Hello. I gather my first computer, I want it to be powerful enough to play the latest games, I have already bought all the basic items on bestshop-usa.com except the motherboard. Anybody can tell what kind of motherboard is best to choose?
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what kind of motherboard is best to choose?
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You will have to list all the parts that you have already bought and give some idea how much money you have to spend.
You will have to list all the parts that you have already bought and give some idea how much money you have to spend.
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I don’t want to give you bad news, but there is no "better kind of motherboard" all can be justified with the reason and needs, for replying that questing things are quite easy,
Processor will tell you socket for the motherboard, example: you got a i7 3770K, motherboard socket will be 1156, so you will see that intel has a couple of chipsets for that motherboard, a pretty popular one that will make you use all features for that chip is going to be Z77/Z68,
for gaming, Z77/z68 chipsets are the best, you can easy add SLi / CrossFire Video card configurations [more than one card, ] also overclock your processor and use high frequency ram, also this will make us recommend you a decent or excellent model / brand / or even a combo [motherboard bundled with more accessories, hardware]
knowing how much money you have will help to recommend you a motherboard according the top limit that your money will allow,
the case is another limitant on this task, for example a cube case not always accepts full ATX boards, so you will limit to use micro or mini ATX form factor, [form factor = size of motherboard]
so please give us the asked information for the better help!
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- what do you already have?
- what are you planning to do with that computer?
- how much is your budget? {money for buying it}
Processor will tell you socket for the motherboard, example: you got a i7 3770K, motherboard socket will be 1156, so you will see that intel has a couple of chipsets for that motherboard, a pretty popular one that will make you use all features for that chip is going to be Z77/Z68,
for gaming, Z77/z68 chipsets are the best, you can easy add SLi / CrossFire Video card configurations [more than one card, ] also overclock your processor and use high frequency ram, also this will make us recommend you a decent or excellent model / brand / or even a combo [motherboard bundled with more accessories, hardware]
knowing how much money you have will help to recommend you a motherboard according the top limit that your money will allow,
the case is another limitant on this task, for example a cube case not always accepts full ATX boards, so you will limit to use micro or mini ATX form factor, [form factor = size of motherboard]
so please give us the asked information for the better help!
Welcome to TPU by the way!
Regards,
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You have to say the rest of your build so that we know what CPU chipset you're running and what size caseso can select a suitable compatible motherboard based on what you want to spend and the rest of build so that the it benefits or makes no difference from the motherboards features
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Some Basic errors made here by @peche
Processor will tell you socket for the motherboard, example: you got a i7 3770K, motherboard socket will be 1156,
WRONG
intel has a couple of chipsets for that motherboard, a pretty popular one that will make you use all features for that chip is going to be Z77/Z68,
I7 3770k is socket 1155 not 1156
Right
The Desktop chipsets that support LGA 1156 are Intel's H55, H57, P55, and Q57. Server ...
Sorry to correct you @peche
Processor will tell you socket for the motherboard, example: you got a i7 3770K, motherboard socket will be 1156,
WRONG
intel has a couple of chipsets for that motherboard, a pretty popular one that will make you use all features for that chip is going to be Z77/Z68,
I7 3770k is socket 1155 not 1156
Right
The Desktop chipsets that support LGA 1156 are Intel's H55, H57, P55, and Q57. Server ...
Sorry to correct you @peche
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| Motherboard | GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1 |
| Cooling | Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans |
| Memory | 16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan |
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you are coompletely fine...!
i did the mistake ... and its needed to be corrected!!