Question about motherboards and cpu's

lukas9356

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Hi i have two questions
BTW its my first time building.
1: What cpu should i use for my xfx r9 390. i have a limited budget though so im looking for a fairly cheap that wont bottleneck, ive been looking at the intel core i5-6500 and the amd fx 8320 (i think it was).

2:How much should i spend on a motherboard with the according cpu?
 

B-man33

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I would go for the i5 6500, newer processor, newer technology, I believe the i5 6500 is also backward compatible with DDR4 and DDR3 RAM, but I don't know if there is a motherboard in the 1151 (socket which the i5 uses) motherboard which supports DDR3 RAM.

I will refer this motherboard to you, take a look
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132567

With this specific motherboard you will need DDR4 RAM,
 
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