Do I need to worry about BIOS updates when buying a board for a G3258? PCPartPicker says that pretty much any H81/B85 board may need an update, but the boards and CPUs have been out for quite a while..
>>52086621
What kind of fucking retard is buying a G3258 in 2016-5 days?
>>52086654
Smart people
>>52086654
this, or any fucking dual core desktop cpu 2015/6 -5 for that matter
>>52086654
I'm currently on a budget and I plan on upgrading to an i5 mid-2016.
>>52086717
you'd be better off with the lowest end i3 desu
>>52086738
How about a 4170? I did see some stuff about the G3258 stuttering on GTA 5 which isn't nice.
The alternative is an 860k but that's a ded socket
>>52086802
the g3258 is fine unless you're pairing it with a 970 or higher
it'll be fine if you're keeping it for a year or less
>>52086950
>the g3258 is fine unless you're pairing it with a 970 or higher
Wrong, you dumb piece of shit. It'll cripple even a 750 Ti in many modern games (and just about anything big released in late 2015).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxUPJdcChzE
You'd have to be a fucking retard to buy a dual core, dual thread CPU at this point.
>op asks about bios updates
>/g/ spergs about their cpu choice
>>52087106
Because it's not very smart to waste money in it when it's becoming more and more obsolete each day.
>>52086654
>>52087906
Where is this? Also, can someone answer my BIOS question? Even an i3 (which I will probably end up getting anyways) has this BIOS update problem. Anyone have experiences with it?
>>52089380
I had the same processor when I first built my PC. Didn't have to do a BIOS update on my cheap ass MSI board, so I'm willing to bet you won't have to either.
>>52086621
Any 97 board should be fine, there's an h81 board from MSI built for overclocking this little fucker. Clock it up to a stable 4.4 and let it roll until you have the money for an upgrade. Best bet is to buy a z97 board so you can just drop a k series into it later.
>>52087906
Dude where the fuck are you getting that price from? Help a nigga out.
Nothing wrong with the G3258; don't buy one if you want to do things that say they require 4 cores e.g. really new games. Mine does everything I need and with a 660, all is gucci.
>>52086802
>FM2+ is ded
>plans to buy socket 1150
