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Which mobo for 13600KF?

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17 minutes ago, OneTechBoi said:

I saw a MSI B760 Gaming Plus motherboard that supports up to 6800MHz for 160 USD. Is that motherboard any good?

Yup, for Intel platform, MSI is absolutely crushing the competition, especially in stress test and cooling for your CPU

Probably the only downside (it's a very niche nitpick) for this board, is that it only has two NVME slot and only has one heatsink for the NVME, while other brand such as Gigabyte Aorus has three NVME slot and heatsink for all NVME

For heatsink is actually really simple and cheap to buy on the after market, but even that is not necessary if you're using the other NVME slot for mass storage

 

So in summary, MSI B760 Gaming Plus is a really good choice without the most bells and whistle

 

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I'm undecided between the Z790, Z690, and B760 mobos for my i5 13600KF CPU, as I'm concerned about investing an extra $80 for minimal performance improvements. My primary use will be gaming with occasional light video editing. My specs include 32GB DDR5 6400MHz RAM and a 1TB NVMe SSD. My budget is around $240. Any ideas? Your guidance will mean a lot! Thanks!

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Depending on how you value CPU overclocking

i5-13600KF doesn't really give huge FPS advantage with overclock, so if you're budget conscious,  better to stick with motherboard without CPU overclock

 

Over 3 variant of motherboard Raptor lake, only Z790 is capable of CPU overclock

Z690 offers more lane for chipset, but the FPS difference and cooling compared to B760 is indistinguishable

So I would recommend B760, but please check on motherboard capability to overclock your RAM to 6400MHz

Because some budget B760 motherboard only support to 5600MHz 

 

 

 

 

 

My System: Ryzen 7800X3D // Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX // 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Silicon Power Zenith CL30 // Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC with mod heatsink on the metal plate  // Phanteks P300A  // Gigabyte Aorus GEN4 7300 PCIE 4.0 NVME // Kingston NV2 Gen4 PCIE 4.0 NVME // 

Seasonic Focus GX-850 Fully Modular // Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 Black V3 // Phanteks M25 140mm // Display: Bezel 32MD845 V2 QHD // Keychron K8 Pro (Mod: Gateron black box ink; Tape mode on PCB and Keycaps) // Razer Cobra Wired Mouse // Audio Technica M50X Headphone // Sennheiser HD 650 // Genius SP-HF180 USB Speaker //

 

And Laptop Acer Nitro 5 AN515-45 for mobility

Phone:

iPhone 11 (with battery replaced instead of buying new phone for long term and not submitting (fully) to Apple Lord

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4 minutes ago, ImWilly said:

So I would recommend B760, but please check on motherboard capability to overclock your RAM to 6400MHz

Because some budget B760 motherboard only support to 5600MHz 

I saw a MSI B760 Gaming Plus motherboard that supports up to 6800MHz for 160 USD. Is that motherboard any good?

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17 minutes ago, OneTechBoi said:

I saw a MSI B760 Gaming Plus motherboard that supports up to 6800MHz for 160 USD. Is that motherboard any good?

Yup, for Intel platform, MSI is absolutely crushing the competition, especially in stress test and cooling for your CPU

Probably the only downside (it's a very niche nitpick) for this board, is that it only has two NVME slot and only has one heatsink for the NVME, while other brand such as Gigabyte Aorus has three NVME slot and heatsink for all NVME

For heatsink is actually really simple and cheap to buy on the after market, but even that is not necessary if you're using the other NVME slot for mass storage

 

So in summary, MSI B760 Gaming Plus is a really good choice without the most bells and whistle

 

My System: Ryzen 7800X3D // Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX // 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Silicon Power Zenith CL30 // Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC with mod heatsink on the metal plate  // Phanteks P300A  // Gigabyte Aorus GEN4 7300 PCIE 4.0 NVME // Kingston NV2 Gen4 PCIE 4.0 NVME // 

Seasonic Focus GX-850 Fully Modular // Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 Black V3 // Phanteks M25 140mm // Display: Bezel 32MD845 V2 QHD // Keychron K8 Pro (Mod: Gateron black box ink; Tape mode on PCB and Keycaps) // Razer Cobra Wired Mouse // Audio Technica M50X Headphone // Sennheiser HD 650 // Genius SP-HF180 USB Speaker //

 

And Laptop Acer Nitro 5 AN515-45 for mobility

Phone:

iPhone 11 (with battery replaced instead of buying new phone for long term and not submitting (fully) to Apple Lord

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