Mobo for i5-6600k with ddr3 under 100$?


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32 minutes ago, killer0pro said:

Help know any of those?

You will need DDR4 for the i5-6600k

 

Edit :  Early  :(  These are DDR4 boards ... not what you requested.

 

ASrock Z170 Pro 4 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157635  (89.00 after rebate)

MSI Z170A - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130902 (88.00 after rebate)

ASUS Z170-E - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132691 (86.00 after rebate)

 

I would go with the ASUS out of the three.

 

 

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Just now, jjkusaf said:

You will need DDR4 for the i5-6600k

 

ASrock Z170 Pro 4 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157635  (89.00 after rebate)

MSI Z170A - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130902 (88.00 after rebate)

ASUS Z170-E - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132691 (86.00 after rebate)

 

I would go with the ASUS out of the three.

How does that work? There is such a thing DDR3L right? Or is it not all of the new CPUs support it?

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/sigh.  Too early.  

 

ASrock H100M  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157648 ($62)

ASUS H170M-E D3  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132579  ($95)

 

I guess the ASUS.  Now, the problem is you'll be hard pressed to find the DDR3 and Z chipset (for the 6600K) below a hundred dollars.  If you haven't bought the 6600K yet....then suggest you get the regular i5-6600.  If you have the 6600K in hand...I would get one of the aforementioned boards (like the ASUS Z170-E)  and grab 8/16GB of DDR for between 30-60 bucks.  But...if you absolutely need a board, for under a hundred bucks, I think the H170M-E will be fine.

 

11 minutes ago, Danielx64 said:

How does that work? There is such a thing DDR3L right? Or is it not all of the new CPUs support it?

naaa...just early.  Not everything is clicking yet. :) 

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13 minutes ago, killer0pro said:

Yep ... over a hundred bucks though. :)  Please note it will not support SLI...if that is a big deal for you.  It has a Z170 chipset so you can overclock your 6600K as well as the usual stuff...it has some of the latest features like USB 3.1.  I have not seen any reviews of it on the web ... but it is ASUS ... meets your requirements ... I do not see anything glaringly wrong with it. :)

 

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15 hours ago, slamfire92 said:

Do you already have DDR3? If not, DDR4 is cheap now. Why limit yourself?

 

I have ddr3.

 

16 hours ago, jjkusaf said:

Yep ... over a hundred bucks though. :)  Please note it will not support SLI...if that is a big deal for you.  It has a Z170 chipset so you can overclock your 6600K as well as the usual stuff...it has some of the latest features like USB 3.1.  I have not seen any reviews of it on the web ... but it is ASUS ... meets your requirements ... I do not see anything glaringly wrong with it. :)

 

Few buks wont hurt, have something might better for more then 100$ to suggest?

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DDR3L (the only non-DDR4 for Z170 motherboards) actually costs more (not less) than DDR4.  If anything, DDR4 and non-low-voltage (the L on DDR3L stands for low-voltage - it is also incompatible with standard DDR3 chipsets) have price parity today.

The issue with Skylake vs. Haswell was not component price, for the most part - but component availability (specifically, there is STILL no Skylake equivalent to the G3258 - which is the Haswell CPU I went with); further, I already HAD 8GB of DDR3 (from a previously-planned build when I went into a stall).

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34 minutes ago, PGHammer said:

DDR3L (the only non-DDR4 for Z170 motherboards) actually costs more (not less) than DDR4.  If anything, DDR4 and non-low-voltage (the L on DDR3L stands for low-voltage - it is also incompatible with standard DDR3 chipsets) have price parity today.

Note on this DDR3L can run at 1.35 OR 1.5 and should be compatible with standard DDR3 chipset.  I happen to know this because we are using it now in 3 different models of machines with regular chips.

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