best ram match for new pentium g3258?

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I see nothing wrong with RAM in your build. In fact it IS the best match for your CPU.

But frankly, for $500, you could do much better than that. This build cannot be OC-ed, but it doesn't need to be:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($106.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Directron)
Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $472.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 06:02 EST-0500

NOTE: You did not include a hard drive, and so I did the same.
 
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G3258s at high (4.5-4.8 GHz) overclock beat all i3s and even approach stock i7s, by most accounts. So the i3 build suggested above isn't necessarily 'better'.

You'll need to add in a CPU cooler then, as I don't think you'll be able to overclock much with the stock cooler.

 
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herrwizo you duh best man
but im gunna have to stick with the g3258 and my z97 asrock anniversary build
and upgrade to an i5 later down the road i know the i3 has hyperthreading but i already ordered the z97 board i listed and i don't have extra money to buy an i3 anymore and i only didnt include a hard drive cause i have one in my old computer it's only 5400 rpm but ill wait a bit before i get that cause ill end up getting a faster hard drive along with a ssd
 
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i have a decent cpu cooler, its not no 212 evo but itll do with some decent overclocking according to some advice i've gotton, my cooler is this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134
like i said its no 212 evo but im sure i could overclock it a bit with stable results feel free to put some input in as to what i might be able to get my g3258 to with this cooler
 
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Seems like you already determined what you want, and very precisely.

As for the G3258, I own it myself. I would not recommend anyone to get that CPU for gaming; my case was very specific and oriented towards a single application, but today games are starting to appear which require 4 threads JUST TO BE ABLE TO START - like Dragon Age Inquisition, Far Cry 4, and so on.

With i3, you can play them no problem. With G3258, no go. So any overclock you get on it is useless. I wish people would stop recommending it for gaming.

But in your case, it seems like a justified option.
 
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[strike]I would not anticipate good overclocking results on one of those anniversary edition ASRock boards. [/strike]
(didn't notice it was the Z97 model with the 4-phase heatsunk VRMs selected).

If I were looking for a dirt cheap board to overclock a Pentium on, I would contact Biostar to confirm whether they have enabled "non-Z" overclocking on their Hi-Fi H81S2. 4 phase heat-sunk VRMs on a $50 motherboard... Enjoy.

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As for RAM.... if you decide to go with the H81S2, just pick up a 1x8GB stick instead to keep a non-destructive upgrade path to 16GB opened up. I'd probably look for something profiled to run 1600-9-9-9@1.5V

Oh... and don't worry about it being a single channel configuration. A single 8GB stick will be configured dual rank, while most cheap 2x4GB kits will be configured with single rank DIMMs. Performance wise these configurations will trade blows depending on workload (one takes advantage of channel interleave, the other takes advantage of rank interleave). You can add another 8GB stick at a later date and then the system will use both channel and rank interleave.

The iGPU on the Pentium is going to blow chunks no matter what RAM configuration you attach it to.

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Looks promising: http://www.eteknix.com/biostar-enables-h87b85-overclocking-with-bios-update/

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The to-the-door price of the following build would be ~$40-50 less than the original build proposed. Better performing more efficient GPU and a better quality PSU and RAM:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.94 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi H81S2 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($52.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.08 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 285 2GB TurboDuo Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $480.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 06:45 EST-0500
 
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damn, herrwizo is right about newer games needing the 4 threads but herrwizo, if i were to stick with the pentium for now just for a couple months or so and really all ill be playing is titanfall and league of legends and some mmorpgs and maybe some bf4 (probably not seeing that im max level on ps3) but would an i5 be okay to put in my motherboard? the asrock z97 anniversary? later on down the road?

 
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From these benchmarks, your Arctic might not be the best for overclocking well.

If cost is the main reason for going for a G3258, is it genuinely impossible to hold off a little till you've the extra $40 for an i3?

Edit: Seems like a lot of cost and effort to just run a Pentium for a couple of months. If you can afford an i5 in a couple of months, I'd wait till then. If you have to have gaming PC as soon as possible, beg, borrow or steal for an i3 and you're unlikely to really need the i5 upgrade until much later.
 
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i already ordered my motherboard and im liking the reviews and such so i think im gunna stick with it
and im not gunna really use the igpu, well, i am, but only for league while i save up a bit to buy the r9 280
2 weeks or so without titanfall and every other game? i can live with it haha
 
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With G3258, you have to know exactly what you will be using it for and be aware of its limitations, yes. But the games you mentioned will all work fine. In fact, 99.9% of the games you can find today WILL work, and will work very nice. However, some of them won't, and this number will likely only rise in the future. You should certainly be good for a couple of months.
 
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If nothing else it's a dirt cheap placeholder while you save for an i5...

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Given current pricing I advise the R9 285 over the R9 280. The 600B wouldn't be my choice of PSU for quality reasons. A 450-650W PSU OEMed by Seasonic or SuperFlower or ATNG would all be better choices.
 
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see herrwizo thats why you're my favorite
you make me wanna blow up sometimes but you answer my questions
but now i gotta ask, will my mobo be okay for upgrading to an i5 later on in the future? cause im not gunna lie far cry 4 is pretty amazing, ive played the demo on my ps3, i could only imagine how that game looks maxed out (obviously i wont be able to max it out but still the thought is nice)
see what most of you dont know,
im getting a massive upgrade regardless of what parts i get
like heres what im using right now http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883113109

going from that to what im about to get makes me cry happy tears xD
 
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