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I'm getting a Intel G3258 CPU and i'm looking for a motherboard to overclock this CPU and also i'm planning to upgrade my CPU to i7 4790k later, so I don't have to buy a new motherboard.
The motherboard can be around 150$, cheaper or more, it doesnt matter so much.
 
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You get to spend your money any way you want.

The i7 4790K is arguably the best consumer CPU available at the moment. With 4.0Ghz base and 4.4Ghz boost in can often be overclocked to at least 4.4Ghz.

For gaming, even, modern gaming, all of this is of limited value. A moderate i5, like the 4460 at 3.2 Ghz is nearly as good because in gaming at the high end, the limiting factor is the GPU, pushing pixels fast enough, not the CPU running it. The i5 above is capable of running at least two of the best GPUs available today, fluently.

For rendering, threads matter, and so does CPU speed. You could save nearly $100 on the...
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To make it a better CPU? The i7 4790K can reach much higher than it is sold out of the box, and it'll be the best consumer grade processor available if you overclock it.

I recommend the ASRock Z97 Pro4. It's a baseline for Z97 boards, most things below that (PCMate, Anniversary) are severely stripped down and you will regret buying them in the future.

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You get to spend your money any way you want.

The i7 4790K is arguably the best consumer CPU available at the moment. With 4.0Ghz base and 4.4Ghz boost in can often be overclocked to at least 4.4Ghz.

For gaming, even, modern gaming, all of this is of limited value. A moderate i5, like the 4460 at 3.2 Ghz is nearly as good because in gaming at the high end, the limiting factor is the GPU, pushing pixels fast enough, not the CPU running it. The i5 above is capable of running at least two of the best GPUs available today, fluently.

For rendering, threads matter, and so does CPU speed. You could save nearly $100 on the CPU alone, and more on the motherboard, by getting a 3.4Ghz processor with four cores and Hyperthreading. which will have at least 85% of the performance of the i7 4790K.

There are some very cheap boards that will overclock the G3258 and run the i7 4790K like the H81 board mentioned above. If you are planning to overclock your G3258, I can see no reason why you might not want to try and overclock the i7 4790K in the future, so unless you assure me that you are happy to replace the motherboard later (maybe split the system and use the old board with the old G3258 to build a productivity, student gamer, or something) I'm going to keep suggesting that you should get an overclock capable Z97 board..



 
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Ok, thank you DonkeyOatie, I will buy a cheap motherboard for my Intel G3258 and when I upgrade my CPU, I can still use my old cheap motherboard, and when there is need for Overclocking I will just get better motherboard, and make like another PC from old parts :)
 
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So I want ATX motherboard and the cheapest was ASUS H81-PLUS
Does anyone know if it's overclockable with Intel G3258?
 
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I don't really know but ATX is bigger and there are more space and that means it doesn't get so hot and I just read it's better for first builds. And the price is a bit cheaper than ASUS-H81M-D PLUS wich is mATX. But if you have any reasons for getting mATX that' would be great but I couldn't find any reasons why.

But MSI H81M-P33 is 20$ cheaper, and I just found that it is overclockable with this CPU, So I guess thanks again for helping me and i've finally decided.
I will get Intel G3258 CPU with MSI H81M-P33 motherboard wich is very cheap and it's also my first build, so I guess it will be alright to experiment.

And another question about RAM, so this MOBO has only 2Slots and I will get just 1x8GB and upgrade later to 2x8GB, Is it ok to have only one RAM stick? Or i should better get 2x8GB because at the moment I will not really need 16GB and 8GB will be enough but I'm thinking about future and then again I will don't have to buy new RAM.
But maybe if I get 2x4GB right now, and then get new MOBO for new CPU wich has 4 RAM slots, can I use 4x4GB?
 
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Since you plan to upgrade anyway, I think that is a good decision and it is cheap enough to lose, if you have to.

1 x 8 will work, and it is cheaper than 2 x 4. It will be a little slower than 2 x 4 in some applications, but not necessarily a lot. If you are sure about 16 or even 32Gb, I would go with 1 x 8 now, if you want to save money. This DDR3 1600Mhz CAS 9 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231719&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= is suitable for the later i7 too. When you expand, you will want to get another identical stick to have a good 16Gb. Plan B would be to go with the cheapest and then put it in the 'second' system and get new memory for the i7.

You can see from the Budget Gamer build in the Marathon that the motherboard/CPU combination worked very well and heating will not be a concern. They used the same combo in Q3 too.
 
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