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Tenge500
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1. Could you recommend a motherboard for gaming? 

Budget:

Maximum $200.

 

Should support: 

- any core i5 and i7 cpu's

- at least 2-way SLI (I only use nvidia cards) compatible 

- highspeed DDR3 ram (high speed starts from 1,8ghz/stick for me) up to 32gb.

- quad channel memory (important)

 

Thanks.

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socket 1150?

 

MSI Z97 Gaming 5

 

Asus Z97-A

 

and Z97 only supports Dual Channel RAM

 

quad channel are only for X79 and X99

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Any core i5-i7 CPU is a very broad spectrum... Which socket? :P

 

For 1150 (Current Gen) Gigabyte GA-Z97X Gaming 5 or Asus Z97-AR would be pretty good choices.

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You won't find Quad-Channel memory on mainstream chipsets(Z97/H97/B85/H81 etc) but may I ask you why do you want Quad Channel?

 

We can't make a difference between Single and Dual Channel DDR3 in normal usage, let alone Quad Channel. Also..speeds don't matter so much as long as they're decent(say 1333Mhz/1600Mhz/1866Mhz).

 

The difference will be insignificant even next to none in gaming....

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1. Could you recommend a motherboard for gaming? 

Budget:

Maximum $200.

 

Should support: 

- any core i5 and i7 cpu's

- at least 2-way SLI (I only use nvidia cards) compatible 

- highspeed DDR3 ram (high speed starts from 1,8ghz/stick for me) up to 32gb.

 

 

Thanks.

*- quad channel memory (important)

DDR3 can only be used on DUAL-CHANNEL mode wit socket 1150 CPU's...no quad-channel.

 

For motherboard i'd recommend the MSI Z97 Gaming 5 or Z97 G45 Gaming motherboards.

Or Asus Z97-AR , Z97-A or Z97-E

If you build a black and white system look at the MSI Z97S Kraith motherboard.

Black and blue: MSI Z97 G55 SLI.

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| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
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Z97X-SLI I guess... quad channel & superspeed RAM aren't necessary at all for gaming.

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dont even know if OP read the tread :/

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