Pentium G3258 for a heavy gaming build?

[thelostcarrot]

I have seen some recent numbers and hype on the G3258 20th anniversary edition. I am trying to piece together a future build, and I was wondering if it could handle a high 1080 frame rate gaming build (120hz+) or possibly a 60hz 1440p set-up. I would think about pairing this with a r9 290 or 780. With a custom watercool the G3258 should be able to get 4.5+ghz would that be enough not to bottleneck the GPU?

 

[6R1M01R3]

The pentium is a dual-core, so it will perform well with games that "dont use more than 2 cores" otherwise it will be a bottleneck for sure.
That pentium can achive stable 4.5Ghz on air, using a expensive water cooling system would be senseless to use on a cheap processor.

 

[Alex Kelly]

You may as well use an i5 at least if you're going to be using other high end components.
It makes no sense to use a budget CPU in an otherwise expensive system just because it might be able to handle it when overclocked. It's a DUAL CORE CPU, lets be realistic here. Most games take advantage of at least 4 cores. 😛

 

[dextermat]

+1 i5