http://www.ebay.com/gds/how-to-buil...1130cc2c9accc/g.html?roken2=ta.pRnV0dXJl

I really don't want to break the bank with my next rig. I'm not the hard-core gamer I used to be and time just add-up to me sitting in front of my PC like I once did.

Does this sound like something that would be worth the money, or should I go bigger?

Thanks

OvS

For Non-Flight games at Medium setting, this would probably be just fine. If you want to play any CPU intensive (Flight games) or want higher settings on non-flight games, you will need to buy a more powerful PC.

Hello OVStachel....I have had many of your components, and the short answer is yes, the rig at the website should work well with WOFF:UE and other games.

Now for the long answer: I had the G3258, and I currently have a Coolmaster case and the Hyper 212 EVO in the rig that I play WOFF:UE. The *only* thing I notice about the article is the notion of "H" motherboards overclocking. It was my understanding that "H" boards do not allow for overclocking, but I am not a professional by any means (although I have built five separate PCs). I have gone with "Z" motherboards with my unlocked chips. That is one of the nice things about the G3258...you can upgrade at a later date as I did with an i5-4670k...it is the same socket.(LGA 1150).

I have found this website to be very helpful: pcpartpicker.com ...here, you can build your own hypothetical rig, and figure out how much you might spend (especially since the website you mention is definitely a DIY situation).

I also like: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/ ....here you can compare video cards, cpus, etc....but it only uses passmark software performance tests, and sometimes one chip works better for other reasons.

Good luck and happy hunting

Jeff

PS and ADDENDUM: I played A LOT of Skyrim on my rig with a z-97 MSI PC-Mate motherboard, 8 GB of RAM, a GTX 670, and the Pentium G3258, and I had no major problems, and just a bit less performance than my rig that had an i5-3570k, a GTX 760, and 16 GB ram. I have NOT played WOFF:UE on a rig with the G3258, but my rig that I use still has the aforementioned i5-3570, now with a GTX 1060 (6 GB), and still 16 GB RAM. I "lightly" overclocked the G3268 to 3.6 to 3.8 Ghz and never had a problem (air cooled with an extra fan to help intake)...when I look at other benchmark websites, this one in particular http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G3258-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K/2434vs1316 , claims the i5-3570k has only a 2% increase in single core performance, and if I remember correctly, WOFF:UE utilizes only a single core (it is a DX9 game...I believe Skyrim was too [I know it could be played on Windows XP!])....hypothetically, your performance with the G3258 might be similar to the i5-3570k, although other benchmark websites show a bit of a larger gap in performance. Either way, the G3258 is a great chip for the price, and my hunch is that there is a good chance you can play WOFF:UE well...you *might* consider 16 GB of RAM, but I have the feeling it will not help all that much (on another tangent, I wonder if using RAMDisk would help WOFF:UE performance)....lastly, if the G3258 does not work well...you could save up for a better chip (like the aforementioned i5-4670k) and sell your G3258 on ebay (like I did)



Jeff

Hey, OvS, I just picked up this video card and have been extremely pleased with the results, if it helps in any way...

Thanks fellas... I'm in the market for a whole new rig. Mine is ancient at now 6 years old... but was a workhorse by all standards. It's just that I don't want to go bananas on a rig that I simply won't get the benefit out of... although I am reading that the new version of COD will go back to WWII...finally... so I am sure that will need some PC muscle to get it working.

What I am looking for is a good, moderate-priced setup that will run WOFF:UE with little to no stuttering and all on full... plus PrePar3d and FSX. I'd like to get back into flight simming again but enjoy the high-end graphics that are now the norm.

Any thoughts on a good setup? What's the standard now? I7?

Thanks,

OvS