Best gaming motherboard for i5-6500 under 100?

[Senix]

I am going to be building my first PC in about a month (when school's out), and just have picking the motherboard left. I don't have much of a budget so I'm looking for a $100 or less one in price, and full ATX for the size since I personally find all the space left by smaller boards to be hideous in the s340. 

This is my current build, with a motherboard recommended by someone else (tho it looks a lot uglier than some gigabyte ones for the same price). I want to make sure that there aren't any better choices. 

Also, my overall budget is 800 with the operating system, so I can't go farther than the price it's currently at.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/x4qWnQ

[Imakuni]

5 minutes ago, Senix said:

I am going to be building my first PC in about a month (when school's out), and just have picking the motherboard left. I don't have much of a budget so I'm looking for a $100 or less one in price, and full ATX for the size since I personally find all the space left by smaller boards to be hideous in the s340. 

This is my current build, with a motherboard recommended by someone else (tho it looks a lot uglier than some gigabyte ones for the same price). I want to make sure that there aren't any better choices. 

Also, my overall budget is 800 with the operating system, so I can't go farther than the price it's currently at.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/x4qWnQ

A few changes:

1. This RAM is cheaper, and it also offers the potential to have 16gb in the future: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-hx424c15fb8
2. Go here and pick the very first one that suits your liking. There really isn't much of a difference between them.

[Senix]

1 minute ago, Imakuni said:

A few changes:

1. This RAM is cheaper, and it also offers the potential to have 16gb in the future: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-hx424c15fb8
2. Go here and pick the very first one that suits your liking. There really isn't much of a difference between them.

The reason I'm going with 2x4 is because the motherboard I go with will (most likely) have 4 ram slots, and that means that 1) I have space to add ram later 2) Dual channel, even if its said to be useless its not hurting to have 3) 2/4 slots filled looks better than 1/4. 

If I do pick a motherboard with 2 slots, I'll go with 1x8. 

[Imakuni]

2 minutes ago, Senix said:

The reason I'm going with 2x4 is because the motherboard I go with will (most likely) have 4 ram slots, and that means that 1) I have space to add ram later 2) Dual channel, even if its said to be useless its not hurting to have 3) 2/4 slots filled looks better than 1/4. 

If I do pick a motherboard with 2 slots, I'll go with 1x8. 

I'd rather invest those 20$ on a 380x rather than a 4 slot mobo. But that's me...

[Moonzy]

build looks fine as it is, that motherboard is one of the few cheapest ATX motherboards that i would recommend `-`

 

unless you wanna go mATX, and pick an mATX case

[Senix]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

build looks fine as it is, that motherboard is one of the few cheapest ATX motherboards that i would recommend `-`

 

unless you wanna go mATX, and pick an mATX case

What do you think of this one (which would you pick, original or this?)

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah170d3hp

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Senix said:

What do you think of this one?

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah170d3hp

not bad either

tbh, motherboards doesnt matter as long as they do what you want

 

though i generally stick to asus boards due to fan xpert

but msi and gigabyte makes fine boards too

[The_Denks]

1 hour ago, Senix said:

I am going to be building my first PC in about a month (when school's out), and just have picking the motherboard left. I don't have much of a budget so I'm looking for a $100 or less one in price, and full ATX for the size since I personally find all the space left by smaller boards to be hideous in the s340. 

This is my current build, with a motherboard recommended by someone else (tho it looks a lot uglier than some gigabyte ones for the same price). I want to make sure that there aren't any better choices. 

Also, my overall budget is 800 with the operating system, so I can't go farther than the price it's currently at.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/x4qWnQ

Not sure under $100, but for a full ATX from a great brand, the Asus Z-170 A is a great choice. Im using it and it is amazing