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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170gamingk3eu,msi-motherboard-h170agamingpro,msi-motherboard-z170atomahawk/

 

My build: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£160.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI H170A Gaming Pro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£95.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£34.63 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£70.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380X 4GB DD BLACK EDITION OC Video Card  (£184.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £56.00) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £62.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (£22.00) 
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (Purchased For £118.00) 
Total: £845.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£69.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£34.63 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£70.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.90 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£259.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £56.00)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £62.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (£22.00)
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (Purchased For £118.00)
Total: £889.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£69.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£34.63 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£70.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.90 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£259.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £56.00)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £62.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (£22.00)
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (Purchased For £118.00)
Total: £889.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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1. asked mobo question not build question

2.its more expensive.

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2 minutes ago, ppppppp said:

1. asked mobo question not build question

2.its more expensive.

Eh, you can go with a 120GB SSD to fit the 390 - it's definitely worth it - 390 is around 35-40% more powerful than a 380X

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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1 minute ago, ppppppp said:

1. asked mobo question not build question

2.its more expensive.

just gona say that those $40 are going to be worth it also if you dont give a crap about that go for the more expensive MSI one IMO

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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8 minutes ago, ppppppp said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170gamingk3eu,msi-motherboard-h170agamingpro,msi-motherboard-z170atomahawk/

 

My build: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£160.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI H170A Gaming Pro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£95.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£34.63 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£70.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380X 4GB DD BLACK EDITION OC Video Card  (£184.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £56.00) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £62.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (£22.00) 
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (Purchased For £118.00) 
Total: £845.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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have you considered z97 since its lower priced and not too much performance losted

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Did someone say "best value"?

Beat me. :D

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£160.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£52.95 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£29.80 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£259.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£73.17 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £644.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-24 20:52 BST+0100

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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Just now, Shahnewaz said:

Did someone say "best value"?

Beat me. :D

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£160.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£52.95 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£29.80 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£259.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£73.17 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £644.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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That is great but 3 things

1. The question was about my motherboard (hence the location of the post)

2.I would much prefer an atx build (with a atx mobo)

3.I was going for a r&b color scheme (generic I know)

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1 minute ago, ppppppp said:

That is great but 3 things

1. The question was about my motherboard (hence the location of the post)

2.I would much prefer an atx build (with a atx mobo)

3.I was going for a r&b color scheme (generic I know)

I believe this exact same question about the motherboard has been answered in the previous topic made by you? o.O

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, ppppppp said:

nope, completely different array of mobos and i wasn't answered.

Doesn't look like a lot has changed. In fact, the only thing that changed was the motherboard. And we did have a little discussion about your motherboard choice.

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Shahnewaz said:

Doesn't look like a lot has changed. In fact, the only thing that changed was the motherboard. And we did have a little discussion about your motherboard choice.

OMG listen!! this post is about which motherboard is the best, LOOK AT FIRST LINK.

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26 minutes ago, ppppppp said:

OMG listen!! this post is about which motherboard is the best, LOOK AT FIRST LINK.

Why? What did you tell me to say this is a post about motherboards only? How am I supposed to know that?

All you did was put a PCPartPicker comparison link at the top, then your build at the bottom, and THAT'S IT!

Don't blame me for your poor clarity post.

 

It's hard to tell which motherboard has the best "value". One motherboard can have more of A, and one can have more of B, and depending on your use case, you might value A more than B, or vice versa. It's not simply "which motherboard crammed the most stuff with the least cost" or something like that.

So it's a pretty moot point. Get the cheapest motherboard that gives you all the ports, expansion capabilities and features you need, and call it a day.

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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20 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

Why? What did you tell me to say this is a post about motherboards only? How am I supposed to know that?

All you did was put a PCPartPicker comparison link at the top, then your build at the bottom, and THAT'S IT!

Don't blame me for your poor clarity post.

 

It's hard to tell which motherboard has the best "value". One motherboard can have more of A, and one can have more of B, and depending on your use case, you might value A more than B, or vice versa. It's not simply "which motherboard crammed the most stuff with the least cost" or something like that.

So it's a pretty moot point. Get the cheapest motherboard that gives you all the ports, expansion capabilities and features you need, and call it a day.

ok thanks but "which is the best value" wouldn't really make any sense if I was talking about my build, now would it?

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Maybe switch out 8gb Ram for 16gb (doesnt cost much more, but is much more future proof).

 

Monitor: Please, do NOT buy an TN Panel.. It just sucks. Take an IPS, or at least AMVA+.

For example:

-  LG Electronics 24MP47HQ-P (the newer one)

-  LG Electronics 24MB56HQ-B

 

 

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2 hours ago, ppppppp said:

ok thanks but "which is the best value" wouldn't really make any sense if I was talking about my build, now would it?

Aaaaaand now we're back to build planning!

I believe you've got enough advice from all of us to finalize your build. If you have more questions, feel free to post on your build plan thread.

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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