Hardware Compatability Query

[kdobbin667]

I am going to build a budget gaming machine for about £300 and would be very grateful if anyone could tell me if I bought a Intel G3258 cpu with a MSI H81M-P33 motherboard and also bought a EVGA GTX 760 SC graphics card would the graphics card be compatible and if so what psu and case would you advice? Thanks

 

[biuro74]

Graphic card would be fine, but you must be aware of having dual-core CPU would affect your performance here and there, even oc-ed.
430W/450W PSU would be fine, just make sure it's branded (Antec, BeQuiet, Corsair, Enermax, Seasonic, XFX, etc), even for 4-cores CPU. Upto 35 pounds you will find something good if you count every penny, otherwise:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS&tool=3
Casing = depends on your taste and money to spend. It should be nice for you at the end Personally, I prefer CoolestMaster Dominator series. In your budget, however, I'd spend less money for case and purchased:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-165-BX&groupid=2362&catid=1850
and pushed more money into CPU, buying used i5-4460 @ Ebay instead of Pentium. I presume you will be gaming.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

That card would work fine in that board but I would spend a few quid extra on the board and get the Asus H81-Plus or H81M-Plus at they are proven to be able to overclock the Anniversary Pentium CPU to 4.5Ghz with ease and a "decent" cooler.

Superflower, EVGA, Antec etc are all great power supplies and a 350w-450w would be more than enough.