Pentium G3258 Spec Up

Sigmaz · 5 Aug 2015 at 22:43

Cheers for everyones help, I would've probably ordered a lot of crap without you!.

I have taken everything into consideration and come up with what I think is a great build, I have to write the list out as its from another retailer (hope that's ok):

Gigabytes GA - Z97P-D3 MATX

Intel G3258 20th Anniversary

Corsair Vengeance Low Profile Ram - 8GB DDR3 1600MHz

Samsung 850 EVO - 120GB SSD

450W Antec PSU - 80+ Bronze

Fractal Design Core 1000 Case (will upgrade later)

TOTAL - £287 Inc postage

Whatya think?

chippy08 · 5 Aug 2015 at 22:58

will you be using windows 10 with this setup?

dacads · 5 Aug 2015 at 23:01

Would be good if the motherboard was the right size

You want a mATX one the Z97P-D3 is ATX

Sigmaz · 5 Aug 2015 at 23:02

7 or 10 yes

chippy08 · 5 Aug 2015 at 23:05

Win 10 has an issue with the cpu at the moment but it sgould get sorted.

Sigmaz · 5 Aug 2015 at 23:06

I'll Stick 7 on for the time being as I have a retail copy

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Okay add the Coolermaster NP 400 instead.

Whatya think now?

chippy08 · 5 Aug 2015 at 23:08

Sigmaz said:
I'll Stick 7 on for the time being as I have a retail copy .

Okay add the Coolermaster NP 400 instead.

Whatya think now?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18685521

Sigmaz · 6 Aug 2015 at 07:31

Chippy, that's great, thanks. I have a 7 disc so will install that and probably upgrade to 10 in the future

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My build now looks like this:

Gigabytes GA - Z97P-D3 ATX

Intel G3258 20th Anniversary

Corsair Vengeance Low Profile Ram - 8GB DDR3 1600MHz

Samsung 850 EVO - 120GB SSD

450W Antec PSU - 80+ Bronze

Coolermaster NP 400 ATX case (will upgrade later)

TOTAL - £287.45 Inc postage.

Do you think this is the winning build?

Cheers Again Guys

passey89 · 6 Aug 2015 at 10:05

If you want a cheaper mobo u can go with a msi h81m-p33 its about £34 and can overclock the g3258 easily doing it right now at 4ghz on stock volts.

Sigmaz · 6 Aug 2015 at 10:18

Cheers Passey.

I've decided to spend that but extra on the MOBO simply for futyre upgrades, I will certainly be upgrading to an I5/I7 1150 CPU in the future and it saves me buying a new MOBO later down the line

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That's a great result!. Can I ask what the general/gaming performance is like?. Not many reviews of general use

Cheers

dacads · 6 Aug 2015 at 10:52

Sounds like you can still get a cooler in

or a mATX mobo and case if you fancy a small case still?

passey89 · 6 Aug 2015 at 11:06

Sigmaz said:
Cheers Passey.

I've decided to spend that but extra on the MOBO simply for futyre upgrades, I will certainly be upgrading to an I5/I7 1150 CPU in the future and it saves me buying a new MOBO later down the line .

That's a great result!. Can I ask what the general/gaming performance is like?. Not many reviews of general use

Cheers

Not really gamed in it yet its a htpc with a gtx 960 in it

passey89 · 6 Aug 2015 at 11:14

Sigmaz said:
Cheers Passey.

I've decided to spend that but extra on the MOBO simply for futyre upgrades, I will certainly be upgrading to an I5/I7 1150 CPU in the future and it saves me buying a new MOBO later down the line .

That's a great result!. Can I ask what the general/gaming performance is like?. Not many reviews of general use

Cheers

You can still put an i5 or i7 in the h81 only thing you wont get is pci-e 3.0

dacads · 6 Aug 2015 at 11:18

Z97 in general is a better chipset with more features on the board and BIOS. It will also be slightly better for overclocking as the 3 phase power phase on MSI will start to struggle.

The z97p-d3 is by no means a top-end board but still not bad for the money.

Sigmaz · 6 Aug 2015 at 12:44

Cheers for all the responses!.

Ok, here it is, mini ATX build, hopefully final!

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Intel G3258 20th Anniversary

Gigabyte GA-Z97M- DS3H (micro ATX)

Corsair Vengeance Low Profile - 8GB DDR3 1600MHz

Samsung 850 EVO - 120GB SSD

450 WATT Antec PSU- 80+ Bronze

Thermaltake Core V21 Cube (MATX)

Comments?

passey89 · 6 Aug 2015 at 12:50

Sigmaz said:
Cheers for all the responses!.

Ok, here it is, mini ATX build, hopefully final! .

Intel G3258 20th Anniversary

Gigabyte GA-Z97M- DS3H (micro ATX)

Corsair Vengeance Low Profile - 8GB DDR3 1600MHz

Samsung 850 EVO - 120GB SSD

450 WATT Antec PSU- 80+ Bronze

Thermaltake Core V21 Cube (MATX)

Comments?

Looks good and if u want to game in the future chuck a gtx 960 into it and it will play virtually every game reasonably well.

dacads · 6 Aug 2015 at 13:30

That definitely looks like the final spec

Don't forget a cooler in future when you upgrade to i5/i7

Also were there no 500w PSUs?

Sigmaz · 6 Aug 2015 at 18:53

As before thanks to everyone who's replied, it's been a GREAT help

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Well me being me I made a SLIGHT change, I'm ordering everythig from the same site and sadly the DS3H went out of stock earlier so did a little swap over, this IS the final build and will be ordered tonight unless the MOBO isn't as good as the DS3H.

Intel G3258 20th Anniversary

MSI Z97M- G43 - MATX

Corsair Vengeance - 8GB DDR3-1600MHz RAM

Samsung 850 EVO - 120GB SSD

EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze (could get non bronze cheaper)

Thermaltake Core V21 MATX case

Please let me know any thoughts as can't wait to get this badboy ordered!!!!!