Found this on toms hardware under their 4th quarter budget build.I was wondering how you guys feel about pentium gaming. I was thinking about going with this build instead of a i5 with a 650 ti.
$500 Gaming PC System Components
CPU
Intel Pentium G850 (Sandy Bridge): 2.9 GHz Base Clock Rate, No Turbo Boost, 3 MB Shared L3 Cache
$70
Motherboard
ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP: LGA 1155, Intel H77 Express
$70
RAM
G.Skill Value Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT $34
Graphics
PowerColor AX7850 1GBD5-DH: Radeon HD 7850 1 GB $170
Hard Drive
Western Digital WD3200AAKX: 320 GB, 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive
$65
Case
Rosewill Blackbone ATX Mid-Tower $40
Power Supply
Antec VP-450 450 W $36
Optical Drive
LG 24x DVD Burner SATA Model GH24NS90-OEM $16
Total Price $501
System Builder Marathon, Q4 2012: $500 Gaming PC : Squeezing More Bang From The Same Buck
$500 Gaming PC System Components
CPU
Intel Pentium G850 (Sandy Bridge): 2.9 GHz Base Clock Rate, No Turbo Boost, 3 MB Shared L3 Cache
$70
Motherboard
ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP: LGA 1155, Intel H77 Express
$70
RAM
G.Skill Value Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT $34
Graphics
PowerColor AX7850 1GBD5-DH: Radeon HD 7850 1 GB $170
Hard Drive
Western Digital WD3200AAKX: 320 GB, 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive
$65
Case
Rosewill Blackbone ATX Mid-Tower $40
Power Supply
Antec VP-450 450 W $36
Optical Drive
LG 24x DVD Burner SATA Model GH24NS90-OEM $16
Total Price $501
System Builder Marathon, Q4 2012: $500 Gaming PC : Squeezing More Bang From The Same Buck