Budget build with Pentium G4560, GTX 1050 ti and 8GB of RAM?

[PeterTheNugget]

Im building a budget PC build and am looking to get the Pentium G4560 and a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. I was wonderig if 8 GB would be a good enough. I have a budget of around 550 Euros. Pc Part Picker link https://es.pcpartpicker.com/user/MrCheesyNuggets/saved/KL4LkL

I am looking to play low demanding games like CS:GO, Minecraft, Dota 2 LoL and WoW.
If i have made any stupid decistions please help me out because it would be apreciated muchly.

 

[Herc08]

Everything is just fine. However, I replaced the PSU as the one you picked was of poor quality. Also why only use 120gb SSD when Windows will take 20-30gb. I replaced it with a 1TB. SSD will not improve gameplay, just speed up loading. Even then, it's only 10-15 seconds.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€57.46 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€69.57 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€63.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€49.25 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (€158.82 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (€61.27 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€80.20 @ PC Componentes)
Total: €539.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-07 23:59 CEST+0200

 

[Barty1884]

For a G4560 and 1050TI, I'd say 8GB would be perfect. Especially on a budget. I would opt for dual channel 2x4GB oposed to a single 8GB module though.

I'd avoid that PSU (especially at that price!) for something of better quality.

I've made a couple of little tweaks there, to give you a 240GB SSD (a 120GB will fill up fast) and some mechanical storage
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€57.46 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€67.80 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (€68.39 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Plextor - M7V 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€76.47 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€45.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (€158.82 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Zalman - T2 Plus MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€30.24 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€58.03 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €563.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-08 00:05 CEST+0200

 

[cryoburner]

I would opt for dual channel 2x4GB opposed to a single 8GB module though.

I would disagree with that on this build, simply because his selected motherboard only has two RAM slots, and if he decides to upgrade to 16GB a couple years down the line when some games start requiring it, he would need to replace his existing RAM instead of just adding another stick. A dual channel memory configuration is typically not going to make much of a performance difference in applications and games, typically only amounting to around a 1 fps difference.

 

[SacredSoul]

Don't you think that a newer i5 or an i3 would be more future proof(I mean a quad core).cause Ubisoft games suck at dual core cpu unless you are into injection or something

 

[Herc08]

Don't you think that a newer i5 or an i3 would be more future proof(I mean a quad core).cause Ubisoft games suck at dual core cpu unless you are into injection or something

Well that's teh thing, the G4560 has hyper-threading, which works great with games that are looking for more performance.

 

[kgt1182]

8GB of RAM is fine.
For gaming you want sufficient RAM and really fast RAM.
Being an avid Minecraft player, I swapped out 8GB of my 16GB of DDR3 1600 C11 to run the RAM in 1 stick per channel mode, aka 2 sticks of 4GB, reaching speeds of DDR3 2250 C11 (Minecraft is RAM heavy), FPS in Kohi/Badlion went up from 250-450 to 350-600. Gameplay has less stutters as well.
Get yourself a pair of DDR4 3200 C16.

CS:GO is a heavily single thread game and only use one core. Since 1 core is used for OS, as long as nothing else is running on your PC your rig would run CS:GO well faster than the sig. heavily OCed FX 4350 due to the G4560 strong single thread performance.

This is similiarly said for ESports games like the mentioned Dota 2, League and Warcraft. Mostly are optimised for Intel using Intel code compiler for its majority user base and also run heavily single threaded.

Your GPU is fine.

My optimised recommendations

Get 2x 4GB sticks of RAM, preferably DDR4 3200 so that the RAM can work in dual channel mode+XMP. Fast 3200 RAM can increase FPS from 10-20% over 2133 RAM, dual channel mode doubles bandwidth and may give another 0-10% performance gain

Get a higher clocked model of a CPU, i3 7320 at 4.1 GHz would be about 15-20% faster than your G4560 and give slightly more FPS. And you get lower frametimes and more minimum FPS when it matters most. Less stutters!

Enjoy your PC gaming experience!