Intel Pentium 20 anniversary edition- Thumbs up!

[mika]

So I just read the Review on 3d-guru and iam starting to like the fact that Intel is pricing there Cpus more aggressively to compete with Amd! I might have to pick one of these puppies up to play around with it!
Its a dual-core cpu but overclocking they managed to hit 4.8 ghz and at the speed it competes really well with the Mid-range Cpus currently in the market,the best thing about it is the price! At $80 dollars Amd will have hard time to beat this thing, Good for you Intel! And this is coming from a Fx 9370 owner.

Thoughts?

Iam just a little confused what Socket this will fit in, Z87 and Z97?........ So you need a decent Motherboard with a decent cooler and your in buissness! I also wonder how games will play on a dual-core cpu, this schould be interesting to say the least.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Add the price of overclocking motherboard and good cooling needed and suddenly you are at same level as i5 and cheaper motherboard.

[_I_]

its still cheaper than an i5, but for a budget build
its $175 for a z97 board and g3258
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3q2kgs

the same price as the i5 4440 alone

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Автор сообщения: _I_

its still cheaper than an i5, but for a budget build
its $175 for a z97 board and g3258
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3q2kgs

the same price as the i5 4440 alone

You didnt include cooling, something tells me you need more then CM Hyper 212 EVO to push it to i5 levels.

[mika]

Regardless of the cooling iam just glad they relized better price points since Intels always in the High-end segment, now they can compete better with Amd. Id really like to pick one up just to see how it runs games.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

cm hyper 212 evo is good. i am using it in my i5-3570k desktop computer.

[mika]

Автор сообщения: chiefputsi

cm hyper 212 evo is good. i am using it in my i5-3570k desktop computer.

How do you like that 3570k? I almost bought that instead of my Fx 9370. I had a kick-ass motherboard lined up for it as well-Asus Maximus Extremme V!

[rotNdude]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2014/06/24/intel-pentium-g3258-review/7

So the big question is price - is a Pentium G3258 or AMD FX system better value? At £55, the cost of tapping into overclocking with an accompanying Z97 motherboard is in the region of £120, given the latter can be had for around £70. It would be impossible to build an AMD FX-8320-based system for the same price, as the CPU alone retails for over £100, and even the FX-6300 you'd be looking for a similar amount to the Pentium G3258 overall if you want a half-decent board. To add to AMD's headache, Asus has announced that via a BIOS update, its cheaper H87, H97, B85 and H81 motherboards will be able to tap into multiplier control too, which could bring the price down even further.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

That Asus BIOS update sounds promising. Depends how high can you go with cheaper cooler like CM Hyper 212 EVO for instance.

[_I_]

the cpu is around 50w, a tx3 could handle a good overclock on it

[mika]

Its a good break of the usual routine intel does, its interesting to see how many people are gonna give this Cpu a try. I really like the price point but iam kinda worried about only having 2 cores so I think ill wait for some gaming Benchmarks before I buy.

[PilotShmeat]

For whatever it is worth, it trumps the 8350 on the value scale on Passmark. Thats pretty good value.
What I like about these processors is the single threaded performance. I use Microsoft FSX which is very dependent on single threaded performance. I might put together a budget rig just for kicks and giggles to see how it compares to my 8350 760 rig.

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Автор сообщения: Rumpelcrutchskin

Add the price of overclocking motherboard and good cooling needed and suddenly you are at same level as i5 and cheaper motherboard.

Pretty much. I just ran the comparison aganist my i5 4670k and it's not far from it.

Put on a decent $70 air cooler and OC this bad boy. Save big money in the end,

[mika]

Автор сообщения: GBalrz Maverick

For whatever it is worth, it trumps the 8350 on the value scale on Passmark. Thats pretty good value.
What I like about these processors is the single threaded performance. I use Microsoft FSX which is very dependent on single threaded performance. I might put together a budget rig just for kicks and giggles to see how it compares to my 8350 760 rig.

I dont think this Cpu can beat the 8350, maybe in Value like you said but in any other test I dont see it happening.

[_I_]

for single core its stock speed is already way ahead of any fx cpu
only down side is 2 threads no ht

[rotNdude]

Автор сообщения: MiddleFinger77

Автор сообщения: GBalrz Maverick

For whatever it is worth, it trumps the 8350 on the value scale on Passmark. Thats pretty good value.
What I like about these processors is the single threaded performance. I use Microsoft FSX which is very dependent on single threaded performance. I might put together a budget rig just for kicks and giggles to see how it compares to my 8350 760 rig.

I dont think this Cpu can beat the 8350, maybe in Value like you said but in any other test I dont see it happening.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2014/06/24/intel-pentium-g3258-review/5