Help matching mobo and RAM

[MrSwag]

Hi

I planning a build of 1500$ gaming PC and cant understand and find the best mobo for my MSI GTX980ti G6 and I5 6600K and planning to buy later upgrade the CPU and even buy another GPU for SLI and OC. so got about 550$ to spend include the mobo and the rest, please give your suggest and if u can also good ram or what is the best speed for your thougth (probably planning 16GB). ))))))

links for: GPU CPU

 

[JimF_35]

Are you planning on any overclocking? I like the ASUS and Gigabyte boards.

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-sabertoothz170mark1

This again depends on what you are planning. If you are not looking to overclock then there are cheaper options out there.

 

[JimF_35]

As for RAM I would probably go with...

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=GSkill+DDR4&tbm=shop&spd=3124083547942665824

 

[MrSwag]

Are you planning on any overclocking? I like the ASUS and Gigabyte boards.

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-sabertoothz170mark1

This again depends on what you are planning. If you are not looking to overclock then there are cheaper options out there.

Well i am not master twicker and not big OC fan but i would like to squeeze a bit by the fact that an older and I5 work at 3.8ghz base and the skylake at 3.5hz. and yeah the mobo look pretty expensive.

 

[JimF_35]

You should not look at MHz/GHz as the only measure of performance. New chips are going to be able to do more instructions per every clock tick than their predecessors. It is better to look at CPU benchmarks to compare. Try this..

http://cpuboss.com/compare-cpus

It will compare all aspects. As for the price of motherboards there are many factors. Some mother boards have feature that cater to overclockers and are more expensive. Some have cheaper parts such as capacitors which shorten the life expectancy. And some just look cooler for the glass side case if you are into showing your computer off. You have to ask yourself some questions when buying:

- How long do I want to keep this system before my next upgrade?
- Will I be overclocking?
- What peripherals will I be upgrading to like an M.2 harddrive?
- What RAM am I going to use? Is it going to be super fast like 3000Mhz or above?
- Am I going to use multiple graphics cards in SLI or Crossfire?

Not all boards are going to support these features and you will have to decide on if the sacrifice is worth it.

 

[MrSwag]

How about ROG VIII Hero? I bought VII Hero before and satisfied with it and compared and saw the hero chiper and better then the SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/asus-motherboard-maximusviiihero%2Casus-motherboard-maximusviiiranger%2Casus-motherboard-sabertoothz170mark1/

 

[JimF_35]

I love the Hero boards but they are made for small form factor cases. What case are you using again?

 

[Tradesman1]

The Hero is a great mobo, I have rigs on all three versions, the Z87, Z97 (both in sig) and am playing with a Z170/6600K 😉 And by the way, contrary to the above, the Hero is not small form factor, it's a full size ATX mobo

 

[JimF_35]

Opps yep I was thinking Gene. Sorry. The ROG I had was a Gene.

 

[Tradesman1]

If going 3200 and like the TridentZ sticks which are great, look for the tighter 14 (new) or the 15 CL sticks for better performance