System Builder Marathon Q3 2014: Budget Gaming PC
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Results: Compression
Both builds trade blows throughout our compression utilities. Last quarter's AMD system shines the brightest in 7-Zip and WinZip’s CPU test, while our new budget-oriented Intel build takes victories in WinRAR and the maximum-compression WinZip EZ test. Deploying the slightly more powerful Radeon R9 270 earns my latest effort a victory in the OpenCL-enabled benchmark.
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g-unit1111 I would personally love to get a Pentium G3258 for my HTPC, it's only like $50 at Micro Center and the motherboard is $70 at Newegg. Hmm... decisions, decisions. :lol:Reply -
ScienceGuy3 What about the Frame Times? Isn't this processor notorious for bad frame times in heavily threaded games like BF4?Reply -
elbert serves up to 30 A across its +12 V rails.
Its rated to serve up to 30 Amps but can do far more. Tests on this little gem shows it can output 22amps on each rail and maxes out around 38~39 Amps on both. Im paraphrasing a popular power supply testing site. Max wattage is about 553ish which is a good deal more than rated. This power supply can't be certified due to it lacks a circuit required but exceeds 80 percent efficiency. -
de5_Roy a lot of things went right for this build: amd introduced the full pitcairn/curacao gpu based r9 270 under 150w, needing single 6 pin pcie power connector, cryptocurrency craze was over and gfx card prices came down, hdd prices came down to sane levels, cpu-overhead-reducing gfx card drivers came out, intel released an unlocked dual core cpu and allowed o.c. bioses....Reply -
jdwii I'm just not sure for one they didn't show latency times. I'm pretty sure this build will suck for future gaming to such as GTA5.Reply
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849-5.html
When toms reviewed this CPU it was shown to have poor latency
For a 500$ build i would probably do a 6300+265 build. 600$ i would probably jump the build up to a I5+265 or 8320+270X. -
Onus No stuttering? Very interesting; looks like more testing might be needed, but perhaps settings can also be adjusted.Reply -
akula2 Since this CPU is super performer on various fronts (single core), so why not this config?Reply
Pentium G3258 - $69.97
NZXT Kraken X31 - $73.98
Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO - $203.99
G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 - $184.99
Crucial M550 1TB 2.5" SSD - $447.98
Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX - $349.99
NZXT Phantom 530 (White) - $121.98
EVGA 650W ATX12V - $64.99 (not sure about its power good signal value?)
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer - $16.99
Asus VG248QE Monitor - $264.99
D-Link DWA-171 802.11a/b/g/n/ac USB 2.0 - $29.27
Logitech MK550 w/Laser Mouse - $49.99
Corsair Vengeance 2100 - $79.99
Logitech Z506 155W 5.1ch - $69.99
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (32/64-bit) - $170.99
Total: $2200
What you guys think? Usage? Racing Games at homes, audio/video encoding etc. I don't need K CPUs because I'm not in a hurry in this case.
Power source: 100% green aka Solar energy. -
alchemy69 Very similar to the system I just put together for myself except that I felt a 260X was more than enough power for the GPU and put the savings towards a small SSD for the boot drive.Reply