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Coppertin

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This will be my third build after a few years, I will strictly be using it to play games and stream.
I would love some opinions on best bang for the buck for this setup as i don't have a ton of money to spend. I play WoW, DIablo III, and occasionally the Sims...nothing too demanding.

MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-H97M-D3H
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2 GHz
GPU: ASUS Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 2GB 128 bit
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3
POWER SUPPLY: ThermalTake TR2 600W ATX 12V

I already have an ATX case with front control and space for five case fans and I already have a 1TB 7200 RPM Samsung SATA drive and a 500gb backup drive.


 
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Isn't the whole point of the G3258s to OC them? Understand you're more concerned about your GPU (for gaming), but streaming needs some CPU power too... why not ditch the H97 mobo (which doesn't support OCing), and get a B81 as in the below article? Its unclear to me, but you're getting 2x4GB RAM to operate in dual channel, right?

THrow everything into pcpartpicker.com to check compatibility, just to be sure. Oh...and that MoBo doesn't support SLI I don't believe - if you want to SLI in the future, keep that in mind.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-b81-cheap-overclocking,3888.html
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Isn't the whole point of the G3258s to OC them? Understand you're more concerned about your GPU (for gaming), but streaming needs some CPU power too... why not ditch the H97 mobo (which doesn't support OCing), and get a B81 as in the below article? Its unclear to me, but you're getting 2x4GB RAM to operate in dual channel, right?

THrow everything into pcpartpicker.com to check compatibility, just to be sure. Oh...and that MoBo doesn't support SLI I don't believe - if you want to SLI in the future, keep that in mind.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-b81-cheap-overclocking,3888.html
 
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He is buying an AMD GPU so SLI is useless. The motherboard he listed does however support crossfire so he could always do dual AMD cards.

BTW Coppertin: I'd reccomend you to also look at cards like the r9 260(x) or r9 270(x) if they fit your budget.
 
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