Advice for mobo

[Scytheling]

Planning to buy an intel i7 7700 cpu and was just wondering if someone could give me advice on what kind of motherboard i should be looking for and what kind of chip set i need.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Planning to buy an intel i7 7700 cpu and was just wondering if someone could give me advice on what kind of motherboard i should be looking for and what kind of chip set i need.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($298.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX H270F GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $428.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-10 16:24 EST-0500

 

[WildCard999]

For the price a B250 motherboard will support that i7 right out of the box and be cheaper then the H270/Z270 motherboards.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($52.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $52.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-10 16:27 EST-0500

 

[Scytheling]

Planning to buy an intel i7 7700 cpu and was just wondering if someone could give me advice on what kind of motherboard i should be looking for and what kind of chip set i need.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($298.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX H270F GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $428.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-10 16:24 EST-0500

For the price a B250 motherboard will support that i7 right out of the box and be cheaper then the H270/Z270 motherboards.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($52.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $52.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-10 16:27 EST-0500

Whats the difference between the b250 chipset and h270

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z270-H270-Q270-Q250-B250---What-is-the-Difference-876/
Here this will help ^

 

[WildCard999]

The differences are pretty minimal (amount of USB 3.0 support & M.2 support, etc).
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-200-series-chipsets,33305.html

 

[Scytheling]

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z270-H270-Q270-Q250-B250---What-is-the-Difference-876/
Here this will help ^

The differences are pretty minimal (amount of USB 3.0 support & M.2 support, etc).
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-200-series-chipsets,33305.html

Thanks guys

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Glad to help , thanks for posting!