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

[Silent_Scone]

You get dips with any CPU don't you, especially with large maps and lots of online players?

50 FPS > 30FPS

Well the idea if targeting a frame rate is to keep to it. I won't get any dips in BF1 targeting 100 frames on my system, but then I paid for the privilege.

The consensus is much like Digital Foundry says. Great value, but if you want to enjoy 60 fps, which is what the PC scene is representative of; the i5 makes much more sense.

Just my opinion. Others are less susceptible to the latency which these things can bring. Also depends on the game.

 

[HangTime]

Nice cpu - no overclocking is a bit of a bummer but at least it has a fair clock speed to start with. Normally with this price bracket you are relying a bit on OC from Intel (300A, E4300 etc).

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Found it impossible to get windows 7 on my machine using USB drive or USB optical drive.

Ended up Putting windows 10 on even though I don't have a product key. I'm amazed they let you install windows 10 without one but all you need to do is tick the box which says I don't have a product key when asked for one. It even let me install the Pro version.

 

[RavenXXX2]

The only limitations on no key are the watermark and no customisation.

 

[Mrjobby]

Found it impossible to get windows 7 on my machine using USB drive or USB optical drive.

Ended up Putting windows 10 on even though I don't have a product key. I'm amazed they let you install windows 10 without one but all you need to do is tick the box which says I don't have a product key when asked for one. It even let me install the Pro version.

What board? Does it only have USB3 ports?

There are many guides online for putting the USB3 drivers in the windows media, works a treat.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

What board? Does it only have USB3 ports?

There are many guides online for putting the USB3 drivers in the windows media, works a treat.

I tried about 5 different techniques all day yesterday. Spent about 3 hours before I decided not to install my legit copy of Win 7 and just install Win 10 without a product key.

MSI Z270 tomahawk. It does have USB 2.0 ports in fact they were the only ones that were recognizing the usb stick but I got famous driver needed error.

PITA

The only limitations on no key are the watermark and no customisation.

is that it?

i can live with that tbh. i don't tend to turn my pc on just to look at the wallpaper.

 

[Journey]

Type in your Windows 7 COA into the activation box, and hit activate.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Type in your Windows 7 COA into the activation box, and hit activate.

Will that work on Windows 10?

interesting

 

[Journey]

Will that work on Windows 10?

interesting

Worked on mine, maybe I was lucky but it was only 3 days ago.

 

[Gripen90]

Building two budget rigs
For my father/mother (was approx £515)

For my brother, his wife and kids (was approx £470)

 

[dl8860]

Forgive my lack of knowledge, what's the reason for getting a custom cooler? Just to be a bit quieter?

 

[Gripen90]

Forgive my lack of knowledge, what's the reason for getting a custom cooler? Just to be a bit quieter?

It was mainly for aesthetic reasons but also low noise and temperatures even though the G4560 is a cold chip.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Forgive my lack of knowledge, what's the reason for getting a custom cooler? Just to be a bit quieter?

I bought one in case I decide to upgrade CPU in the future. plus they look better and it wasn't that expensive. I spent about £25 on the
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Air.

 

[Boomstick777]

As someone that changes hardware almost weekly , this lil chip is still in my main PC. I may just keep hold of this thing up until the next line of Pentiums , or AMD's 'Zen alternative. The high end is so predictable, boring for me now, that I get more fun playing around with this lil bargain chip. That's how boring the current CPU space is lol. Hopefully AMD can shake things up a bit soon.. Make me wanna go high end again.

 

[eddyr]

It was mainly for aesthetic reasons but also low noise and temperatures even though the G4560 is a cold chip.

Yup mine runs at <1v at full load, sips power

 

[RavenXXX2]

Got mine for htpc/gaming purposes, great performance with 3200mhz ram. Managed to get a 100mhz oc out of it for 3.6

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Got mine for htpc/gaming purposes, great performance with 3200mhz ram. Managed to get a 100mhz oc out of it for 3.6

huh? how do you overclock this? i didn't think it was possible?

i have a z270 board (for future cpu upgrade and potential for clocking).

 

[RavenXXX2]

99.9% of the time you can get 100Mhz out of then via the base clock but no more.

 

[Boomstick777]

Might be replacing this stop gap chip very soon, got a good deal on a 7700K, not sure whether to go for that or a Zen chip. The 7700K wouldn't require new mobo etc... Can't decide xD

 

[RavenXXX2]

More cores is what you need, more Mhz on a naff quad is so 2012.