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I am looking for a cheap but good mobo that supports LGA 1151 (ofcourse pcie slot(s)) and DDR4-3200mhz RAM or better

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any reason why you are saying you need 3200? You won't see much of a difference from 1600...

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Why so fast RAM speeds? if you drop it down to something reasonable like 2400Mhz, then you might be able to get a 100USD motherboard

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1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

Why so fast RAM speeds? if you drop it down to something reasonable like 2400Mhz, then you might be able to get a 100USD motherboard

Why not?

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Just now, Daan Verhoeven said:

Why not?

Because it doesn't matter and just costs more money

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2 minutes ago, Daan Verhoeven said:

I am looking for a cheap but good mobo that supports LGA 1151 (ofcourse pcie slot(s)) and DDR4-3200mhz RAM or better

The cheapest Z170 you can get, other motherboards with non-enthusiast chipsets will run your RAM at a maximum speed of 2133MHz

 

If you do get a Z170, you'll have to manually set the RAM for that speed

 

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Why not?

Because it will make you buy a more expensive motherboard, and will cost more money, for very small gains (you might gain 5 fps if you're running a GTX 1070 and a high-end CPU).

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2 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Why so fast RAM speeds? if you drop it down to something reasonable like 2400Mhz, then you might be able to get a 100USD motherboard

So DDR4-2133mhz RAM isn't reasonable?

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So DDR4-2133mhz RAM isn't reasonable?

Of course it is.. You won't see any difference for day to day tasks with higher clocked memory. 

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1 minute ago, Daan Verhoeven said:

So DDR4-2133mhz RAM isn't reasonable?

it's very reasonable. that's a good speed for RAM to be at

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3 minutes ago, Daan Verhoeven said:

Why not?

the ASUS Z170-A Supports up to 3400Mhz RAM if you are determined to use high-speed expensive RAM

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1 minute ago, Energycore said:

The cheapest Z170 you can get, other motherboards with non-enthusiast chipsets will run your RAM at a maximum speed of 2133MHz

 

If you do get a Z170, you'll have to manually set the RAM for that speed

 

Because it will make you buy a more expensive motherboard, and will cost more money, for very small gains (you might gain 5 fps if you're running a GTX 1070 and a high-end CPU).

So could I get away with DRR4-2133mhz RAM with a R7 370 4GB EDITION and a i3 6100 without having the RAM bottleneck or anything?

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4 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

the ASUS Z170-A Supports up to 3400Mhz RAM if you are determined to use high-speed expensive RAM

So could I get away with DRR4-2133mhz RAM with a R7 370 4GB EDITION and a i3 6100 without having the RAM bottleneck or anything?

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6 minutes ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

Of course it is.. You won't see any difference for day to day tasks with higher clocked memory. 

So could I get away with DRR4-2133mhz RAM with a R7 370 4GB EDITION and a i3 6100 without having the RAM bottleneck or anything?

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1 minute ago, Daan Verhoeven said:

So could I get away with DRR4-2133mhz RAM with a R7 370 4GB EDITION and a i3 6100 without having the RAM bottleneck or anything?

yeah that is fine. You can get away with 1333 mhz ram if you really wanted to. Any reason why you are going with a r7 370 tho?

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Just now, EnemySp0tt3d said:

yeah that is fine. You can get away with 1333 mhz ram if you really wanted to. Any reason why you are going with a r7 370 tho?

Errr, Is that a bad graphics card or something?

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Errr, Is that a bad graphics card or something?

I mean, there are much better options for a lower price out there.

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1 minute ago, Daan Verhoeven said:

So could I get away with DRR4-2133mhz RAM with a R7 370 4GB EDITION and a i3 6100 without having the RAM bottleneck or anything?

 

1 minute ago, Daan Verhoeven said:

So could I get away with DRR4-2133mhz RAM with a R7 370 4GB EDITION and a i3 6100 without having the RAM bottleneck or anything?

 

6 minutes ago, Daan Verhoeven said:

So could I get away with DRR4-2133mhz RAM with a R7 370 4GB EDITION and a i3 6100 without having the RAM bottleneck or anything?

Yes absolutely. I have a GTX 1070 and i7 4770K using DDR3-1600Mhz RAM. I don't think there is any bottleneck

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2 minutes ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

I mean, there are much better options for a lower price out there.

For example?

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9 minutes ago, Daan Verhoeven said:

So could I get away with DRR4-2133mhz RAM with a R7 370 4GB EDITION and a i3 6100 without having the RAM bottleneck or anything?

Yes you could. 2133MHz is plenty.

 

If you haven't bought that R7 370, there is a better option for less in the GTX 1050, or the RX 460 which is about the same but should cost much less.

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1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Yes you could. 2133MHz is plenty.

 

If you haven't bought that R7 370, there is a better option for less in the GTX 1050, or the RX 460 which is about the same but should cost much less.

I already have the R7 370, But it's still fine for modern games 1080p medium - high setting at 60fps?

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1 minute ago, Daan Verhoeven said:

Errr, Is that a bad graphics card or something?

No, but if you don't already have it, get something like the RX 470

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2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Yes you could. 2133MHz is plenty.

 

If you haven't bought that R7 370, there is a better option for less in the GTX 1050, or the RX 460 which is about the same but should cost much less.

nah not the 460. That one is really weak

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I already have the R7 370, But it's still fine for modern games 1080p medium - high setting at 60fps?

You might have to do less than medium at times, but yeah it can still play games.

 

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

nah not the 460. That one is really weak

It's not worse than a R7 370 :P

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2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

You might have to do less than medium at times, but yeah it can still play games.

 

It's not worse than a R7 370 :P

 

4 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

nah not the 460. That one is really weak

4 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

nah not the 460. That one is really weak

R7 370 4GB edition Is about as good as the RX 460 4GB edition

 

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