The typical 'New PC' topic

[Kaze]

After a long debate IRL with friends, I have decided to move on from console gaming (I'll still keep the PS4 though!) and move on to PC gaming. But is the gaming database good on PC too? (will I find a person to play FIFA on just as easy as on PS4?)

I am on a tight budget and I done some research on building fairly cheap PC. I think these specs are decent, I'd like to know if I could play GTA 5/GTA 4/COD/CS/FIFA on the PC. I'd obviously love to play all of these in ultra high setting but I can settle for Medium settings for the time being.

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 "Anniversary Edition"
http://geni.us/2tWm

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-C
http://geni.us/3T4x

GPU: Radeon R7 260X
http://geni.us/3OQR

RAM: Any good brand 8GB

Power Supply: Corsair CX Series 430W Semi-Modular
http://geni.us/jXf

SSD: Kingston 120gb
HDD: 500GB Western digital

TOTAL FOR THIS SETUP = £440/$649/603 euros

[Devin]

Why even look at a Pentium processor? Just go for an i5.

[Kaze]

Why even look at a Pentium processor? Just go for an i5.

Cheaper

EDIT:
I still didn't take into consideration my monitor/speakers/possibly a new desk and chair/wall mounts for my monitor and TV

[Brian]

Cheaper

EDIT:
I still didn't take into consideration my monitor/speakers/possibly a new desk and chair/wall mounts for my monitor and TV

Yet not worth it.

[Devin]

Cheaper often turns out to be a waste of money in the long run. Look at it this way, the pentium processors are designed for the average desktop user looking at their porn and emails daily. Not exactly designed for gaming or performance.

[CharlieKasper]

I suggest you save up some more and go for an i5. Or reuse parts if you have any and then buy better components when you have the money.

[Devin]

That GPU will also be bottlenecked to hell and gone with a Pentium processor. Skip the SSD for now and choose a more suitable processor then when you have more money get an SSD.

[CharlieKasper]

http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/gcTwrH/entry-level-gaming-build - $568

http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/NPXscf/fx-6300-gtx-960-gaming-pc - $695

[Murt]

Be noted, the PSU you've chosen is a budget one and Corsair's CX-series is not the best. I don't have good experience with the PSU you've chosen either why I wouldn't recommend you to buy it either.

I could recommend to have a look at EVGA's PSU's instead.

[Kaze]

How about the i3? And yeah, I should leave the SSD for another time.

EDIT: PC will be used for those games mentioned above, Kodi and college work (microsoft office etc)

I won't need a CD drive cos of torrent & I have external drive so that saves me some money

[Rusty]

i5 is the minimum/recommended for most games nowadays better off going for it and save yourself the hassle later on.

[Kaze]

i5 is the minimum/recommended for most games nowadays better off going for it and save yourself the hassle later on.

Any specific i5? Theres so many models..

Apologies for the noob questions btw guys

[Luke]

Well the i5 4690k what I have pretty much is enough for current games.

Wouldn't shrug off getting a 4670k either but between them they are pretty decent CPU's.

Like everyone else has said I would bother even looking at that Pentium because its a bottleneck instantly, you really don't need a SSD as they aren't essential, shrug off the SSD and you will be able to buy the 4670k/4690k.

Apart from that cannot really doubt your choice, otherwise as it all looks fine, I had the 430w Corsair CX and apart from the fact it was too little for my 970, it was an alright PSU.

[Rusty]

Any specific i5? Theres so many models..

Apologies for the noob questions btw guys

Browse around Scan for one 4690 or the 4590 if you want to save a few pounds.

As for PSU definitely get something better like Murt said EVGA products are top-line I have a EVGA SUPERNOVA 750W personally and it suits my system perfectly and will continue to if I upgrade it in the future.

[brian1996]

Why even look at a Pentium processor? Just go for an i5.

To everyone stating that that processor is a bottleneck to the system/GPU/whatever, it doesn't bottleneck anything besides it being a dual core processor itself.
That Pentium processor is a beast when overclocked, you can easely squeeze 4.3+GHz out of it. It works fine for any kind of gaming (when overclocked) although some games that rely on more cores (like Battlefield) will bottleneck the game slightly, still if you have a good GPU you probably won't even notice it since you'll still be at ~60fps in games. Still, look for a quad core processor since more and more games in the future will rely on more cores, i5 is a good option.