Question Need Help With Motherboard for r5 3600

Jan 2, 2020
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Current Specs

i3-7100 3.9ghz
Asus H110M-A M.2
MSI 1660TI Ventus XS6 6GB OC
Crucial 8GB DDR4 2400 DIMM single channel
Crucial 250GB M.2 SSD
1TTB Toshiba HDD
550W PSU
Tecware f3 Micro ATX Case


Basically i want to upgrade my CPU to r5 3600 so my cpu dont bottleneck and for future upgrade.
Will prefer to get a Micro Atx Mobo around $150 USD price range.
Thinkning MSI 450 series maybe mortar max becos it will be nice to have two m.2 slots for future upgrade.

My current Case does not support ATX so any advice on which are the motherboards recommendations.
Also any ideas on ram compatiblities on the recommended mobos as well if i can reuse the current one or need to buy new ones. Prefer to have 16gb.
 

WildCard999

Titan
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3600 compatible out of the box, well under your budget with Wifi & Bluetooth.
https://asrock.com/MB/AMD/B450Mac/index.asp#CPU

PCPartPicker Part List
Motherboard: ASRock B450M/AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($84.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $84.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-02 07:32 EST-0500


I built a system recently using this motherboard and the following memory, no issues. Make sure they are in the A2/B2 slots so you can enable XMP so that the memory runs at the correct speed, voltage & timings. The motherboard BIOS is easy to navigate.

PCPartPicker Part List
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $68.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-02 07:35 EST-0500