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Any recremendations of what processor i should use with this build?
Any recremendations of what processor i should use with this build?
Help picking processor for future project.
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I'd probably switch to an Asus board that unlocks overclocking on non-z97 boards and pick the Pentium G3258.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-2.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-overclocking-h87-h97-b85,27076.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-2.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-overclocking-h87-h97-b85,27076.html
Yeah, it would work just like any of the other haswell pentiums, though if you aren't going to be overclocking at all you may want the hyperthreading of an i3 depending on what your future project is. It's just that the Pentium is something liek 70-75 bucks where the lowest cost i3's are in the 120 dollar range.
Overclocking when you aren't going for pushing it as hard as you can is pretty straight forward... you quite literally change a number from 32 to 38 and instantly your processor is running at 3800Mhz instead of 3200Mhz... You only need to get in to things like voltage tweaking when you really want to push it as far as you can.
Also, keep in mind that the unlocked multiplier swings both ways, so if you ever wanted to re-purpose this machine to be something like a movie watching HTPC box you could actually slow it down and have it use less power since it's going to be sitting idle most of the time, you don't only have to use it for pushing performance higher.
Overclocking when you aren't going for pushing it as hard as you can is pretty straight forward... you quite literally change a number from 32 to 38 and instantly your processor is running at 3800Mhz instead of 3200Mhz... You only need to get in to things like voltage tweaking when you really want to push it as far as you can.
Also, keep in mind that the unlocked multiplier swings both ways, so if you ever wanted to re-purpose this machine to be something like a movie watching HTPC box you could actually slow it down and have it use less power since it's going to be sitting idle most of the time, you don't only have to use it for pushing performance higher.
Akhil Potukuchi
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whats YOUR budget for the processor?? without knowing that I could suggest anything from a pentium to an i7.
You could get an i3 : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M2YmG
an i5 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WCq923
or even an i7 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kPhTpg
or a pentium http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hJq923
or a xeon http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PDfGbv
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