i5 6500 vs 6400

[Zbtr]

My mobo and my cpu is fried so i decided to build an intel chipset.

İ liked msi b150m mortar and b150 gaming m3. Mortar is 25$ cheaper as 6400. Shouls i spend more for b150 m3 and 6500.

Also if i buy ddr3 mobo not the ddr4 it is a verry bad idea?

[don_svetlio]

Mortar + i5 6400

[FruitBasketSilex]

Mortar + i5 6400

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[Zbtr]

i5 6400 is like 235$ i5 6500 is 260$. 25$ doesnt worth the performance?

[riklaunim]

6400->6500->6600... depends how much single core performance you need. I got 6600 as it was priced closely to 6500. I skipped 6600K as it was priced higher and I don't plan to overclock and I would like lower TDP for less heat and thus less cooling noise.

 

I was looking on MSI boards as well, like the Mortar, but just went with a cheaper solution of  keeping DDR3. The board I picked - Asrock  B150M Combo-G actually allows 2 DDR3 or 2 DDR4 sticks to be used so it has the freedom of memory type at the expense of not using 4 dimm sets.

[WildCAt]

Also if i buy ddr3 mobo not the ddr4 it is a verry bad idea?

Only if you have low-power DDR3L. Otherwise, 1.5 volt can burn your mobo...

Random-found proof 

http://techfrag.com/2015/09/30/report-skylake-may-get-burned-use-ddr3-memory/

[riklaunim]

Only if you have low-power DDR3L. Otherwise, 1.5 volt can burn your mobo...

Random-found proof 

http://techfrag.com/2015/09/30/report-skylake-may-get-burned-use-ddr3-memory/

 

Some motherboard maker design may go into play to prevent this. Like the BayTrail CPU supports up to 8GB of DDR3L only while some vendors like Asrock gave 16GB support and DDR3/DDR3L. So if the issue is known then they ought to handle it by voltage converters, optoisolation or whatnot - if an official supported 1.5V DDR3 burns CPU then the vendor would look really bad.