Very cheap z170 lga 1151 mobo

[aditya.bhattacharya13]

I need a mobo under $60 that can overclock and supports core processors. I will use the pentium and probably upgrade to the i5 eventually.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

You are gonna have to look for a used z170 motherboard to get on for under $60. You could get a h110 motherboard for under $60. You know that the Pentium is a locked CPU and a z170 motherboard wont be able to overclock it? So you will be paying for features that you cant use.

Here is the cheapest z170 mobo I could find.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qwP2Jx
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qwP2Jx/by_merchant/

Motherboard: Supermicro - C7Z170-SQ ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg Business)
Total: $79.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-17 15:58 EDT-0400

 

[aditya.bhattacharya13]

You are gonna have to look for a used z170 motherboard to get on for under $60. You could get a h110 motherboard for under $60. You know that the Pentium is a locked CPU and a z170 motherboard wont be able to overclock it? So you will be paying for features that you cant use.

Here is the cheapest z170 mobo I could find.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qwP2Jx
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qwP2Jx/by_merchant/

Motherboard: Supermicro - C7Z170-SQ ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg Business)
Total: $79.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-17 15:58 EDT-0400

I know that the pentium is a locked cpu, but i'm thinking about future upgrades. I plan to upgrade to any i5 with a k. Also I think I may have found a mobo that can oc under 60 dollars.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182978&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Motherboards+-+Intel-_-N82E16813182978&gclid=Cj0KCQjwttbWBRDyARIsAN8zhbLbpg3LK7uT1UZhWVEMHqgOKY8wGx3VgHm3Mv7x6pn_XLs0EDPlf1YaAhYpEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
the price is $60. Can you have a look at this?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

That will work. But don't expect it to overclock very well when you get k CPU.

 

[aditya.bhattacharya13]

That will work. But don't expect it to overclock very well when you get k CPU.

Ok. But why will it not overclock well? I understand because it is a z170 mobo that only costs 60$.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

The z170 chipset supports overclocking, but that does not mean it will do it very well. Budget boards dont have great VRMs and power delivery. This is why they are cheaper. But that will also make it more difficult to maintain some high stable overclocks. The voltage delivery of the board has to be very precise. But dont worry, it will overclock a supported CPU, it just wont win any world records.