Entry Level Light Gaming/General Use Build for Friend using G3220 and R7 260X and I have questions

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There`s this friend of mine who is right now using an ancient Pentium 4 and Geforce 5200 card for GAMING ( YES GAMING WITH THOSE ANCIENT DINASOURS) and general use. So, you can understand this guys expectations. I tried to be as balanced and budget friendly as I could. :D

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($40.67 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($123.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.71 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: Corsair VS 450 ($50.00)
Total: $555.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-24 13:04 EDT-0400

Please note that me and my friend live in Turkey and we use 230-240v electricity and because of that I selected Corsair VS 450. I think its basically a cheaper CX series PSU without Bronze efficiency (But it has 80 plus white). I searched around a lot, and price wise, it cant be beaten.

I can change the RAM to something with heatsinks and whatnot, but cant make it 8 GB. I think we can add anohter 4GB without too much problem.

Motherboard is H81M-D not H81M-D PLUS.

R7 260X price is very good .

Can change HDD to Caviar Green.

Eeeh, I am too lazy to edit this post and make it good :D Just tell me your thoughts. My friend plays Skyrim, many non demanding games, he has BF3 but cant play it because of his ancient PC :lol: His screen res is 1440x900 or something like that.

I think I should change the RAM to something that looks a bit better and heatsink is useful because it protects the RAM from other stuff like dust.

I can change the HDD depending on the performance. I dont really think of changing the case and PSU.
 
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The motherboard and CPU are 100$ compatible.

IF you get the 3258 there IS a chance it will not boot right out of the box.

You can add RAM as long as it is the same speed/timings/voltage/brand. Mixing RAM is bad, but it will work MOST OF THE TIME if you match everything up properly.
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Thanks for your comments. :D Yes, I definetely do not need RAM with heatsinks but think about this: It only costs 5$ more, would look better than plain green pcb and is going to protect the thing from dust and possible static.

I can also think about changing the HDD to something withhin the same price range. Might convince my friend to get a hybrid.

I dont really think about changing the CPU,MoBo,GPU,Case or the PSU.

What do you think about this combo? Will there be a noticeable bottleneck? Right now I am using a D-SUB 1920x1080 TN screen and I want to change it to an IPS. Maybe in the future I can sell my current monitor to my friend. Looking at the benchmarks at this site, it looks like the R7 260X is pretty damn capable at 1080p.

Thanks for your comments :)
 
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It will not protect RAM form anything. It ONLY looks good. Dust is not an issue and the only part to be hurt with static is exposed with heatsinks installed anyway. They are purely marketing. They do nothing at all but look nice.

Don't buy a hybrid driver. They are a waste and make no difference in the real world.

There should be no bottlenecks. For modern AAA games it should easily run them at medium settings at 1080p.
 
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Thanks for extra quick answers :) But, I have some compatibility questions.

First off, MoBo and CPU compatibility. Yes H81 supports Haswell CPUs and I have searched the particular board`s BIOS versions. It seems that G3220 is supported on the first release BIOS. Good ! :)

But there`s this G3258 available for 20$ which can be overclocked to 4.2 with the stock cooler. But it seems it need newer BIOS and yeah. We do not have access to Haswell CPUs here. It needs to work out of the box. Theres the change it will be shipped with the latest BIOS, but why take chances?

Also anything about adding RAM? I mean, I have a 1x4GB Corsair 1333Mhz CL9 DDR3 kit lying `round, waiting to be used in my next build. Lets say this friend got the exact same model, I used my module for a while, got 2x4GB kit and sold this thing to my friend. Having the exact same model may improve the chances of it working flawlessly? I heard mixing RAM was a terrible idea on this forums by trademaster1 (if I remember him correctly) and I am a little worried about it.

Sorry for WALL OF TEXT :p
 
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The motherboard and CPU are 100$ compatible.

IF you get the 3258 there IS a chance it will not boot right out of the box.

You can add RAM as long as it is the same speed/timings/voltage/brand. Mixing RAM is bad, but it will work MOST OF THE TIME if you match everything up properly.
 
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Build done! Thanks for help :)

Actually, it has been done 2 weeks ago, so my friend is using it for 2 weeks and he hasn`t reported a problem yet. :D

I took it on video. Will edit it and probably post on Youtube later. Will post the link here.

But now, I need to stability test it. Will open a new thread and post the link on this article. Stay tuned :D

EDIT: Need test programs thread http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2386485/test-succesfully-built-gaming.html
 
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