Good Motherboard and Case for $250?

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I need help to find a good Motherboard and Case for my desktop. I bought my desktop from microcenter, its an acer aspire t and i upgraded the gpu and psu, the gpu didnt seem to be compatible with my motherboard because when i placed the gpu i had to unplug a sata cable which powered the two front usb 3.0 ports and headphone/mic jacks. The stock acer case makes my gpu heat up quickly when i play games such as fallout 4 & h1z1, it goes up to 70c when i play h1z1 on high settings and fallout 4 on medium settings. I dont want my gpu to overheat, it should handle alot of aaa games if i had a decent case but i dont really know which on i should get. I have about 250$ to spend on both items. Here are my specs.

Cpu: Intel i5 4460 @3.2ghz
Gpu: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4gb
Psu: Termaltake 750w 80+ Bronze
Version: Windows 10
Ram: 8gb
Hdd: 1tb
 
Solution
Because you have the win10, and you change the MB so that you will need the new OS for the new MB. Also for the Termaltake PSU, I don't know which model it is, if it is this one TR2 RX 750 W, you know what to do.

Here is the list.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Enermax OSTROG ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($86.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $239.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts...
Because you have the win10, and you change the MB so that you will need the new OS for the new MB. Also for the Termaltake PSU, I don't know which model it is, if it is this one TR2 RX 750 W, you know what to do.

Here is the list.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Enermax OSTROG ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($86.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $239.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-23 15:36 EDT-0400
 
Solution


alot of times happen when ms is in a good moood they give u a new windows license for free, its a gamble but worth to take it.