Planning to build a gaming Pc

[manes]

hi, am planning to build a gaming pc..i need to know that whether the MSI z97 motherboard is good for gaming and m planning to use a i5 processor and gtx 960 does all these work perfect

 

[PTOWN GAMER]

Yep Msi are good for gaming, But there are different i5s so you have to be carefull to select a motherboard that is compatible, meaning it has the same socket.

like the latest skylake i5 6600k has a 1151 socket.

and the last gen i5 4690k has a 1150 socket.

So the motherboard has to have the same socket.


and i suggest you go with the i5 4690k

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=i5+4690k&N=-1&isNodeId=1

and heres a good MSI z97A motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130844&cm_re=1150_z97-_-13-130-844-_-Product

and the GTX960 will work with basically any motherboard

 

[manes]

Yep Msi are good for gaming, But there are different i5s so you have to be carefull to select a motherboard that is compatible, meaning it has the same socket.

like the latest skylake i5 6600k has a 1151 socket.

and the last gen i5 4690k has a 1150 socket.

So the motherboard has to have the same socket.


and i suggest you go with the i5 4690k

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=i5+4690k&N=-1&isNodeId=1

and heres a good MSI z97A motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130844&cm_re=1150_z97-_-13-130-844-_-Product

and the GTX960 will work with basically any motherboard

what about Gigabyte H81M-Gaming 3 motherboard . i want to shorten the budget a bit

 

[PTOWN GAMER]

Nope most of them are Micro size boards, which means less option if you want to run 2 graphics cards at the same time. And MSI is good for overclocking too.

So in the future when its time to upgrade your CPU, instead of buying a new CPU you can just overclock the 4690k to squeeze more performance out of it

here is a cheaper MSI Board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130760&cm_re=1150_motherboard-_-13-130-760-_-Product

 

[manes]

Nope most of them are Micro size boards, which means less option if you want to run 2 graphics cards at the same time. And MSI is good for overclocking too.

So in the future when its time to upgrade your CPU, instead of buying a new CPU you can just overclock the 4690k to squeeze more performance out of it

here is a cheaper MSI Board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130760&cm_re=1150_motherboard-_-13-130-760-_-Product

Thankzzzz