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100% Settled on the rest! HELP with MOBO!

SteveDornan
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So i am for sure 100% settled on the rest of my components but i am struggling to find the right motherboard

 

My price for the motherboard is no more than £40

 

 
CPU - Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor = £180.99
Memory - Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory = £50.91
Storage - Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive = £73.95
Video Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card = £269.99
Case - BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case = £30.98
Power Supply - EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply = £63.31
 
 
 
Total price w/o Motherboard = £670.13
Total price with Motherboard = £710
 
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You're looking at 60 for a new Mobo, either H97 or Z97, you could get away with a Z87 for about 47, but you would need to update BIOS before it would work. 

 

I don't know if overclocking is important to you or not...if you dont plan on overclocking, then get a 4690 non-K, use the savings to get an H97/Z97 board.

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My price for the motherboard is no more than £40

 

You wont find a z97 board for £40... the cheapst is £60-£65 and you will need one to overclock that K processor properly!!

 

Dont skimp on the board as the rest of your PC is really well specced

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You wont find a z97 board for £40... the cheapst is £60-£65 and you will need one to overclock that K processor properly!!

 

Dont skimp on the board as the rest of your PC is really well specced

Have to agree with this, good advice.

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If you don't plan to overclock, either Z97 or H97 will work just fine. Geneerally speaking though, the Z97 boards have more features/SLI/etc. They are both about the same price in your region, so I'd just get a Z97.

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