I had one of these 1155 Pentium CPUs for a year, give or take a few days.
With 8 GB RAM and a Gigabyte GT 730 GPU added onto an ASRock H61M-VS4 Motherboard, the G2030 was quite capable of doing small 3D renderings in TurboCAD, and it can handle older games like Xcom and the UT series, though not on hi-res. There was also no problem with movie watching, (as long as all necessary codecs are loaded). This is not a CPU to get for a professional gaming rig or CAD workstation - i had to reset a few times when XCOM bombed on 1920x1080 (it does not happen with my new CPU, a 1150 Pentium, even though the GPU is the same), and 3D rendering is slow, even with 8GB RAM (but then, my GPU is not a true graphics workstation card).
This processor is well-suited to a family computer or a corporate desktop, where word processing and spreadsheets are the order of the day, families get together to watch a movie on a media centre PC or for non-graphics intensive games. It was a well-rounded starter for me, but my needs have outgrown it (yes, i know, but i am trying to save up for an i5 or higher and a stronger GPU).
Pros
Cons
Adequate for low- to medium res gaming and movies
Not strong at 3D and hi-res
Ratings
Overall
4
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