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[zehao39]

Hi

My mother board and the cpu are died on me. So I am looking for a new cpu and new mobo, do you guys have any idea what I should get around 300$.

here is my old set up

[The_Denks]

1 minute ago, zehao39 said:

Hi

My mother board and the cpu are died on me. So I am looking for a new cpu and new mobo, do you guys have any idea what I should get around 300$.

here is my old set up

6600K

Asus Z170-A

Some new DDR4

 

Total cost about 400-ish

For 300, you could drop that 6600K down to a 6100

[Matias_Chambers]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/TTvbsY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/TTvbsY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($39.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($68.00 @ Newegg) 
Total: $302.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-04 15:03 EDT-0400

[Enderman]

Maybe i5 6400/6500 and a cheap ASUS z170 motherboard, one of the models below the Z170-a.

[Enderman]

Just now, wrathoftheturkey said:

Why Z170 without a K processor?

Future upgradeability to 7700k?

[brob]

The motherboard is mATX and should be able to use the existing memory module.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A D3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($59.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $254.38
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-04 15:11 EDT-0400

[zehao39]

will it be a good idea buy some used CPU? if it is, any idea?