New Gaming Rig

Post by **Sebastian Lawe** » July 20th, 2015, 1:41 am

I finally finished up my gaming rig. Runs rather nicely thusfar.
Blows out nothing but cold air, and yet there's no cooling system installed.

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 Haswell Dual-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 53W BX80646G3258 Desktop Processor
GFX: Nvidia GTX 760
Ram: 8gb DDR3

Post by **bionicnacho** » July 25th, 2015, 9:31 pm

How much did you get those parts for?

Also, I'm curious as to how the pentium does in games since it's a rather low-end processor

Post by **Sebastian Lawe** » July 26th, 2015, 6:21 am

bionicnacho wrote:How much did you get those parts for?

Also, I'm curious as to how the pentium does in games since it's a rather low-end processor

The build cost $571 CAD including taxes, and shipping/handling.

As for the processor, its an anniversary edition pentium. It can be overclocked to 4.5ghz.
Havent run into any problems yet, just gotta close every other application when running games.

Post by **bionicnacho** » July 30th, 2015, 10:13 am

Right, yeah I heard about that pentium being used now by people for these budget builds. Just the fact that it's dual core turns me off though... Some games require quad core processors nowadays.

Post by **Sebastian Lawe** » July 31st, 2015, 1:04 pm

Heres Halo Online running at 60fps, max settings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQUOkycf628

Post by **Entity** » August 27th, 2015, 8:27 am

If ur gonna use a controller for a multiplayer FPS you should get a console (not you, the person in the video)

Post by **ThatOneFox** » August 27th, 2015, 11:01 am

...that is seb...

Post by **Sebastian Lawe** » August 27th, 2015, 3:28 pm

Entity wrote:If ur gonna use a controller for a multiplayer FPS you should get a console (not you, the person in the video)

I got a gaming rig not to run away from a controller, but to have a 'console' with competent hardware. This machine sits in my living room on a large TV. Anything shy of 45 - 60fps is unplayable, and not cost effective considering this rig cost only $63 CAD more than a PS4 and shreds it into peices by a long shot.

Post by **ThatOneFox** » August 27th, 2015, 4:25 pm

Yeah but aim assist

Post by **Sebastian Lawe** » August 27th, 2015, 4:31 pm

StreetLights wrote:Yeah but aim assist

Meh. It only levels the advantage. Hasnt helped much for COD, and hasn't really disrupted Halo Online.

Not to mention, I'm shit at keyboard button reaction beyond WASD.

Post by **Entity** » August 28th, 2015, 9:50 am

StreetLights wrote:...that is seb...

oh haha

Sebastian Lawe wrote:Meh. It only levels the advantage. Hasnt helped much for COD, and hasn't really disrupted Halo Online.

Not to mention, I'm shit at keyboard button reaction beyond WASD.

okay