| JEMC said: HoloDust, I have to say that the 500 € PC challenge has been a pain in the ass... and a fail on my part. I had to cut so many corners that it's not even funny. Look and cry
Yes, I had to go with a barebones chassis and couldn't include an aftermarket heatsink... although the Pentium G isn't specially power hunfry so it won't be a problem (and I'm sure the fan of the PSU will be more noisy). |
I'm bit sceptical about non-hyperthreaded dual-core CPUs, it's the reason why I went with Athlon 860K in my original $500 build, but I guess after extensive Pentium G vs 860K benchmarks like this one:
http://www.techspot.com/review/1017-best-budget-gaming-cpu/page2.html
here's my LGA 1151 $500 build:
PCPartPicker part list
CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($18.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($41.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Logitech MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($8.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $501.52
Some corners had to be cut compared to 860K build, namely less HDD space and only 2 RAM slot MB...still concerned about compatibility of future games and non-hyperthreaded dual-cores, but at least it's easily upgradable.
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