Budget CPU Mobo

[Insomnia727]

I'm really stuck on a whether to go with the A88x chipset and a 860k vs something say an i3 or G3258 but with a "not as great" chipset (ex. B85 or other low cost chipsets). If it was a 860k or a Pentium I'd end up overclocking.

 

[TechyInAZ]

Beauty of Intel is that you can get a i5 or i7 without upgrading the mobo.

 

[ykki]

How frequently will you upgrade?

 

[Insomnia727]

If I went Intel, I feel I'd lack some multi-tasking giving up 2 cores for either 2 threads or just lose 2 cores.
If I went AMD, I'd end up saving some money not needing a Z97 (I'd upgrade to an i5), and be able to spend it on other things. But I'd need to spend more money later on a new Z97 and the i5.
I probably won't upgrade till the end of this year or August next year at most.
I mean at most I'd be in a game, skyping, and playing music or having a few Firefox tabs open.

 

[ykki]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $135.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-11 22:37 EST-0500

There you go. With this mobo you are limited to a locked i5/i7 though I personally dot think that you need to overclock an i5 to get good multitasking or frame rate from it.

 

[Insomnia727]

To get the most out of the Pentium you need to OC it, do you know how well it does considering none of the reviews I saw showed OC results (Anniversary boards OC only the G3258 if I'm not mistaken, could be wrong).