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Heres a decent one:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132121

If you don't plan on overclocking get and H97 Board. I like Asus. If that's too expensive then Asrock is good.

I don't really care about the brand as long as it delivered what i ask for.. and secondly it should also be cheap (not quality wise though) :)

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The FX 6300/8350 is the standard for games nowadays as for you see it in the requirements alot.

" 3 years old the am3 socket is from 5 years ago or somthing "

What are you trying to say?

It's three years old and the H3 is 2?

It's five years and the h3 is still 2?

"and windows 10 dont care it is about the programs not the OS"

what?

WTF standard for games plz go read more forums and more benchmarks

and what is H3 a hummer?

Gaming rig) i5-4690k@3,5ghz,4,1ghz turbo , gigabyte z97x-gaming 3, hyperx fury red 2x4gb(1600mhz), msi GTX 970 gaming 4, corsair cs650m PSU, corsair carbide spec-03 case, be quiet pure rock Cpu cooler, kingston v300 120gb ssd, samsung evo 830 120gb ssd, segate baracuda 1,5tb hdd, Laptop 1) HP pavilion power, i7 7700hq, 16gb ddr4, 256gb nvme ssd, 1tb hdd, nvdia gtx 1050 Laptop 2(linux mint)Dell Xps 15(2011), i3-2130m, nvidia gt525m, 4gb 1333mhz ram, 500gb hdd Laptop3(mint and windows)Dell inspiron 15z(2013), i5-3337u, hd 4000 graphics, 6gb 1600mhz ddr3, 500gb hdd, 32gb ssd(RST) First PC(still using for some windows XP programs)Amd athlon xp 1500+@1,96ghz, 2gb 300mhz ram, PNY geforce 6200, 80gb maxtor hdd, asus(tek) a7n8x-deluxe , 450W psu, spire case

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I've choose i5 4460... now confused which motherboard should I choose not a hardware specialist there are so many to pick

 

Socket 1150 - Intel B85
Socket 1150 - Intel H81
Socket 1150 - Intel H87
Socket 1150 - Intel H97
Socket 1150 - Intel Q87
Socket 1150 - Intel Z87
Socket 1150 - Intel Z97
 
What i want My motherboard should have
  1. a decent sound card,
  2. network adapter
  3. a port where i can add a graphic card if i ever need to add one
  4. USB 3 support 
  5. SATA 3
  6. Socket 1150
  7. at least 16GB memory support
  8. and cheap enough

 

I decided to go with i5 4460 only because its in the same price bracket and highly recommended by others

 

also comes with Intel® HD Graphics 4600 so don't have to buy graphic card straight out. 

 

Regards

a H97 chipset would be decent i would look for somthing like asus or msi those make good mobo's

Gaming rig) i5-4690k@3,5ghz,4,1ghz turbo , gigabyte z97x-gaming 3, hyperx fury red 2x4gb(1600mhz), msi GTX 970 gaming 4, corsair cs650m PSU, corsair carbide spec-03 case, be quiet pure rock Cpu cooler, kingston v300 120gb ssd, samsung evo 830 120gb ssd, segate baracuda 1,5tb hdd, Laptop 1) HP pavilion power, i7 7700hq, 16gb ddr4, 256gb nvme ssd, 1tb hdd, nvdia gtx 1050 Laptop 2(linux mint)Dell Xps 15(2011), i3-2130m, nvidia gt525m, 4gb 1333mhz ram, 500gb hdd Laptop3(mint and windows)Dell inspiron 15z(2013), i5-3337u, hd 4000 graphics, 6gb 1600mhz ddr3, 500gb hdd, 32gb ssd(RST) First PC(still using for some windows XP programs)Amd athlon xp 1500+@1,96ghz, 2gb 300mhz ram, PNY geforce 6200, 80gb maxtor hdd, asus(tek) a7n8x-deluxe , 450W psu, spire case

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So I gave it a shot, how's this? Also, I left the OS up to you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($163.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($105.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($47.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.00 @ Amazon)

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($27.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $473.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-17 14:32 EST-0500

"My game vs my brains, who gets more fatal errors?" ~ Camper125Lv, GMC Jam #15

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Yeah that'll do well for programming. I use 8 GB on my work laptop, but I'm not trying to run VMs at the same time as Visual Studio, so 16GB should be good. If you don't already have it, get yourself a second monitor as well. Also, get the mainboard and CPU together from Microcenter and they'll give you a $40 bundle discount.

Wife's build: Amethyst - Ryzen 9 3900X, 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200, ASUS Prime X570-P, EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 12GB, Corsair Obsidian 750D, Corsair RM1000 (yellow label)

My build: Mira - Ryzen 7 3700X, 32GB EVGA DDR4-3200, ASUS Prime X470-PRO, EVGA RTX 3070 XC3, beQuiet Dark Base 900, EVGA 1000 G6

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So I gave it a shot, how's this? Also, I left the OS up to you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($163.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($105.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($47.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.00 @ Amazon)

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($27.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $473.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-17 14:32 EST-0500

I wish I was in the US but i'm from Manchester UK... therefore those price would be around £500

I've decided to go with intel i5 4460 to run mac on it too...

Thank you very much for you advise though... really appreciate your effort.

 

If you could help me find a good motherboard for my intel core i5 4460 socket LGA1150...

would be highly appreciated

  1. audio chip,
  2. LAN Controller
  3. A PCI gen 3 port (I can add a graphic card, if I ever need to add one)
  4. USB 3 ports 
  5. SATA 3 
  6. Socket 1150
  7. at least 16GB DDR3 memory support
  8. etc. etc with the minimum cost

Regards

Sharif

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I wish I was in the US but i'm from Manchester UK... therefore those price would be around £500

I've decided to go with intel i5 4460 to run mac on it too...

Thank you very much for you advise though... really appreciate your effort.

 

If you could help me finding a good motherboard for my intel core i5 4460 for socket LGA1150 that would be highly appreciable

  • audio chip,
  • LAN Controller
  • A PCI gen 3 port (I can add a graphic card, if I ever need to add one)
  • USB 3 ports 
  • SATA 3 
  • Socket 1150
  • at least 16GB DDR3 memory support
  • etc. etc with the minimum cost
Regards
Ah great! I'm also from the UK! So you have the CPU correct? Then here are the parts (I can make it cheaper though, but this is just the list of parts)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.79 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£73.01 @ Dabs)

Storage: Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£44.54 @ Scan.co.uk)

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.00 @ Amazon UK)

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.95 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£32.99 @ Novatech)

Total: £280.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-17 23:42 GMT+0000

"My game vs my brains, who gets more fatal errors?" ~ Camper125Lv, GMC Jam #15

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Super cheapo version (roughly the same):

Motherboard: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-B85M-DGS-motherboard-LGA1150-Socket/dp/B00MI8D2O8/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1424217151&sr=1-1(£55.79)

RAM: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B008HVGZAI/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new(£60.21)

Storage 1: http://www.amazon.co.uk/KingFast-2710MCJ15-128-Internal-SSD-2-5-inch/dp/B00MJNFJNY/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1424216857&sr=1-1(£37.45)

Storage 2: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-WD1002FBYS-internal-SATA-300/dp/B002CPV2WG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1424216975&sr=1-1(£40.00)

Case: http://www.amazon.co.uk/BitFenix-BFC-NEO-100-WWXKS-RP-Neos-tower-ATX/dp/B00KDR8IJ0/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1424217009&sr=1-1-fkmr0(£33.95)

PSU: http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/EVGA/100-W1-0430-KR.html?#utm_source=affiliatewindow&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=PCPartPicker(£32.99)

Total: £200.18

Everything includes P&P

You can still make this cheaper if you look hard enough and/or get used components.

"My game vs my brains, who gets more fatal errors?" ~ Camper125Lv, GMC Jam #15

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