Is MSI H16M E23 B3 Good For Gaming?

[AbrarKhAn111]

I'm planing to buy new motherboard but I want some suggestions from you guys please help me I have

I3 3220 3.3ghz.
Gtx 1050 2Gb.
Windows 7 64bit.
Antec 500w 80+ bronze.

I got some questions please answer these questions.

Can it support my Gtx 1050?

Can it support my ivy bride core i3 3220.

Is this motherboard good for today's gaming?

 

[Barty1884]

With the balance of your spec, it's an ok motherboard - a little tough to justify investing a whole lot in it, so hopefully it's relatively inexpensive.

1. YEs, it should support a 1050 without issue. OEM boards of the era can have BIOS issues with newer cards, but a retail board should be fine.
2. It needs a minimum of BIOS revision 12.0 to run IvyBridge CPUs
3. The motherboard has no direct impact on gaming - there's are PCIe 2.0 vs 3.0 limitations, and SATA2 vs SATA3 for HDDs etc, but those aren't going to impact gaming.

 

[AbrarKhAn111]

Brother which motherboard should I buy for budget gaming?

 

[Barty1884]

You have the i3, DDR3 etc?

If so, I'd simply opt for the cheapest, compatible motherboard you can find.

I'm assuming you're looking used, as any 1155 "new" will cost a small fortune.

Realistically, given you can't (really) overclock the i3 anyway, the cheapest, working, compatible board in any of the 1155 chipsets would be my suggestion.
H61, B65, Q65, Q67, H67, P67, Z68, B75, Q75, Q77, Z75 or Z77

For any of the "6" chipsets though, you'd need to verify with the seller that the BIOS has been updated to support Ivy.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/P8H61-P8H61-PLUS-DDR3-LGA1155-RAM-16G-mainboard/32849041143.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_10152_10151_10065_10344_10068_10130_10342_10547_10343_10340_10548_10341_10084_10083_10618_10139_10307_5711211_10313_10059_10534_100031_10103_10627_10626_10624_10623_10622_5722411_10621_10620_5711311,searchweb201603_37,ppcSwitch_5&algo_expid=d414eac5-d415-4067-8b63-45c5da2af2e8-0&algo_pvid=d414eac5-d415-4067-8b63-45c5da2af2e8&priceBeautifyAB=0

 

[AbrarKhAn111]

I'm not going to do any overclocking, I just want 16 ram mobo which can support my gpu and my cpu and at least it can support 2 hdds this is just I want. Msi h16m e23 b3 is costing me only 19 US dollars in 10/10 condition in used. I think this motherboard is good for me if motherboard's bios is updated for my ivy bridge cpu ok what should I do should I go for it or not?

 

[Barty1884]

At $19 USD, yes, that's a pretty good deal.

NOTE: There's only 2DIMM slots (for RAM) on the Motherboard, so 16GB is achievable with a 2x8GB config only.

The only consideration would be the BIOS being updated BUT, if you're in contact with the seller, verify with them.
I assume they have a compatible CPU currently, so if they're not sure, ask them to update it before you buy.

 

[AbrarKhAn111]

The seller is very good person, I can contact with him I will tell him to update bios to ivy bridge first then send me. 2x8 gb I will go for single 8Gb sticks now I only have 4 and 2Gb sticks I will buy 2x8 gb after 1 month when I will get some money for this lol,

 

[AbrarKhAn111]

Thanks man you just save my day hurrey!