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Compatibility? Computer help!
Hi! I am making a custom pc (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/F2wLnQ) And I was wondering if my motherboard and ram is compatible. On NewEgg there was a review on the motherboard that said some ram wouldn't work, and I cant figure out if the Ares will work or not. And don't say I didn't do my research, because I did, and found NOTHING.
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RAM support should say 1333/1400, still a great buy
Pros: Good bang for the buck. Like a lot of reviewers here I stuck a G3258 in and overclocked it to 4.1 GHZ, just changed the multiplier and left all other settings stock. I got a stable 4.2 GHZ by raising the core voltage to 1.299 (YMMV). The small nearly ITX size of this board makes it fit perfectly with a typical 6 stand off setup of most cases, no overhang, makes for a very sturdy mounting. Cables and RAM can be plugged in without worry of bending the board too much. There's 2 case fan headers (1 of them PWM)
Cons:Only 2 cons for me PCI-E 2.0 (instead of 3.0, some H boards have 3.0) and limited RAM timings with a weird ceiling of 1400mhz. This can be a problem if your trying to use narrow band spec RAM like Crucial Balistix Sport or G-Skill Sniper. If you get this type of RAM be sure to get the 1333 flavor. Narrow band RAM does not do well beyond its specs, over OR underclocked. there's very little wiggle room hence the good price. These other cons are more of a list of whats missing to help you decide if you should spend more: Only 2 RAM slots No USB 3 header Only 2 SATA 3 connections, the other 2 are SATA 2 Only 1 4 pin CPU power plug, you're not going to do any heavy duty overclocking with I5's and I7's on this, though a G3258 will do quite well, I7's and 5's can still be installed and setup with a mild overclock. None of these cons are enough to knock off an egg, a price as low as this means stuff will be missing.
Other Thoughts:If these go on sale again (especially if it's 30 bucks) I'll buy a couple more. It's almost as if MSI made these for the Pentium G3258 anniversary edition. I cooled the CPU with a cooler Master TX3 and stuck an old ASUS GTX 440 passively cooled video card in to make a nice SILENT spare Blizzard/Steam gaming machine. Looking at maybe making a Media Center PC. These boards are nice and cheap!
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3/8/2015 1:12:35 AM
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RAM support should say 1333/1400, still a great buy
Pros: Good bang for the buck. Like a lot of reviewers here I stuck a G3258 in and overclocked it to 4.1 GHZ, just changed the multiplier and left all other settings stock. I got a stable 4.2 GHZ by raising the core voltage to 1.299 (YMMV). The small nearly ITX size of this board makes it fit perfectly with a typical 6 stand off setup of most cases, no overhang, makes for a very sturdy mounting. Cables and RAM can be plugged in without worry of bending the board too much. There's 2 case fan headers (1 of them PWM)
Cons:Only 2 cons for me PCI-E 2.0 (instead of 3.0, some H boards have 3.0) and limited RAM timings with a weird ceiling of 1400mhz. This can be a problem if your trying to use narrow band spec RAM like Crucial Balistix Sport or G-Skill Sniper. If you get this type of RAM be sure to get the 1333 flavor. Narrow band RAM does not do well beyond its specs, over OR underclocked. there's very little wiggle room hence the good price. These other cons are more of a list of whats missing to help you decide if you should spend more: Only 2 RAM slots No USB 3 header Only 2 SATA 3 connections, the other 2 are SATA 2 Only 1 4 pin CPU power plug, you're not going to do any heavy duty overclocking with I5's and I7's on this, though a G3258 will do quite well, I7's and 5's can still be installed and setup with a mild overclock. None of these cons are enough to knock off an egg, a price as low as this means stuff will be missing.
Other Thoughts:If these go on sale again (especially if it's 30 bucks) I'll buy a couple more. It's almost as if MSI made these for the Pentium G3258 anniversary edition. I cooled the CPU with a cooler Master TX3 and stuck an old ASUS GTX 440 passively cooled video card in to make a nice SILENT spare Blizzard/Steam gaming machine. Looking at maybe making a Media Center PC. These boards are nice and cheap!
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Well, and I can only buy from newegg, or any other places that don't cost a million dollars to ship to Alaska. As far as I know, nicixus and superbiiz both cost about that much to ship here xD.
So really the difference of those ssds is just price? If so I will definitely change.
Edit: even if some stuff that is "extra" is going to make the price a few bucks lower, it's not going to make all that much difference now, as my original budget was 500$, but ended up at 600$. Really all it means is working a little harder to get an extra hundred (without waiting another 3 months more than I already have to.)
Edit: even if some stuff that is "extra" is going to make the price a few bucks lower, it's not going to make all that much difference now, as my original budget was 500$, but ended up at 600$. Really all it means is working a little harder to get an extra hundred (without waiting another 3 months more than I already have to.)
Yes, and the one I picked is faster if iirc.
So you're gonna have to wait 3 months? Come back when you have enough, so you can get a new build and buy it that day, because prices will change.
So you're gonna have to wait 3 months? Come back when you have enough, so you can get a new build and buy it that day, because prices will change.
That's what he said. ^^^^^^
Look at it. Lol.
1. Not exactly sure what faster does for a gpu (lol
2. Isn't a stock fan pretty loud?
1. Not exactly sure what faster does for a gpu (lol
2. Isn't a stock fan pretty loud?
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You may want to buy some cpu paste to go in between the cpu and cpu fan. The paste that comes on the cooler usually is not the best for overclocking. I like to use Arctic Silver. If you can afford it it is worth getting a 120gb SSD drive to install the OS on and then all the games and other stuff can be put on the standard hard drive. The computer is so much faster this way.
1. It's a faster GPU, as in, it plays games better, at higher quality and higher frame rate
2. It's not silent by any means, no, but it's not loud like old stock coolers. You won't hear it unless you stick your head beside your PC.
And eh, thermal paste doesn't make that big of a difference really. It may be lower by 1 or 2c's, but nothing major. If you can afford it, then sure go for it, it won't do any harm.
And Windows will boot up in seconds with a SSD, like 4-6 seconds. Programs will boot up faster on a SSD too.
2. It's not silent by any means, no, but it's not loud like old stock coolers. You won't hear it unless you stick your head beside your PC.
And eh, thermal paste doesn't make that big of a difference really. It may be lower by 1 or 2c's, but nothing major. If you can afford it, then sure go for it, it won't do any harm.
And Windows will boot up in seconds with a SSD, like 4-6 seconds. Programs will boot up faster on a SSD too.
Normally yes, you'd want an aftermarket cooler to overclock with. But with the G3258, it comes with a cooler that is used to cool Haswell i5 and i7's, which the Pentium doesn't get nearly as hot, so you can even overclock a good amount on it. A friend of mine got his G3258 to 4.1 stable on the stock cooler.
And the SSD is gonna be for just the OS or for storing some programs too? (Like chrome, and maybe a game or two?)
Edit: Also the 270x is faster than the 750ti, by quite a good amount.
And the SSD is gonna be for just the OS or for storing some programs too? (Like chrome, and maybe a game or two?)
Edit: Also the 270x is faster than the 750ti, by quite a good amount.
And the ssd? It doesn't really matter to me, as all I will be doing is downloading my OS onto it. But still. Nice to know. XD
What's the difference between the gpu's? And I was reccomended I use a fan by a friend of my dads who builds computers for people.
Edit: A fan if I was going to overclock.
Edit: A fan if I was going to overclock.
Can I see that build? I'm pretty fond of my own, but I will take the advice. (Plus, I need the wifi adapter to work xD)
Woops, my bad, I completely forgot to add the build, lol derp.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.97 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB HAWK Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: Belkin F9L1001 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($5.99 @ Micro Center)
Monitor: Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $570.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-09 15:38 EDT-0400
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.97 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB HAWK Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: Belkin F9L1001 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($5.99 @ Micro Center)
Monitor: Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $570.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-09 15:38 EDT-0400
I have a build with that motherboard. I have had no problems with it, and ran a 4440 and a 270x on it. Runs fine. You can get up to 4.5 stable on this motherboard too.
I changed a few things in your build.
I dropped the CPU cooler, and the thermal paste. The stock cooler on the Pentium is more than enough to overclock on.
Changed the SSD to a cheaper and bigger one.
Changed the GPU to a faster one, and it costs a little more, but is worth it.
Changed the WiFi adapter, because you can't use a PCIe on yours, as your GPU will be in the slot.
Also the ram in your build, isn't available, so I had to tack on an extra 60ish to have room for ram, and still came out at around the same price as your first build.
I changed a few things in your build.
I dropped the CPU cooler, and the thermal paste. The stock cooler on the Pentium is more than enough to overclock on. Changed the SSD to a cheaper and bigger one. Changed the GPU to a faster one, and it costs a little more, but is worth it. Changed the WiFi adapter, because you can't use a PCIe on yours, as your GPU will be in the slot. Also the ram in your build, isn't available, so I had to tack on an extra 60ish to have room for ram, and still came out at around the same price as your first build.
Yes, it will work. If it was slower it would just run slower, you're not going to loose much
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should work perfectly fine that guy probably had some high mhz memory but yours will work perfectly fine
should work perfectly fine that guy probably had some high mhz memory but yours will work perfectly fine
