Pentium G840 with 6670 for budget build.

Failsafe · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:35

I've not been able to find much information about this processor.
It's £30 less than an i3 2100.
I need to trim every penny I can for this budget build.

One of the articles I have found online says that for gaming, there isn't a great deal of difference between to G840 and the i3 2100. Can anyone confirm this?

Would the G840, paired with a 6670 video card, be able to give decent results for World Of Warcraft. Resoultion will probably be 1366x768. But a 1920x1080 monitor may be on the cards. Also, my old Viewsonic VP930 could be used for this build - 1280x1024.

I could go for an i3 2100 with a 6770. That would add £60 or so to the build but then I'd need to add a PSU too. So this option could cost and extra £90 or so in total. I have a PSU lying around that will be fine for a 6670, so I wouldn't have to buy one.

But if the G840, 6670 combo won't cut the mustard then there's no point.

Any advice on what would give decent WoW performance at the lowest price? The PC won't be used for any other games.

Thanks.

stulid · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:37

Its not bad, especially at £30 - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/pentium-g850-g840-g620_4.html#sect0

What PSU is that you have?

scrlk · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:40

Have you considered one of AMD's APUs?

Failsafe · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:45

What PSU is that you have?

Win Power 450W, 25A.

A spare one I have knocking about. Hoping that it will be fine for a 6670.

Reaper 392 · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:48

Failsafe said:
Win Power 450W, 25A

well, thats added another £37 to your build

(unless anyone can find something cheaper than the corsair 430W thats reliable)

Failsafe · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:48

Vinni3 @H|H said:
Have you considered one of AMD's APUs?

No, I haven't. Worth considering?

stulid · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:49

Failsafe said:
Win Power 450W, 25A.

A spare one I have knocking about. Hoping that it will be fine for a 6670.

well a 6670 isnt high power at all, try it, combined with the low power Pentium, you maybe lucky.

Failsafe · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:49

Reaper 392 said:
well, thats added another £37 to your build
(unless anyone can find something cheaper than the corsair 430W thats reliable)

I take it that this PSU won't do the job then?

Failsafe · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:50

stulid said:
well a 6670 isnt high power at all, try it, combined with the low power Pentium, you maybe lucky.

I was hoping the 6670 and G840 should be fine with this PSU...
Given the low power of the 6670.

Reaper 392 · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:51

Failsafe said:
I take it that this PSU won't do the job then?

well, it probably could, but i wouldnt want to risk it because when that winpower dies, it would be bye bye motherboard, processor or graphics card

the good thing about the corsair is that, because its more efficient, after a year or two it will have part way paid for itself on your electric bill (this is aside from the better reliability and stuff)

stulid · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:52

Failsafe said:
I was hoping the 6670 and G840 should be fine with this PSU...
Given the low power of the 6670.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_6670/25.html

They dont use much

so thats a bonus.

Failsafe · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:52

OK, assuming I buy a new PSU, will the G840 and 6670 be ok for WoW?

stulid · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:54

Failsafe said:
OK, assuming I buy a new PSU, will the G840 and 6670 be ok for WoW?

Yeah of course, have you seen WOW?

The G840 doesnt use much either- http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/405 - 77w under load.

Failsafe · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:55

stulid said:
Yeah of course, have you seen WOW?

The G840 doesnt use much either- http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/405 - 77w under load.

Would this combo be ok at 1920x1080? Or just lower resolutions?

stulid · 25 Nov 2011 at 23:57

That will work at that resolution, just depends on detail settings also, I have a Llano system lying around and the onboard GFX is equivalent to that sort of GFX card, check out the game play videos - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18338581 - set them to the 460 resolution and play them fullscreen and you can clearly see the FPS at the end of the videos.

Failsafe · 26 Nov 2011 at 00:05

Given I'll buy a new PSU (just in case), would the G840 with a 6770 outperform a Llano?

stulid · 26 Nov 2011 at 00:07

A A8 3800 or 3850 is like £100+

The cheapest board is like £70+

Also Llano benefits from memory speed, the faster Mhz does increase performance.

Reaper 392 · 26 Nov 2011 at 00:14

stulid, whats the 9800 GT OC like compared to the 6670? for £38 its worth looking at thats for sure

Failsafe · 26 Nov 2011 at 00:15

stulid said:
A A8 3800 or 3850 is like £100+

The cheapest board is like £70+

Also Llano benefits from memory speed, the faster Mhz does increase performance.

So in your opinion, would I get better results from £170 worth of Llano apu and motherboard compared to £190 or so worth of G840, 6770 and an H61?

stulid · 26 Nov 2011 at 00:21

Well With some looking at the Techpowerup review and comparing its speed against a 5670 and the 5750, then looking at Guru3D VGA charts which does have a 9800GT in some of its list, the 6670 is at a guess 5fps faster at 1920X1200