i5 4460 with GeForce 730

[10Exahertz]

Hi, building a budget pc, limited to about 600$
Specs: i5 4460, EVGA GeForce 730 2GB, Gigabyte H81-D3 Mobo, and a 1tb hardrive, other stuff
was wondering if we should spend more on the GPU than the CPU, as suggested by some youtubers, also wondering if we should go with the Intel Pentium g3258 ($70) but we are unsure if its performance is good, and wether buying a 2 core CPU is a good decision, thanks

 

[boosted1g]

Some people rave over the G3258 because you can overclock the hell out of it to 4.8 ghz. This is great and all for single threaded programs, but in the real world anything that will actually stress the CPU will use more threads/cores.


A GeForce 730 is very low end and wont play much of any games.

In your price range you want a i3-4130 and GTX 750 ti. That will give you good balance for your budget.

 

[boosted1g]

On a $600 budget not needing a monitor here is what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($41.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $586.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-07 14:38 EDT-0400

 

[dextermat]

For gaming, get at least a 750 ti

 

[hamzahfelix]

A good budget gaming build would spend at least 30% or above of the total cost of the build on the graphics card alone. I would rather have a pentium not maximising the potential of a decent gpu, than a powerfull quad core i5 maximising the potential of a weak gpu.

Number of cores in the cpu is not the only factor. Of course, 4 core is ideal, but cpu architecture also matters, which explains how a pentium g3258 could beat a quad core athlon x4 860k.

 

[10Exahertz]

I was looking at videos online with the GeForce 730 and it seemed to handle battlefield well, but I agree that the GTX 750ti is better, and I think is the better decision. The problem is I fear CPU's are harder to exchange, if say, I got another CPU later, while GPU's are not, so I could go weaker on the GPU for now until we have more money for a more powerful GPU, and the simply exchange it. Or is it better going with the i3-4160, I looked up the benchmarks for it and it didnt do as well as the i5 but not too far off, and ws better for the value. Still scared to go to a dual core rather than a quad, I know most games arent optimized for quad yet, but they might become optimized int he future.
thanks for the help guys

 

[hamzahfelix]

I was looking at videos online with the GeForce 730 and it seemed to handle battlefield well, but I agree that the GTX 750ti is better, and I think is the better decision. The problem is I fear CPU's are harder to exchange, if say, I got another CPU later, while GPU's are not, so I could go weaker on the GPU for now until we have more money for a more powerful GPU, and the simply exchange it. Or is it better going with the i3-4160, I looked up the benchmarks for it and it didnt do as well as the i5 but not too far off, and ws better for the value. Still scared to go to a dual core rather than a quad, I know most games arent optimized for quad yet, but they might become optimized int he future.
thanks for the help guys

If you're confident you could save $150+ soon for a gpu, then you could game on not so ultra modern games on low settings temporarily on the integrated graphics of the i5. If not, I would still not sacrifice gaming performance for an i5. Whether more future aaa games won't run on dual cores (Far Cry 4) is anyone's guess. But gaming has always been more gpu dependent rather than cpu.