Mom and Pop Skylake Build

[Guest]

There are some Skylake board that support DDR3

http://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/anton-shilov/asrock-unveils-mainboard-for-skylake-cpus-with-ddr3-and-dd4-memory-slots/

Plenty are still made. Look at the G3258    What about those B150 motherboards that use DDR3(L)?

Skylake does only officaly support DDR4 and DDR3L, sticking in a DDR3 stick will technically work but can hurt the CPU. Intel warned about this. Motherboard manufactures gave 0 fucks, they want to sell more "ddr3 comptaible" skylake motherboards.

[Guest]

Can't you tune down the voltage?

in theory, yes

in practice, never tried

[CJ Chua]

in theory, yes

in practice, never tried

Lol, true story.

 

Here OP I made you another one. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($125.98 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($161.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.90 @ Mac Mall) 

Total: $613.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[Guest]

Can't you tune down the voltage?

If you have DDR3 stick and successfully undervolt them to 1.35 volts with them still being stable, yes it should work.

[CJ Chua]

Thanks dude you teached me a lot of things. And also, 1.35V is stable roght

[stconquest]

Thanks RaptorCandy and Bobhays  for helping me out.I don't have Fractals available in my country so will have to go with another case.

 

Do ATX PSUs fit in microATX cases...?

 

hmm thinking whether to go with

 

(H170M D3H + i3 6100) 

OR

(i3-4130+ H97M D3H+ 120GB SSD).

I have a 500GB HDD  from my old PC.

 

Please Advise ...

 

Go with that.

 

Yes ATX PSUs fit in mATX cases.  They fit in many mITX cases too. 

[The_Stig]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($125.98 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($78.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.90 @ Mac Mall) 

Total: $381.74

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Here, it has no GPU (Integrated will be fine), No over-expensive mobo, and will be all you need for web surfing. Keep in mind, a chromebook is fine for web surfing, you dont need a 270x for that.

[NumLock21]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($125.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($13.00 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($90.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $468.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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