budget pc build

[a.j]

hey guys im looking forward to build a new pc 
specs:

Intel Pentium G3258 Dual-Core Processor 3.2GHz 3MB
MSI B85M-P33 v2 Intel B85
Asus STRIX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OC 2GB GDDR5
EVGA 500W 80 PLUS ATX12V Power Supply
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
 

[the jolly roger]

go with an i3 4150, thats it everything else looks fine

[STRMfrmXMN]

hey guys im looking forward to build a new pc 

specs:

Intel Pentium G3258 Dual-Core Processor 3.2GHz 3MB

MSI B85M-P33 v2 Intel B85

Asus STRIX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OC 2GB GDDR5

EVGA 500W 80 PLUS ATX12V Power Supply

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

 

Pentium won't last in games for too much longer but it's not a bad CPU, I would just recommend a good CPU cooler so you can actually overclock it.

[Stigs]

I'd bump up the cpu to an i3 at least, but other than that, looks pretty good.

[SteveGrabowski]

Pentium won't last in games for too much longer but it's not a bad CPU, I would just recommend a good CPU cooler so you can actually overclock it.

 

The $30 for the cooler could just be spent upgrading to an i3 instead.

[CatzRuleZWorld]

Get the cheaper MSI H81M-P33 motherboard.

If you feel like you can overlock, get that G3258 and a CM Hyper 212.

If you don't want to overlock, get an i3-4150 or some other non refresh i3 then use the stock cooler.

[SteveGrabowski]

hey guys im looking forward to build a new pc 

specs:

Intel Pentium G3258 Dual-Core Processor 3.2GHz 3MB

MSI B85M-P33 v2 Intel B85

Asus STRIX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OC 2GB GDDR5

EVGA 500W 80 PLUS ATX12V Power Supply

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

 

 

The Pentium G3258 isn't really a good choice. An i3 is $35 more, but a much better gaming CPU since it can give a decent approximation to an i5, as virtually all AAA games released in the last couple of years want at least 3-4 threads and no amount of clockspeed can make up for only having those two threads. I have a G3258 that I got up to a stable 4.4 GHz (on the stock cooler too), but the bottleneck on my GTX 970 was pretty awful except in games from the Core 2 Duo era; e.g., Crysis 1, the old Call of Duty games, stuff like that. The only recent AAA game that played really well on my Pentium was Bioshock Infinite, which I could keep my 970 at 100% GPU usage in mostly even with the Pentium at its stock 3.2GHz clockspeed. Everything else though had lots of annoying frame drops and GPU usage falling into the 40%-60% range over and over as my 4.4 GHz Pentium just couldn't keep up. Your bottleneck would be significantly less with a GTX 960 vs a 970, but you will still likely have lots of nasty dips in GPU usage, as lots of times a 960 can be comparable to a 770 and I have heard the bottleneck can be nasty when pairing a G3258 with a GTX 770. An i3-4130 or better is a much better match for a GTX 960, and with its really strong per core performance is the best budget CPU one can buy for gaming. You can get most of the performance of an i5 + GTX 960 in most games with an i3 + GTX 960. No amount of overclock on a G3258 will match an i3.

[Kermit]

for a beggininer build I wuld use an h61m-p33 from msi... a cheap board that serves as an introduction to PC building/gaming that you can always upgrade later.

 

That 500w power supply is really nice tho

[Blade of Grass]

Moved to new Builds and Planning.

[a.j]

I'm not sure about the i3 but I've been watching some reviews and benchmarks between the pentium g3258 and the fx6300 and its the same and some times the g3258 is better and this is only a begginer build I'll upgrade in the near future

[SteveGrabowski]

I'm not sure about the i3 but I've been watching some reviews and benchmarks between the pentium g3258 and the fx6300 and its the same and some times the g3258 is better and this is only a begginer build I'll upgrade in the near future

 

If you plan on upgrading definitely steer clear of the FX-6300 or any other AMD CPU. If you're buying the Pentium as a stopgap until you can get an i5 that's fine; that's exactly what I did, buying the G3258 because it was cheap and then upgrading to a Xeon E3-1231v3 a few months later. Not the most cost effective way to do things, but I didn't have the money for an i5/i7 at the time. With that said, Broadwell should be coming in the summer, so if you're buying this system to upgrade the CPU in a few months you should really consider a Z97 board. Supposedly Broadwell desktop CPUs will only be sold in unlocked variants, and a Z97 board would let you overclock them. B85 won't be likely to support Broadwell, and neither will H81, H87, or Z87. H97 boards will support Broadwell CPUs, but probably won't let you overclock them.

 

Something like this could be pretty nice, assuming you're going for a Broadwell i5 or i7 later in the summer.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($62.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($209.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $430.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-17 13:53 EDT-0400

[SteveGrabowski]

Here is a video showing how much of a difference this i3-2100's hyperthreading makes vs just running two threads like it was a Pentium.

 

 

So just be aware a Pentium is going to really limit you and should only be considered a very short term stopgap if you're into AAA games. It's really something better for games like Minecraft, LOL, WOW, CS:GO, and so on.

[a.j]

as i said before its only a temporarily build after 3 months or maybe more ill change the motherboard and the cpu 
and btw i play lol alot 
and bf4 and arma3 and i use 720p res 
the real question is can i run gta v on high to ultra settings 

[pwuest2]

as i said before its only a temporarily build after 3 months or maybe more ill change the motherboard and the cpu 

and btw i play lol alot 

and bf4 and arma3 and i use 720p res 

the real question is can i run gta v on high to ultra settings 

I had the G3258 for a couple months then upgraded to an i5 4690k. The g3258 was a little underwhelming. Its not as good as its worked up to be. But it was still decent for the money, if youre going to upgrade soon and its temporary then youre probably alright. I have a 760 and it ran games fine with the Pentium. I did max it out alot when playing games like Arma 3 and Rising Storm. Even minecraft maxed it out. But BF4 ran great and im assuming that GTA should run good for you. Upgrade as soon as ya can though. It gets annoying maxing it out with everything you do.