pentium G3258 revisited --

[crispfact]

hi there! new to the forums here, just wonder about something: does the g3258 still make sense right now? I mean, I saw linus's video (

) and he said that you really need more cores in today's environment, just wondering, im building a budget pc, would it make sense to go with a g3258 with an after-market cooler such as (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118099) and over-clock the crap outta it, or would it make more sense to go for an amd flavour..? if so, which would you recommend?

[zlolslavez]

If you're at a budget around <$800, and wouldn't want to deal with the power comsumption of AMD, its fine..

[GzeroD]

If your not doing heavy gaming it makes for a wonderful general use cpu.

[marat569]

Not worth it, a novelty at most.

 

If going on budget, get a 6300 + aftermarket cooler and overclock the crap out of that. you'll get way better performance (and probably cheaper too) out of that combo than the 1 core artifact. 

 

Skyrim doesn't even open unless it detects a minimum  2core CPU.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

Not worth it, a novelty at most.

If going on budget, get a 6300 + aftermarket cooler and overclock the crap out of that. you'll get way better performance (and probably cheaper too) out of that combo than the 1 core artifact.

Skyrim doesn't even open unless it detects a minimum 2core CPU.

For the same price of a 6300+Mobo+Heatsink you could get an i5 4440 and an h81 Mobo which would be better than the 6300

[marat569]

For the same price of a 6300+Mobo+Heatsink you could get an i5 4440 and an h81 Mobo which would be better than the 6300

 

But no watercooler block (so no super overclocking )

[crispfact]

Thanks for the replies! I have a pretty tight budget of about 5-600 dollars, but the only thing I worried about is the CPU and motherboard, would it help if I showed my pcpartpicker list..? I'm gonna be using this build for a while. Mostly generally, but probably some gaming every now and then.

[zlolslavez]

The thing is the 6300 doesn't lead down to a good upgrade path, leads to the 8350 which is a pretty scary path compared to pentium to i5. Considering the thing most likely to be kept when upgrading is mb ram and hard drives as they don't have much to break

[crispfact]

Oh as well as that cpu heat sink, for the over locking of course :,)

[GzeroD]

What games are you looking to play and what resolution? also do you already have a windows key or will that be part of the budget?

[BurgerBum]

If you're at a budget around <$800, and wouldn't want to deal with the power comsumption of AMD, its fine..

power consumption really isnt a factor anymore. 

 

sure, you'll need to use another 25-50 watts on your PSU. 

most people get a PSU thats around 100-300 more than they need anyway. 

and it never really costs much etiher. 

 

 

 

not starting a war here. im just stating that power consumption is not a field of comparrison that should make you decide on something. (unless its batshit crazy like THE NEW ULTIMATE SPACE HEATER, EVEN HOTTER THAN A 4 WAY 480 CONFIG, THIS SIGNLE CORE BEAST AT 9000 WATTS)

[zlolslavez]

power consumption really isnt a factor anymore. 

 

sure, you'll need to use another 25-50 watts on your PSU. 

most people get a PSU thats around 100-300 more than they need anyway. 

and it never really costs much etiher. 

 

 

 

not starting a war here. im just stating that power consumption is not a field of comparrison that should make you decide on something. (unless its batshit crazy like THE NEW ULTIMATE SPACE HEATER, EVEN HOTTER THAN A 4 WAY 480 CONFIG, THIS SIGNLE CORE BEAST AT 9000 WATTS)

Power consumption isn't something that disappears in technology advancement it's based on price. Where I live 50 watts could differ 8-12 dollars yearly and 50w isn't alot

[crispfact]

Power consumption isn't a problem that much to me... My power supply should be able to take it, and I do like that 6600 amd idea, there's cheap motherboards that can do crossfire as well as usb 3.0 that work well. And games..? Well I wanna play sky rim, I'm new to of gaming see :,) and I do wanna try shadow or mordor. Though if that can't run well on an r9 270 then no worries, I do have a ps4. But i only worry about the dual core g3258 for future uses, as it may not be able to handle regular use later on..

[GzeroD]

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cRrGwP) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cRrGwP/by_merchant/)

 

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34150) | $104.99 @ SuperBiiz 

**Motherboard** | [ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97manniversary) | $66.99 @ SuperBiiz 

**Memory** | [G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9s8gsr) | $57.98 @ Newegg 

**Storage** | [Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd1002fbys) | $49.00 @ Amazon 

**Video Card** | [HIS Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/his-video-card-h795f3g2m) | $145.66 @ Newegg 

**Case** | [NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210001) | $31.99 @ Micro Center 

**Power Supply** | [Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500) | $62.99 @ Newegg 

 | | **Total**

 | Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $519.60

 | Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-14 22:12 EST-0500 |

 

BAM

[flibberdipper]

If you're able to upgrade later on, then Z97 and the Pentium are pretty good. Or you could save up a little more and get a dual-core Hyper-Threaded i3.

[marat569]

Power consumption isn't a problem that much to me... My power supply should be able to take it, and I do like that 6600 amd idea, there's cheap motherboards that can do crossfire as well as usb 3.0 that work well. And games..? Well I wanna play sky rim, I'm new to of gaming see :,) and I do wanna try shadow or mordor. Though if that can't run well on an r9 270 then no worries, I do have a ps4. But i only worry about the dual core g3258 for future uses, as it may not be able to handle regular use later on..

 

Well skyrim needs 2+ cores to even open, shadows will not even run at 5 fps with that CPU.

 

I've used an FX4300 clocked at 4.4ghz + gtx 660 for a while, and it ran many games really well. Just make sure to get a ~30-50$ watercooler for the amd chip and you're set!

 

Even with a gtx 970 + 4300 i got 60fps on AAA titles and 100+fps on other games.

 

(Now rockin an i7 5820 + gtx 970)

[marat569]

If you're able to upgrade later on, then Z97 and the Pentium are pretty good. Or you could save up a little more and get a dual-core Hyper-Threaded i3.

 

AFRODANCE! hello.

 

you never accepted my steam request!

[flibberdipper]

AFRODANCE! hello.

 

you never accepted my steam request!

I have 5 pending, and I don't know which one you are.

[GzeroD]

AFRODANCE! hello.

 

you never accepted my steam request!

you mentioned him in another thread and I spent like 15 min trying to figure out who afrodance was.

[marat569]

I have 5 pending, and I don't know which one you are.

 

marat5692 ( the nick is "twitch.tv/aliasxtv | maratx")

[crispfact]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/nithiiyan/saved/pjhBD3 - pc build for amd- oh and I'm new to pic gaming.. So I like the looks of some mainstream games like shadow of mordor and sky rim.. Which look cool

[GzeroD]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/nithiiyan/saved/pjhBD3 - pc build for amd- oh and I'm new to pic gaming.. So I like the looks of some mainstream games like shadow of mordor and sky rim.. Which look cool

Look at the build I linked it's better in just about every way as well as being cheaper.

 

Edit: Relink http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cRrGwP

 

EditV2: Damn you Canada! ruining all of my plans.

[crispfact]

Oh forgot to mention, I picked that motherboard because it was cheap, has sub 3, has 2 pice 16x slots and crossfire support, and 4 ram slots

[crispfact]

Sorry GzeroD, we make everything harder eh?

[crispfact]

I wish the prices were like in the us.. My build would be so nice :,| I cri