Looking for a good cheap gaming configuration

[OlittoTV]

I would like to build a PC that will cost around the £400 mark. The reason i am asking is that i have no clue about what motherboards will have the overclocking features for the 3258.

My only request is that it contains the new Pentium 3258 with a Hyper 212 EVO so that i can overclock to about 4.3-4.6GHz.

This will only really be for gaming but i would like to overclock.
Please use the UK PcPartPicker

Thanks.

 

[MeteorsRaining]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£43.14 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.63 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.55 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card (£83.66 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £406.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-20 16:24 BST+0100

Medium-high on 2000-10 titles and Low-medium on latest with respectable 40-50 FPS on FHD.

 

[plywrlw]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£43.14 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.63 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.08 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£22.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £405.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-20 16:29 BST+0100

There you go. You can use some cheaper non-K motherboards to OC the G3258 but I'd be worried about the power delivery on a board that wasn't designed for that use. The Asus H81M plus is probably one of the cheapest that have this feature but I wouldn't really advise it.

 

[OlittoTV]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£43.14 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.63 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.08 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£22.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £405.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-20 16:29 BST+0100

There you go. You can use some cheaper non-K motherboards to OC the G3258 but I'd be worried about the power delivery on a board that wasn't designed for that use. The Asus H81M plus is probably one of the cheapest that have this feature but I wouldn't really advise it.

This build looks good but the 250GB hard drive will not be enough space! Would swapping out the 550w psu for the 450w variant still be good?

 

[plywrlw]

Yeah that's an option but it might be a bit tight. How about an EVGA 500B, its cheaper than the XFX but still fine for a budget build. The savings should give you the extra cash for a bigger hdd