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I'm fine with a B150M Motherboard. But I don't really know much about there models if there are any drawbacks to them.

Are you saying your budget for $600 is for motherboard only or for: CPU, motherboard and RAM?

 

 

 

If you don't need feature rich motherboards B150 motherboards are fine (Budget/business)

 

 

Like the Gigabyte B150M is the motherboards I use for all my clients.

 

Relatively inexpensive, but has all the PCI-E slots you need. No SLI though.

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5516

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So I just got a new network card like 10 mins ago, Went to put it in my System to find that my system does not have a 4x PCIe slot :P

 

And my question is, I need a motherboard that can support AT LEAST a 4x and a 16x PCIe slot, Supports Skylake CPU's and DDR3 RAM*

Got any good motherboards in mind? and I don't have a lot of cash at the moment (Budget $600 NZ)

 

*DDR3 RAM is what I would prefer at the moment, If the motherboard has DDR4 slots you may post it still :) )

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There are only a few motherboards that will support DDR3 for Skylake. Most of these are B150M motherboards.

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There are only a few motherboards that will support DDR3 for Skylake. Most of these are B150M motherboards.

 

I'm fine with a B150M Motherboard. But I don't really know much about there models if there are any drawbacks to them.

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I'm fine with a B150M Motherboard. But I don't really know much about there models if there are any drawbacks to them.

Are you saying your budget for $600 is for motherboard only or for: CPU, motherboard and RAM?

 

 

 

If you don't need feature rich motherboards B150 motherboards are fine (Budget/business)

 

 

Like the Gigabyte B150M is the motherboards I use for all my clients.

 

Relatively inexpensive, but has all the PCI-E slots you need. No SLI though.

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5516

|CPU: Intel 5960X|MOBO:Rampage V Extreme|GPU:EVGA 980Ti SC 2 - Way SLI|RAM:G-Skill 32GB|CASE:900D|PSU:CorsairAX1200i|DISPLAY :Dell U2412M X3|SSD Intel 750 400GB, 2X Samsung 850 Pro|

Peripherals : | MOUSE : Logitech G602 | KEYBOARD: K70 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) | NAS: Synology DS1515+  - WD RED 3TB X 5|ROUTER: AC68U

Sound : | HEADPHONES: Sennheiser HD800 SPEAKERS: B&W CM9 (Front floorstanding) ,  B&W CM Center 2 (Centre) | AV RECEIVER : Denon 3806 | MY X99 BUILD LOG!

 

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Are you saying your budget for $600 is for motherboard only or for: CPU, motherboard and RAM?

 

 

 

If you don't need feature rich motherboards B150 motherboards are fine (Budget/business)

 

 

Like the Gigabyte B150M is the motherboards I use for all my clients.

 

Relatively inexpensive, but has all the PCI-E slots you need. No SLI though.

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5516

yeah thats like 400, but I dont know how much importing stuff costs to get there, so Idk actual prices...

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yeah thats like 400, but I dont know how much importing stuff costs to get there, so Idk actual prices...

What do you mean? It's $150 NZ ?

 

https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/Gigabyte-GA-B150M-D3H-DDR3-Motherboard/23955380

http://www.dragonpc.co.nz/p.aspx?316404

http://www.impc.co.nz/products/sy_70083.html?utm_source=pricespy&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pricespy&ref=pricespy

|CPU: Intel 5960X|MOBO:Rampage V Extreme|GPU:EVGA 980Ti SC 2 - Way SLI|RAM:G-Skill 32GB|CASE:900D|PSU:CorsairAX1200i|DISPLAY :Dell U2412M X3|SSD Intel 750 400GB, 2X Samsung 850 Pro|

Peripherals : | MOUSE : Logitech G602 | KEYBOARD: K70 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) | NAS: Synology DS1515+  - WD RED 3TB X 5|ROUTER: AC68U

Sound : | HEADPHONES: Sennheiser HD800 SPEAKERS: B&W CM9 (Front floorstanding) ,  B&W CM Center 2 (Centre) | AV RECEIVER : Denon 3806 | MY X99 BUILD LOG!

 

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What CPU do you have?

i7 6700, Not over clockable and Im not planning to OC in years to come...

 

Are you saying your budget for $600 is for motherboard only or for: CPU, motherboard and RAM?

 

 

 

If you don't need feature rich motherboards B150 motherboards are fine (Budget/business)

 

 

Like the Gigabyte B150M is the motherboards I use for all my clients.

 

Relatively inexpensive, but has all the PCI-E slots you need. No SLI though.

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5516

$600 for Motherboard, But if I need to get DDR4 Ram I would like the ram to be in the price too. I can go a bit over the budget though.

 

That Motherboard though looks perfect for me, I like the look and I don't even care if it has no SLI lol. Also like that it does have a M.2 slot

 

EDIT: Just found one at my Local dealer, Good budget price for me. Supports DDR3 RAM, Has the slots. Only thing I hate is the rainbow front panel holes lol

 

What motherboard did you buy?

Asus H150M-A D3

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So I just got a new network card like 10 mins ago, Went to put it in my System to find that my system does not have a 4x PCIe slot :P

 

And my question is, I need a motherboard that can support AT LEAST a 4x and a 16x PCIe slot, Supports Skylake CPU's and DDR3 RAM*

Got any good motherboards in mind? and I don't have a lot of cash at the moment (Budget $600 NZ)

 

*DDR3 RAM is what I would prefer at the moment, If the motherboard has DDR4 slots you may post it still :) )

 

And you don't have an open 8x slot either? 

 

because you can fit a 4x card in anything bigger, too.

 

Technically you can probably even jam it in a 1x slot, if you saw out part of it. It's still plenty fast at 1GB/s (assuming it's PCIe 3.0)

 

EDIT: i don't recommend destroying PCIe slots, I added that just for reference

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600 nzd = 398.(i dont care)usd thats what i mean

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And you don't have an open 8x slot either? 

 

because you can fit a 4x card in anything bigger, too.

 

Technically you can probably even jam it in a 1x slot, if you saw out part of it. It's still plenty fast at 1GB/s (assuming it's PCIe 3.0)

 

EDIT: i don't recommend destroying PCIe slots, I added that just for reference

 

I like the idea but I like having warranty on my Motherboards lol. And yes there is no 8x slot, its 16x 1x 1x :P

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And you don't have an open 8x slot either? 

 

because you can fit a 4x card in anything bigger, too.

 

Technically you can probably even jam it in a 1x slot, if you saw out part of it. It's still plenty fast at 1GB/s (assuming it's PCIe 3.0)

 

EDIT: i don't recommend destroying PCIe slots, I added that just for reference

neither does linus he has a video were he did it...

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neither does linus he has a video were he did it...

 

That comment reminds me of when he sawed a part off a GTX 980 so it could fit in a server mobo... I cringed so hard I nearly cried :D

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That comment reminds me of when he sawed a part off a GTX 980 so it could fit in a server mobo... I cringed so hard I nearly cried :D

yeah the old motherboard getting cut was much less painful

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neither does linus he has a video were he did it...

 

I probably learned that info from him, too.

 

He does a lot of stupid stuff like that though, Still baffled how he always gets it to work.

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i7 6700, Not over clockable and Im not planning to OC in years to come...

 

$600 for Motherboard, But if I need to get DDR4 Ram I would like the ram to be in the price too. I can go a bit over the budget though.

 

That Motherboard though looks perfect for me, I like the look and I don't even care if it has no SLI lol. Also like that it does have a M.2 slot

 

EDIT: Just found one at my Local dealer, Good budget price for me. Supports DDR3 RAM, Has the slots. Only thing I hate is the rainbow front panel holes lol

 

Asus H150M-A D3

You can use a PCIe 4x card in a 16X slot.

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Still baffled how he always gets it to work.

trail and error my friend (the wonders of video editing probably also help)

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You can use a PCIe 4x card in a 16X slot.

 

I did know this but my mobo only has 1 x16 being used by my GPU

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I did know this but my mobo only has 1 x16 being used by my GPU

Sorry, the image I looked at wasn't for your board.

 

I will say if you cut the back off your PCIe 1x slot, you can put a PCIe 4x expansion card in there and it will most likely work, but don't.

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