboards are very cheap as well and many of the non-Z87/Z97 boards support overclocking for that particular chip. 

 

I think its smart to go with the G3258 for gaming as well, but not with a 35 dollar cooler. The total price spent would be around 100-110 dollars, to where you could buy an i3 that outperforms it. A cooler would be a good design in the future.

[Antibull]

i3-4160 dual core with hyper-threading. 3,6GHz and only 100$

[WoodenMarker]

No, that's the G3258, and it would also require a better motherboard.

The H81m-ds2v is fine for oc'ing the G3258

I would personally go with a G3258 and get an aftermarket cooler like an evo 212 for your "I want to game but have no money" build. I've personally built a rig like this for my LAN rig and i've had no problems overclocking to 4.6ghz. 1150 motherboards are very cheap as well and many of the non-Z87/Z97 boards support overclocking for that particular chip. 

Kind of pointless getting an aftermarket cooler to oc the G3258 when the stock cooler will do fine due to the core voltage being capped at 1.2v for the motherboard. 

[johngo90]

I think its smart to go with the G3258 for gaming as well, but not with a 35 dollar cooler. The total price spent would be around 100-110 dollars, to where you could buy an i3 that outperforms it. A cooler would be a good design in the future.

It's true a cooler isn't completely necessary. You can hit somewhere between 4ghz - 4.3ghz on stock cooling. Temp's are just a little toasty but the performance gains are incredible for gaming. 

[Dubesta11]

The H81m-ds2v is fine for oc'ing the G3258

Kind of pointless getting an aftermarket cooler to oc the G3258 when the stock cooler will do fine due to the core voltage being capped at 1.2v for the motherboard. 

 

Exactly, I had my 4670k up to 4.3GHz with no problems on the stock cooler. I only swapped it out to decrease the noise.

[johngo90]

Exactly, I had my 4670k up to 4.3GHz with no problems on the stock cooler. I only swapped it out to decrease the noise.

Delid your 4670k for kicks. It's good fun. 

[VincentiusIV]

And then you will have to buy a GPU.

Yes, or a motherboard with on board graphics.

The cheapest GPU's are around 30 bucks. Not a huge deal i think.

[LiamApex]

As much as people will go low end in most consumer grade PC these days you will find a core i5 i would recommend a ivy bridge chip such as the 3470 or if you want to go with somthing a little better like a haswell chip however i would also like to add if all you do is look at facebook i would buy a cheap laptop as theese days laptops are great value

[TheSLSAMG]

Yes, or a motherboard with on board graphics.

The cheapest GPU's are around 30 bucks. Not a huge deal i think.

None of the FM2+ boards have onboard GPUs, since the CPUs for them would have already had them.

 

And what's the point on spending $120 on a CPU and GPU when you can likely spend $80-$90 and get the same performance for cheaper?  An A8-6600K will offer around 90-95% of the CPU performance with an iGPU for $30 less already.