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Tips on picking motherboard?

Inb4uall
By Inb4uall
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My first build was a dual-booting hackintosh. As a result the different Mobo's that I could choose from were extremely limited. This time around I'm just going straight windows but I'm not really sure what to look for in a motherboard. I really want to use the FT03 mini in the build so that narrows my choices down to mitx. What do I look for to narrow it down further and find the right board for me? 

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Hackintosh eh? Stick with Gigabyte, and check the compatibility checker here

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Hackintosh eh? Stick with Gigabyte, and check the compatibility checker here

Thanks but that was my last build. I actually did use tony mac last time. The problem is because I was basically told what Mobo to use I really have no idea how to go about picking one for a normal windows computer. 

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Don't get shit, get something with USB-3 and the chipset you want. For example, if I wanted to get a motherboard for my build with an Intel Haswell-E CPU, I would look up reviews, find one with loads of USB 3 or in the future, USB Type C and if I wanted to do overclocking, I would get a Z97 chipset mobo

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It all depends on what your budget is and what CPU you will be using.

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