Intel Pentium G4400?

[JoshB2084]

How good/bad is it at watching 1080p movies, playing heavily visual novels that higher requirement system than my 6 years old PC? I trying to figure which I can doing now, then upgrading i3/i5/i7 later.  And uhmm, DDR4 is really cheap right now, that's why I go ahead to building Intel Skylake PC.

[Quinnbeast]

What's a "heavily visual novel"? Same thing as a picture book?

 

What do you mean by "watching 1080p movies"? Blu-Ray? 1080p stream from Amazon/Netflix etc? Local MKV file?

[Nacho Marco Segui]

Intel Skyline? The R34 or R35?

[JoshB2084]

21 minutes ago, Nacho Marco Segui said:

Intel Skyline? The R34 or R35?

I meant "Skylake".  I'm tired...*sighs*

 

24 minutes ago, Quinnbeast said:

What's a "heavily visual novel"? Same thing as a picture book?

 

What do you mean by "watching 1080p movies"? Blu-Ray? 1080p stream from Amazon/Netflix etc? Local MKV file?

VN is an interactive game featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills (and sometimes video footage). As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels. Newer VNs with lots of special effects that I playing are almost choking on my CPU. 

 

Basically all of those, I trying  to watched 1080p stream from Amazon/Netflix and local MKV files, my CPU usages hit 100% all time cause my movies dropping FPS....

[kicker2222]

1 hour ago, JoshB2084 said:

How good/bad is it at watching 1080p movies, playing heavily visual novels that higher requirement system than my 6 years old PC? I trying to figure which I can doing now, then upgrading i3/i5/i7 later.  And uhmm, DDR4 is really cheap right now, that's why I go ahead to building Intel Skylake PC.

I would say go for it. The integrated graphics on it are good for what you will be playing and doing.

[Quinnbeast]

Yeah, I'd imagine the G4400 would do exactly what you want it to. Even the mobile versions of the Broadwell Pentiums that you see in some of the NUC boxes seem to handle a single 1080p stream without problem. In principal, the G4400 (as a full desktop CPU) will handle x264 files natively, and even if they have to do it without hardware support, it shouldn't ever break stride.

 

The other consideration might be the G4500, simply because it has the better iGPU (HD530 vs 510) that it common to the more expensive chips. I've been considering both of these options myself for overhauling a simple HTPC.

[JoshB2084]

8 minutes ago, Quinnbeast said:

Yeah, I'd imagine the G4400 would do exactly what you want it to. Even the mobile versions of the Broadwell Pentiums that you see in some of the NUC boxes seem to handle a single 1080p stream without problem. In principal, the G4400 (as a full desktop CPU) will handle x264 files natively, and even if they have to do it without hardware support, it shouldn't ever break stride.

 

The other consideration might be the G4500, simply because it has the better iGPU (HD530 vs 510) that it common to the more expensive chips. I've been considering both of these options myself for overhauling a simple HTPC.

 

OK. What about modern games, will G4400 and GTX750ti handle any modern games all right?  I thinking I might upgrading i5 much later with new "next gen." GPU.

[Quinnbeast]

The G4400 will be a good match for the 750Ti, and will hold up pretty well in many games. I've certainly seen people play Witcher 3 and GTA V with this setup, although be prepared to fine tune the settings to get a balance between performance and teh shinies. That said, modern AAA titles increasingly use more than 2 cores (if available), which for some people makes an i3 a better starting point assuming the budget is there. Also, it's worth noting that some games have been unplayable on release with dual core systems, and have required a patch or workaround to make them compatible.

 

For the money though, it's fairly hard to beat for a cheap gaming setup. If you ultimately end up with an i5, it will last for years. I'm happily running a 3570K from 2012, and I just don't have reason to upgrade it yet.

[JoshB2084]

OK.... Now , how about this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $397.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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