Building A Balanced Intel-Based MicroATX Gaming PC On A Budget

[Patrick Tobin]

I thought the article was about electric shavers until I read the title and realized it was that ugly case.

 

[Patrick Tobin]

Would have been better to go with an 270/270X over the 750ti for performance.

 

[i7Baby]

ASRock has a cheap Z97 to go with the G3258 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157528 $90

I think a build with a G3258 should be under $800

 

[cmi86]

ASRock has a cheap Z97 to go with the G3258 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157528 $90

I think a build with a G3258 should be under $800

Wasn't all the big fuss about how this CPU could be overclocked on the cheap-o H family boards and that's what made it such a steal, has something changed in regards to this ?

 

[Baumy15]

ASRock has a cheap Z97 to go with the G3258 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157528 $90

I think a build with a G3258 should be under $800

yea the boards cheap but lacks a lot of features and is ATX and has only I PCI-E 3.0x16

 

[i7Baby]

Its better than a H81 mobo.

 

[Baumy15]

Its better than a H81 mobo.

so this ones worse is it?
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_1491&products_id=27569
this one has more features micro atx (for the electric razor case) has 1 PCI-E 3.0x16 and 1 PCI-E3.0x8 so dual graphics will work and can overclock the G3258 out of the box.

 

[youssef 2010]

IMHO using a water cooler in a budget build is illogical. Also, this case is way too expensive for a budget build

 

[masmotors]

this a joke review has too be so funny i get its like andy kaufman or it better be

 

[Christopher Burke]

Bios didn't flash over for me with this board and CPU

 

[gdunning86]

Built a computer for my parents just for office work and some video etc, and I OCed this to 4.4 (1.25 v) with a 212 evo cooler and arctic 5 paste, hitting a max of 60c on either core, and an average of 57c running prime95 and real temp monitoring. fans are blowing cool, been running the test a couple hours now with no problem at all. I would push this past 4.5 if I needed, but this is incredibly stable at 4.4, and they don't even need that much speed. wish I could get the ram over 1400mhz, but its fast as hell with an SSD anyway. overall the PC itself cost about $500 running the stock gpu.

 

[FearlessRider15]

My G3258 can reach 4.6GHz with just 1.240V, 120 TDP, 100AMPS, all at 42C the highest ive seen is 50C on stock cooling

 

[Baumy15]

My G3258 can reach 4.6GHz with just 1.240V, 120 TDP, 100AMPS, all at 42C the highest ive seen is 50C on stock cooling

your pretty lucky I wasn't able to get mine to 4.5Ghz using 1.30v

 

[Ardians]

after flash unofficial BIOS, can i'm back to official BIOS?

 

[LookItsRain]

My G3258 can reach 4.6GHz with just 1.240V, 120 TDP, 100AMPS, all at 42C the highest ive seen is 50C on stock cooling

100 amps?

I would say this is a load of bs here.

 

[Nuckles_56]

My G3258 can reach 4.6GHz with just 1.240V, 120 TDP, 100AMPS, all at 42C the highest ive seen is 50C on stock cooling

100 amps?

I would say this is a load of bs here.

It does make sense, if the CPU is drawing 120 W total, as power=current*voltage and if the power is 120W and the voltage is 1.2V, the current has to be 100A

 

[LookItsRain]

My G3258 can reach 4.6GHz with just 1.240V, 120 TDP, 100AMPS, all at 42C the highest ive seen is 50C on stock cooling

100 amps?

I would say this is a load of bs here.

It does make sense, if the CPU is drawing 120 W total, as power=current*voltage and if the power is 120W and the voltage is 1.2V, the current has to be 100A

True, but the cpu is not drawing 100 amps from the wall or the power supply. Regardless of the amps. The temps are to low for stock cooling at that clock speed. I would have to see a screenshot, because if its true, thats the biggest silicon lottery prize ive seen.

 

[Onus]

Closing necrotic thread.