Pentium G3258 Overclock - Cooling Required?

[On Holiday]

I've no experience with this CPU but from what I hear they will easily do 4.5GHz ?

What sort of CPU cooler would be required for either.
4GHz
4.5GHz ?

The reason I ask is because I recently did a 4690k build for a friend on a stock cooler, OC'd to 4.3ish and it doesn't go above 70 on the stock cooler at 100% load..

Thanks

 

[marc2003]

Absolutely no need for a 3rd party cooler but not all are equal. My last one only did 4GHz and it took 1.27v to get there.

 

[chippy08]

What do you reckon to the G3258 Marc2003 ?

 

[On Holiday]

Nice one, thanks.
I'll be happy if it hits 4, anything above is a bonus.

 

[marc2003]

What do you reckon to the G3258 Marc2003 ?

It actually did more than I expected of it but I soon got that upgrade itch.

 

[chippy08]

Thanks for your reply sounds like its more of a play toy than a cpu worth keeping.

 

[Bluntwrapped]

Will be fine for regular desktop use but if you're wanting to game or do anything particularly stressful you'd be better looking for an i5.

 

[On Holiday]

For a £50 CPU, the benchmark figures in games look great.

Primary use is ARMA 3 anyway so a high-Hz dual core is fine I reckon.

I'll find out tomorrow, ordered a couple earlier

Might do some benchmarks too, with a 960 and a 980.

 

[chippy08]

For a £50 CPU, the benchmark figures in games look great.

Primary use is ARMA 3 anyway so a high-Hz dual core is fine I reckon.

I'll find out tomorrow, ordered a couple earlier

Might do some benchmarks too, with a 960 and a 980.

Will be great to know what you think as well i am stuck between the G3258 and the I3 6100

 

[Vipernet]

i3 and clock it!

 

[C64]

They are decent but will struggle in many a game to keep smooth frames.
Arma 3 is way better on my i5 750 @4ghz than my old g3258 @4.5

 

[chippy08]

They are decent but will struggle in many a game to keep smooth frames.
Arma 3 is way better on my i5 750 @4ghz than my old g3258 @4.5

I think i might look into A10 7800 build it might be better for me i just didn't really want a dead socket.
Would be nice to be able to try ready built computers that have the cpu in that you are thinking of buying at the time then you can get a feel for how good or bad they are.

 

[jigger]

I think it's a really bad time to buy a dual core for gaming with DX12 and Vulkan around the corner.

 

[ukxenon]

What so called release date for dx12?

 

[P4Clock]

i just sold an i3 6100, it did an exsy 4.2Ghz and run fallout 4 on max setting no problem
when i had a G3258 at 4.1 it was a dog for gaming, and made the experience very unpleasant with all the lag. the stock speed i3 4150 my son used to use was better then an overclocked G3258

if your gaming at 1080p the i3 is king bang for buck

 

[Ridzekt]

From my experience for the price its a great little cpu and does overclock very well think I had 4.6-4.8 out of it, but for gaming look elsewhere as it cause a lot of stutters in games and quite afew crashes at 100% load

 

[Telecaster]

Going back to the original question - I recently built my Dad a machine with a G3258 OC'd to 4.3, I used a Scythe Big Shuriken as it's a small ITX build, it clocked to 4.5 no problem but for better day-to-day temps I settled at 4.3 for him.

The mobo wouldn't allow adaptive voltage so it probably runs a bit hotter than it would in a decent board, but it's still more than comfortable and is plenty quick enough for him.

 

[chippy08]

So is the i3 worth the extra £50 for the extra threads some people i have asked have said its not.

 

[jigger]

So is the i3 worth the extra £50 for the extra threads some people i have asked have said its not.

Maybe, but the i3 still a dual core chip at the end of the day.

Having the ability to run 4 threads is better than nothing, but the performance hyperthreading brings can't compare to the performance of a quad core chip and software is becoming more about parallel performance everyday.