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hey guys im building a cheap gaming system but i dunno what to look for in a motherboard in relevance to that so any insight would be helpful. im building an AMD athlon system, suggestions are welcome.

Hey guys, Wanted to build a budget PC (emphasis on the budget, $300 - $500) that'll run modern games on at least medium, high if I'm lucky. Don't want to future proof anything really, just wanna build something that will handle games out at the moment. Was thinking of getting either AMD...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.00 @ PLE Computers) Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($195.00 @ PCCaseGear) Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($90.00)...

What about the new haswell architecture? Is the price difference worth it yet? I was thinking I might get a z87 chipset mobo so it'd support future upgrades, but if I build with a 3rd gen intel/socket 1155 mobo instead I could save a few hundred. Basically if a z77/h77 mobo and a 3rd gen intel...

So for example out of these two; i5 - 3570 with 8x8GB DDR3 1600Mhz ($375) i5 - 3570k with 8x8GB DDR3 2400Mhz ($450) The K series would allow the CPU's memory controller to utilize higher Mhz RAM, therefore the 2400Mhz RAM wouldn't be bottlenecked, but the extra $75 isn't worth the performance...

Hey all, I'm building a new computer at the end of September and I was after some advice. I'll be building an entire new system, with the exception of peripherals and a HDD. It'll be used for both gaming and music production. I'm considering getting a motherboard with a Z87 chipset; for...

great answers guys, thanks.

Hey all, I was wondering if there is any point in getting RAM above 1600mhz as it seems like most cpus at the moment only utilize up to that speed anyway? Are you able to make unlocked CPUs use higher mhz RAM? If so is it worth the money for an unlocked CPU and higher mhz ram?