G3258 owners

[WinnerYG]

What do you like about thechip, and whatdo you not like about? How long will you keep it? An do you still recommend it to be new linustechtips members?

[EarthboundHero]

I don't own one, but I;ve seen people stop recommending it because some games don't support Dual Cores now. I'd still recommend it if you're not playing those games though.

[TheSLSAMG]

What I like:

Cheap

Low power consumption

Good OC potential

 

What I dislike:

Performance

The need to OC

[jnmbhj]

It I liked about it was it was on sale for $100 with a msi motherboard in microcenter. During black friday sales 

[arnavvr]

the recent price drop of 8320, makes the g3258 almost obsolete

[flibberdipper]

What I like:

Cheap

Low power consumption

Good OC potential

FANTASTIC* undervolter at stock speeds

Comes with a beefed up stock cooler, which is nice

Runs cool on the stock cooler

What I dislike:

The fact that you need to OC for some games (I haven't had too many issues, I can still run at 1080p, near maxed, minus AA).

the recent price drop of 8320, makes the g3258 almost obsolete

AM3+ is a dead platform. At least with 1150 and H/Z97 you have an actual upgrade path.

EDIT: Nice fail there, Chrome (P)OS.

[arnavvr]

What I like:

Cheap

Low power consumption

Good OC potential

FANTASTIC* undervolter at stock speeds

Comes with a beefed up stock cooler, which is nice

Runs cool on the stock cooler

 

What I dislike:

The fact that you need to OC for some games (I haven't had too many issues, I can still run at 1080p, near maxed, minus AA).

 

Why would you want to undervolt??

[QueenDemetria]

What do you like about thechip, and whatdo you not like about? How long will you keep it? An do you still recommend it to be new linustechtips members?

I've owned one for exactly 1 week, so I'll tell you how I feel about it. For what it is its fast, but its not a fast chip. In order to get the performance everybody praises, you have to overclock the snot out of it. The 2 cores hold this chip back big time, and it just sucks that Intel didn't enable Hyperthreading. For the price its not bad, but I recommend spending a little more and at least getting a i3/i5 or FX chip.

Why would you want to undervolt??

Save power and keep thermals lower. Also it can extend the length of the chip(but its not like they don't last forever anyways, lol).

[WinnerYG]

AM3+ is a dead platform. At least with 1150 and H/Z97 you have an actual upgrade path.

EDIT: Nice fail there, Chrome (P)OS.

Its pretty good playing stream games haha.

[Shhuks]

the recent price drop of 8320, makes the g3258 almost obsolete

Are there any Mini-ITX motherboards to go with this chip? 

[arnavvr]

Are there any Mini-ITX motherboards to go with this chip? 

 

No

[WinnerYG]

I've owned one for exactly 1 week, so I'll tell you how I feel about it. For what it is its fast, but its not a fast chip. In order to get the performance everybody praises, you have to overclock the snot out of it. The 2 cores hold this chip back big time, and it just sucks that Intel didn't enable Hyperthreading. For the price its not bad, but I recommend spending a little more and at least getting a i3/i5 or FX chip.

People talk down the fx all the time. Though i would take a 6300 over it personally. Its good for people who are first time overclockers

Are there any Mini-ITX motherboards to go with this chip?

ATX FOR AM3+ is the way to go. Matx and itx are terrible for it

[flibberdipper]

Why would you want to undervolt??

You tell me. I run passive on the stock cooler until 50C. Which is great for browsing the web.

[QueenDemetria]

People talk down the fx all the time. Though i would take a 6300 over it personally. Its good for people who are first time overclockers

I know, I overclocked my FX-6300 in my sleep(literally, lol). I used the Auto-OC function in CCC and let it do its thing while I slept away. I woke up 1Ghz faster lol.

[arnavvr]

I would go i3, or 8320 because FC4 can't support dual-cores

[Flyguygamer]

Still a good cpu for a lot of things, if you can thoughm the 8320 is only a few more dollars and a much better chip.

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

I like the price, the low power consumption generally, the OC range, and the remarkable lack of a need for upgrading cooling.

I seriously helped my friend OC his to 4.7GHz on the intel cooler and I got my own to 4.2 with comfortable temperatures under Prime95.

fantastic for media PCs and mid range gaming PCs on a constricted budget.

 

what I don't like

silicon lottery plays a huge role in overclocking if you use the stock heatsink, most will hit the 4.5-4.7GHz range, but the best will do 4.7 at low voltages, and so can do it under the stock cooler.

crap integrated graphics, but works well paired with anything from a GT720(passive for media) up to a single 970 or 980

 

I recommend it to anyone trying to get into gaming on a limited budget who is willing to overclock it at least 20 4.0GHz, which is still a healthy25% OC

 

what I would like to see changed: a variant without integrated graphics at all and a memory controller capable of DDR3 1600-1866 MHz memory.

 

final thoughts: I honestly believe for a general user, the i3-4130 offers better capabilities and will have a longer life cycle. I think the G3258 has a 2-3 year life in the gaming world. not because core architecture will improve, but because game engines will be more prioritized for 4-8+ cores in the future.

[Shhuks]

Any owners know if you could play League of Legends on this chip when overclocked with the onboard graphics? 

[WinnerYG]

I know, I overclocked my FX-6300 in my sleep(literally, lol). I used the Auto-OC function in CCC and let it do its thing while I slept away. I woke up 1Ghz faster lol.

Haha. I honestly have amd because if amd falls, i have something to remember it by before intel rapes us with high ass prices.(which is why i have a xeon e3 in my workstation)

Any owners know if you could play League of Legends on this chip when overclocked with the onboard graphics?

Yes, but expect low ass frames. Your ahonestly better pairing with a cheap mobo, stock/212 evo cooler, and a gtx 750 for the best performance on a budget. I'd recommend a i3 for long term use, or even a fx 6 core

[Guest]

Yeah, go i3 all the way. Hyperthreading means better gaming performane (and support), and it'll last a while longer in terms of said support.

[Clyne]

Never get a 8320, just no

You have to learn the fact about every G3258 benchmark, NOT EVERY G3258 CAN REACH A HIGH OC.

[Opcode]

It's not worth buying anymore with the recent price drops of the i3. You can snag up an i3-4150 for $94 now and it's far faster than the G3258 even when it's overclocked.

[Clyne]

It's not worth buying anymore with the recent price drops of the i3. You can snag up an i3-4150 for $94 now and it's far faster than the G3258 even when it's overclocked.

A 4130 was around 80 bucks at BF.

[WinnerYG]

Never get a 8320, just no

You have to learn the fact about every G3258 benchmark, NOT EVERY G3258 CAN REACH A HIGH OC.

My fx gets the job done haha. But i would take it over a pentium any day. But i bought a xeon though cause i stopped doing threaded applications

[johngo90]

I bought it out of curiousity... and the fact there were some motherboards at my local store for under $40 that were able to OC this chip. 

 

I like: 

-Cheap

-Decent OC with mediocore cooler. (Got up to 4.5ghz stable for reference)

-Runs many of my games with more than enough FPS.

 

I dislike: 

-There are still many options out there that seem to make more sense.