Pentium G3220 1600MHz Ram Support?

Crustaceous Soviet · Mar 10, 2014

I'm building a cheap gaming computer for my brother, thinking of going with the G3220 for $65 and an EVGA GTX 750 superclocked for $130. The only potential issue with this setup is the ram support; Intel's documentation states that this CPU only supports ddr3-1333, and given the awful ram prices currently, I don't want to spend $90 on 8GB and be limited to 1333. I've read elsewhere that it can in fact be run at 1600 without issue, but have received some other conflicting information.

ewok93 · Mar 10, 2014

I would get something like a 760k instead, it's quite a bit better for gaming. A 7850k would work, too, and the 750 wouldn't be necessary.

CTurbo · Mar 10, 2014

There will be exactly ZERO difference in performance between 1333mhz and 1600mhz RAM with a g3220 and a GTX750.

ewok93 · Mar 10, 2014

Yeah that too. It's tough to tell the difference between 1333 and 2133, 1333 and 1600 with that low-end of a build will mean nothing.

CTurbo · Mar 10, 2014

But if it makes you feel any better, the g3420 and g3430 both support 1600mhz RAM

CTurbo · Mar 10, 2014

Now if you were using the g3220's igpu, you could tell a marginal difference.

My laptop came with 16GB of 1600mhz RAM, and I traded it to my friend for his 8GB of 1333mhz RAM and some money. There was absolutely NO difference in performance. I never even noticed the difference.

ewok93 · Mar 10, 2014

Yeah, if you're using integrated graphics, RAM speed makes a large difference, but otherwise, it has little to absolutely no effect whatsoever.

Crustaceous Soviet · Mar 10, 2014

ewok93 :

I was on the fence over the 760k, but leaned towards the pentium since the deal is a good bit better here, and I can get it from a local store (have to get the 760k from newegg.ca which is ~$100 before tax) however if I were in 'Murica and could get a $75 760k from amazon I'd go with that without hesitation. I'm using a 760k in my build @4.8GHz, but he's not particularly interested on OCing (and I'd probably be tempted to pilfer his if it turned out to be better binned, heh). Anyways, I still have yet to get a clear answer on whether ram could be run at 1600MHz with said CPU or not.

ewok93 · Mar 10, 2014

Maybe, maybe not. Probably the best you'll get, but it doesn't matter, like, at all.

CTurbo · Mar 10, 2014

It will work, it will just run at 1333mhz, and again, you'll never notice.

Crustaceous Soviet · Mar 10, 2014

ewok93 :

Well, thanks for the response anyways. I've picked up the CPU while it was on sale, but may still return it in the 2 week return period in favor of another 760k depending on how newegg's prices turn out in their next sale. The 750 I was eyeing got out of stock within a couple hours of when I went to NCIX unfortunately, so I will look for any decent GPU deals in that price range. Not sure about the feasibility of a 7850k as the IGPU is a little under half a GTX-750, and I'd like to make this as efficient as possible for gaming, meaning a cheap but competent CPU and a relatively more expensive GPU.

CTurbo · Mar 10, 2014

A g3220 and GTX750 would be decent and very efficient. The GTX750 barely consumes 55w.

Crustaceous Soviet · Mar 10, 2014

CTurbo :

Indeed; it would perform at a solid mid-range level, consume only 110-130W total, and cost a rather small amount.

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