Question Looking for motherboard recommendations.

[mmurffs]

Hey everyone. Just getting into PC gaming. I'm currently runnning the Asus Tuf B365M-Plus Gaming motherboard. I found out recently that the ram speed for this motherboard is 2666 MHz max. Looking to get up to at least 3200 MHz. The new board needs to be compatiable with my i7-9700F and my RTX 3070 XC3. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Budget and preferred sites?

 

[Math Geek]

you want a b360, z370 or z390 chipset. they will support much faster ram.

 

[mmurffs]

Budget and preferred sites?

Nothing really preferred. Budget for the new motherboard is around $200.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

What size boards are compatible with your case?

 

[mmurffs]

What size boards are compatible with your case?

Not really sure. Its prebuilt PC, the IBuyPower Element 9260 if you can tell anything from that info.

 

[mmurffs]

you want a b360, z370 or z390 chipset. they will support much faster ram.

Of those choices, which would you recommend for a $200 budget?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Looks like the case also supports ATX so you could probably find a new Z390 around $230.00.

 

[Math Geek]

here is what pcpartpicker shows for those 3 chipsets

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#c=129,128,135&sort=price&page=1

probably others but it's a good start.

newegg has a bunch of refurbs and new for well under $200

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007627 601303737 601322313 601311634&Order=1

i'd expect you can find one to your liking from that list

 

[mmurffs]

Looks like the case also supports ATX so you could probably find a new Z390 around $230.00.

Great, thanks. I'll look into it.

 

[mmurffs]

here is what pcpartpicker shows for those 3 chipsets

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#c=129,128,135&sort=price&page=1

probably others but it's a good start.

I definetly take a look at those. Thanks for your help.

 

[Math Geek]

look again i added a link to newegg's offerings which looks pretty good. i'd try to filter amazon but that's just about impossible. you can look up specific modls easy enough to compare prices, but getting a simple list like this is not gonna happen with their junk site.