Is this $400 build good?

[Vincent_Jonathan]

I need an advice, is this build good?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($57.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.45 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($26.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $390.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-09 07:31 EDT-0400

 

[badboyrog2]

get a dual channel ram kit 2X4gb DDR3 1600mhz instead ...for the budget it look good enough depending on what will be the use of this pc

 

[atheus]

Aside from the fact that it seems you don't have a case, this looks fine assuming this is the best you can do for a computer budget. I wouldn't listen to the 2x4gb guy. There's a chance you'll want to pop another 8GB stick in there, which is why you chose the 1x8GB, although I would speculate you should be able to find a $50 1x8GB stick with 1866+ speed somewhere. Rock on.

 

[shadows1234]

this is the build in total without rebates i changed the psu HDD and the ram because that was what was wrong with this build and you are gonna have to invest in a psu that is better but 10$ does the trick for something reliable

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.42 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $431.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-09 07:54 EDT-0400

 

[badboyrog2]

''I would speculate you should be able to find a $50 1x8GB stick with 1866+ speed somewhere. Rock on. ''
1866 mhz ram do not work with a H81 mobo

and a dual channel is a bit better performer then a single ram ...above all if one ram stick fail ..he will be still able to run with only one good stick

 

[Aspiring techie]

It looks great for the price, but it looks like you don't have an OS. If you have an OS stashed away at your house somewhere, then I think your rig looks great for the price.

 

[Vincent_Jonathan]

Since the Mobo only have 2 Ram slot, should i really get 2x4GB? because if i want to upgrade it to 16GB i need to buy another 2x8GB ram.
Do i even need 16GB ram? or 8GB is enough? if 8GB is enough i will get 2x4GB.

 

[scaniatruckfan]

Get a Z97 board if you are going to be overclocking your processor. And yes 8GB is enough for today's games and get 2x4GB because it's much better

 

[Vincent_Jonathan]

Can you suggest me a good and cheap Z97 mobo?

I heard that H81 mobo can overclock G3258, but the overclock performance doesn't good as Z97.

 

[holyrage]

16GB do uknow when u will need that 16GB when u buy an I7/Xeon and plan on Extreme vid editing lol

gaming 8GB is enough until the Next Gen of consoles (PS5)

game engines are almost always optimized for consoles so until the next 4 years u wont need more than 8GB of ram and by that time guess what u will need a New CPU/MOBO/GPU combo hell we might even get DDR4 ram on mainstream

 

[shadows1234]

Get a Z97 board if you are going to be overclocking your processor. And yes 8GB is enough for today's games and get 2x4GB because it's much better

if he is inexperianced it is a bad idea to try to even overclock he needs to know how a pc functions such as how to stress test, monitor temps, know what voltage and multipliers are

EDIT: nevermind i thought he was talking about a i3 wrong thread sorry

 

[badboyrog2]

asrock Z97 extreme3 ...cheap and very good with SLI compatible

 

[atheus]

this is the build in total without rebates i changed the psu HDD and the ram because that was what was wrong with this build and you are gonna have to invest in a psu that is better but 10$ does the trick for something reliable

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.42 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $431.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-09 07:54 EDT-0400

Why upgrade the PSU? the max draw for his whole rig is less than 200 watts. If anything 400 watts is already overkill. Regarding the motherboard, I'd take a look at The Asus Z87 Gryphon. Newegg has it for $120 with a 15% off coupon available, plus another $35 MIR. Much better Micro ATX motherboard for basically the same price.

 

[shadows1234]

this is the build in total without rebates i changed the psu HDD and the ram because that was what was wrong with this build and you are gonna have to invest in a psu that is better but 10$ does the trick for something reliable

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.42 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $431.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-09 07:54 EDT-0400

Why upgrade the PSU? the max draw for his whole rig is less than 200 watts. If anything 400 watts is already overkill. Regarding the motherboard, I'd take a look at The Asus Z87 Gryphon. Newegg has it for $120 with a 15% off coupon available, plus another $35 MIR. Much better Micro ATX motherboard for basically the same price.

i changed because the psu is garbage that's why ,they have a high failure rate and use cheap capacitors

 

[Vincent_Jonathan]

Get a Z97 board if you are going to be overclocking your processor. And yes 8GB is enough for today's games and get 2x4GB because it's much better

if he is inexperianced it is a bad idea to try to even overclock he needs to know how a pc functions such as how to stress test, monitor temps, know what voltage and multipliers are

EDIT: nevermind i thought he was talking about a i3 wrong thread sorry

I know how

 

[shadows1234]

Get a Z97 board if you are going to be overclocking your processor. And yes 8GB is enough for today's games and get 2x4GB because it's much better

if he is inexperianced it is a bad idea to try to even overclock he needs to know how a pc functions such as how to stress test, monitor temps, know what voltage and multipliers are

EDIT: nevermind i thought he was talking about a i3 wrong thread sorry

I know how

then go for it

 

[Vincent_Jonathan]

this is the build in total without rebates i changed the psu HDD and the ram because that was what was wrong with this build and you are gonna have to invest in a psu that is better but 10$ does the trick for something reliable

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.42 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $431.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-09 07:54 EDT-0400

Why upgrade the PSU? the max draw for his whole rig is less than 200 watts. If anything 400 watts is already overkill. Regarding the motherboard, I'd take a look at The Asus Z87 Gryphon. Newegg has it for $120 with a 15% off coupon available, plus another $35 MIR. Much better Micro ATX motherboard for basically the same price.

i changed because the psu is garbage that's why ,they have a high failure rate and use cheap capacitors

What about this one?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)

 

[shadows1234]

this is the build in total without rebates i changed the psu HDD and the ram because that was what was wrong with this build and you are gonna have to invest in a psu that is better but 10$ does the trick for something reliable

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.42 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $431.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-09 07:54 EDT-0400

Why upgrade the PSU? the max draw for his whole rig is less than 200 watts. If anything 400 watts is already overkill. Regarding the motherboard, I'd take a look at The Asus Z87 Gryphon. Newegg has it for $120 with a 15% off coupon available, plus another $35 MIR. Much better Micro ATX motherboard for basically the same price.

i changed because the psu is garbage that's why ,they have a high failure rate and use cheap capacitors

What about this one?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)

still crap

 

[atheus]

If you're interested in that Z87 Gryphon you'll need to enter code EMCASAV38 for the 15% off. Would be $67 after MIR, but it's in a whole other league in terms of performance compared to that H81M. Plus it's go a 5 year warranty and very high quality components.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131977&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=PPSSFYVZEBXQHA-_-13-131-977-_-Product

 

[atheus]

16GB do uknow when u will need that 16GB when u buy an I7/Xeon and plan on Extreme vid editing lol

gaming 8GB is enough until the Next Gen of consoles (PS5)

game engines are almost always optimized for consoles so until the next 4 years u wont need more than 8GB of ram and by that time guess what u will need a New CPU/MOBO/GPU combo hell we might even get DDR4 ram on mainstream

You would be surprised how many people can use 16GB just by being a certain kind of user. For example my girlfriend who often runs several instances of SecondLife which can eat up 3GB each by itself, plus photoshop, a few dozen browser tabs, a few office apps, etc. Or my Dad who tends to have about a dozen different documents and applications open all the time and never cleans his Outlook inbox. Sometimes it's easier to just pop in 16GB of memory rather than try to get someone to change their computing habits.

 

[holyrage]

i was talking about the AVG gamer who justs launches steams lunches the game and maybe has chrome in the background/skype/team speak etc..