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Will you be overclocking? If so I would definatly suggest the G3258 (before you say "but it's a pentium" look at some reviews) Pretty sweet at the price.
Could probably get a better i3 or i5 for $650, or a better AMD rig even, the Pentium is geared towards builds $500 and lower.
An i3 is NOT better than this Pentium (I did ask for you to look up some reviews)
I have looked up reviews, I even read the entire article Tom's Hardware put out on it. The problem with the pentium is that it is not going to outclass any i series CPU without overclocking, which, unfortunately as I just had a hell of a time discovering, requires a Z97 or better motherboard. Expensive. Also gonna need an aftermarket cooler. Expensive. By the time you're done, you might as well have bough an i3 or low-end i5 and not worry about fiddling with the overclock and run the chip the way it's supposed to.
Overclocking is now possible on Bxx and Hxx boards, oh yeah,
so expencive
CM Hyper 212 EVO is a great cooler, 35 dollars, wow,
such expence
No, it isn't. I thought the same exact thing. ASUS recently released a "breaker" to get past Intel's lock, but it's only a matter of time before they re-patch it. Always nice when you run a windows update, you lose your overclock and might as well be running a Celeron. FUN.
Your little Hyper 212 Evo is not going to get that Pentium up to i series levels, you need a better cooler or liquid cooling for that. Your system is great in theory but would not stack up against a hyper-threaded CPU.
Have a look at this:
PCPartPicker part list /
Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4360 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($154.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280X 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $638.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Notice how I got a better video card, an optical drive, and a better quality PSU? Those motherboards are not cheap, will never be cheap, and that;'s exactly how Intel wants it. If you want proper overclocking, go AMD.
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