Pentium G4560 and RX 460 Build Worth It?

[DavidInDaHouse]

I am looking into building my first gaming PC and need help deciding if it is worth it to try to spend the least amount of money. Let me preface this with the fact that I am looking to spend literally the least amount of money and still be able to play games at decent quality, not necessarily high quality. The other thing is that I am also looking into being upgradable which is why I want newer components.

My build is:

GIGABYTE GA-B250M-DS3H
Intel Pentium G4560 Kaby Lake Dual-Core 3.5 GHz
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GB
G.SKILL Aegis 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133
Nice CPU Cooler*
ATX Case*
Some sort of PSU

*Whatever is cheapest at the time and can fit into the case

In total this build comes to about $340 after MIR

I am not against changing the graphics card to a GTX type card, I am thinking about the 1050 ti as a possibility. Either I upgrade the processor OR the graphics card not both because that would increase price too much.

Please let me know if I will be able to play games such as GTA V, Skyrim, Rust, and DayZ.
Is the Hyper Threading on the 7th Gen processors actually worth it?

 

[okcnaline]

You'll be able to play GTA V, Skyrim, Rust, and DayZ. Performance is decent; just be careful of VRAM usage.

And 1050 Ti sucks. Can't even beat the RX 460 in DX 11 games.

 

[LucoTF]

Forget the aftermarket cooler if youre trying to save money, spend a decent amount on a quality psu

And yes, the g4560 / rx 460 is a good entry level combo that can play pretty much anything

 

[DavidInDaHouse]

You'll be able to play GTA V, Skyrim, Rust, and DayZ. Performance is decent; just be careful of VRAM usage.

And 1050 Ti sucks. Can't even beat the RX 460 in DX 11 games.

Sweet! Although Im not sure what you mean by "careful of VRAM usage". I forgot to put it in my post but would you know if I am able to do audio editing and recording with this rig also?

 

[DavidInDaHouse]

Forget the aftermarket cooler if youre trying to save money, spend a decent amount on a quality psu

And yes, the g4560 / rx 460 is a good entry level combo that can play pretty much anything

Thanks! You don't think the aftermarket cooler would help with the RX 460? Don't they get hot and push the CPU to get hot? Im looking at very small cases so I wasn't sure. Would you be able to point me in the direction of a quality PSU?
Right now I am looking at the EVGA 400 N1 100-N1-0400-L1 400W. I didn't think PSU was THAT important.

 

[TJ Hooker]

And 1050 Ti sucks. Can't even beat the RX 460 in DX 11 games.

What? The 1050 Ti outperforms an RX 460 by like 30+%
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1050_Ti_Gaming_X/27.html

 

[okcnaline]

You'll be able to play GTA V, Skyrim, Rust, and DayZ. Performance is decent; just be careful of VRAM usage.

And 1050 Ti sucks. Can't even beat the RX 460 in DX 11 games.

Sweet! Although Im not sure what you mean by "careful of VRAM usage". I forgot to put it in my post but would you know if I am able to do audio editing and recording with this rig also?

Audio editing? Heck yeah, it's not intensive.

And 1050 Ti sucks. Can't even beat the RX 460 in DX 11 games.

What? The 1050 Ti outperforms an RX 460 by like 30+%
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1050_Ti_Gaming_X/27.html

Depends on where you look. >🙂 Like on Tom's Hardware review!

 

[TJ Hooker]

Forget the aftermarket cooler if youre trying to save money, spend a decent amount on a quality psu

And yes, the g4560 / rx 460 is a good entry level combo that can play pretty much anything

Thanks! You don't think the aftermarket cooler would help with the RX 460? Don't they get hot and push the CPU to get hot? Im looking at very small cases so I wasn't sure.

Not sure where you heard that, but an RX 460 is a low power card and shouldn't get particularly hot, and isn't going to cause your CPU to overheat. The G4560 is a low power CPU and you should be fine with the stock cooler if you're on a tight budget.

 

[TJ Hooker]

And 1050 Ti sucks. Can't even beat the RX 460 in DX 11 games.

What? The 1050 Ti outperforms an RX 460 by like 30+%
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1050_Ti_Gaming_X/27.html

Depends on where you look. >🙂 Like on Tom's Hardware review!

The GTX 1050 Ti beats the RX 460 in every game in Tom's review as well...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti,4787-5.html

 

[DavidInDaHouse]

You'll be able to play GTA V, Skyrim, Rust, and DayZ. Performance is decent; just be careful of VRAM usage.

And 1050 Ti sucks. Can't even beat the RX 460 in DX 11 games.

Sweet! Although Im not sure what you mean by "careful of VRAM usage". I forgot to put it in my post but would you know if I am able to do audio editing and recording with this rig also?

Audio editing? Heck yeah, it's not intensive.

Even for Pro Tools? And do you mean 2GB VRAM might not be enough?

 

[LucoTF]

2gb is fine for the rx 460, it isnt powerful enough to need more.

 

[DavidInDaHouse]

2gb is fine for the rx 460, it isnt powerful enough to need more.

I'm confused, the RX 460 has 2gigs of dedicated ram built into the card correct?

 

[LucoTF]

Yes, system ram and video ram (vram) are two separate things. So your build has 8gb system ram and a graphics card with 2gb vram. The 1050ti is a 4gb card and is stronger than the rx 460