Quote Originally Posted by The Joker View Post
Although I somewhat agree with what you are saying, I will not recommend that pentium for a gaming rig, especially since we are finally seeing games that utilize more cores, a 4.4Ghz Pentium will still be miles behind an i5 in pretty much everything not just gaming. Then on top of that you suggest that he should grab a GTX770...That pentium will bottleneck that card so incredibly hard.

The pentium is a good chip for light budget gaming rigs def not a good idea for using with something like a GTX770/R9 280x ect.
Don't just read reviews and listen to what reviewers say, they get paid by intel/amd/nvidia so yeah.

@OP I will work on something for you.

To save money I suggest looking at an i5 4460

http://www.rebeltech.co.za/290-intel...0ghz-lga1.html

Grab a H97 board to go with it

http://www.rebeltech.co.za/2104-asro...00-6x-sat.html

That's a good foundation for the rig right there.
Hmmm yeah sorry, that is a good point. Was typing this from work, so was doing it in a hurry and not really considering everything.

However I still think he should try and put some more money towards the GPU and not stick with the 270X. For R1000 more he can get the 280X from wootware for R3500, which is a great price for the GPU.