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** Intel Pentium G4560: Bang For Buck Gaming **

Goody_GTI said:
I'm looking at the below, I have everything else I just want to switch the mobo/cpu/ram:


Total: £293.93
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Thoughts/comments?

Any components to replace?

Also - the plan with this is that I'd swap out the G4560 for a 7700k in the future
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Looks good to me, wonder how long the G4560 will last!
 
Goody_GTI said:
I'm looking at the below, I have everything else I just want to switch the mobo/cpu/ram:


Total: £293.93
​


Thoughts/comments?

Any components to replace?

Also - the plan with this is that I'd swap out the G4560 for a 7700k in the future
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Yeah good plan, pick up a used i7 6700 or 7700.

dl8860 said:
Looks good to me, wonder how long the G4560 will last!
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A good while as long as you aint gaming on a titan xp, it will maintain 60 FPS reasonably well.
 
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Goody_GTI said:
I'm looking at the below, I have everything else I just want to switch the mobo/cpu/ram:


Total: £293.93
​


Thoughts/comments?

Any components to replace?

Also - the plan with this is that I'd swap out the G4560 for a 7700k in the future
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Why such a high end mobo? The CPU is locked. Could save a lot of money on a lower tier mobo?
 
What would be the most basic no-thrills ITX board (4 x SATA desired) I could get for this?
I have access to a Skylake chip for BIOS update if needed.

A cheap as chips CPU isn't much cop for me, if the mobo is near twice the cost!
 
Boomstick777 said:
Why such a high end mobo? The CPU is locked. Could save a lot of money on a lower tier mobo?
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Simples, the cheaper boards aint that much cheaper and don't do overclocking so an upgrade to an i7 k would be a waste. Secondly the Z270 can do high speed memory, the other boards are locked to 2400mhz. Faster ram can give the G4560 a tangible boost in performance.
 
So lots of places are telling me know, but reckon I could play Forza 3 with my G4560, 2GB HD6950 and 8GB RAM? Obvs don't mind scaling the graphics down a little bit
 
Goody_GTI said:
Yeah the idea is I want the future proof it slightly which is why I've also gone for faster ram as well
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Yeah def a great chip for a build, can be easily swapped out for something high end later on. All I would need to do is add a 7700K and make it a monster gaming PC again. Tbh am perfectly happy with this lil Pentium for time being xD

If the 7700K dropped to a reasonable price I might consider it.
 
Goody_GTI said:
I've not seen a definitive answer; can these be overclocked?
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It has a locked multiplier so no, at least not in the normal sense. I don't see why you wouldn't be able to use the base clock to OC though, as long as you have the right set up to do so. Haven't heard anything about BCLK OCing for Kabylake.
 
what is the cheapest motherboard that will work with this CPU out of the box?

I don't have access to a skylake cpu. Or can I ask ocuk to update bios before sending to me?

Anyone recommend bang for buck ram too? Won't be used for gaming. HTPC only with PF Sense in a virtual machine. So I'm guessing I need 4GB - 8GB.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
no

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-Intel-Core-i3-7350K/3892vs3889

you want the i3-7350K

which is the same thing with a higher clock rate to start with so it's technically already overclocked but you can overclock it further
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It's not the same thing; it also has a few extra features but costs 3 times as much.

The only way you're going to be able to overclock the Kaby Lake Pentiums is if you can find a Z170 motherboard with a BIOS that both supports Kaby Lake CPUs and hasn't removed the BCLK overclocking workaround. Very unlikely, IMO.
 
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