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Cheapest motherboard w/ i5-4590 and GTX970?

jgav8
Honored Guest
What is the cheapest motherboard I can get that will work with an i5 4590, gtx 970 and 8 gb of RAM? As long as it will support the Oculus, I don't care how cheap it is.

Or will pretty much any modern motherboard work?

Thanks.
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sotti
Protege
anything that is the correct socket should work.

jgav8
Honored Guest
Socket for the processor?

Crespo80
Explorer
here it is (must update the BIOS to support latest Haswell CPUs)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

cybereality
Grand Champion
Yes, the socket for the processor, which I believe is LGA 1150.

One thing though, if you've never built a computer before, please do a lot of research. It's not super difficult, but there are a lot of little things to get wrong if you're not careful (one of them being buying a motherboard with the wrong socket for the CPU).

Also check PCPartPicker as it may be easier to see what parts are compatible with what:

https://pcpartpicker.com/

YouTube is also a great resource as people will show you how to put together a rig. Hope that helps.
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willste
Explorer
I wouldn't skimp on a motherboard as you want it to last. That being said entry level motherboards should all run under $200 dollars.

Pick a popular brand like Asus, Gigabyte or MSI with the correct socket. A budget board should run around $100 a bit above or below. A slightly nicer board should run about $140 to $160. The delux boards setup for SLI and Crossfire with nice on board sound tend to cost a lot more, just avoid those.

Here are some recommended budget motherboards:

http://techreport.com/review/28198/the-tech-report-system-guide-may-2015-edition/3

They have links to newegg to read reviews too.

willste
Explorer
Fyi that $30 board is micro ATX and also it is refurbished.

This is for building compact shuttle PCs. You give up a lot of slots for the compact size.

Stick to ATX, the boards recommend by tech report should also all allow for overclocking which will be annoying missing if you try to save $20 to get a cheaper motherboard.

raidx
Protege
"willste" wrote:
I wouldn't skimp on a motherboard as you want it to last. That being said entry level motherboards should all run under $200 dollars.

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They have links to newegg to read reviews too.


I dont think a cheap motherboard would be the cause of any issue... Entry lvl Motherboard are under 100$ not 200$. You can get a pretty decent motherboard between 125$ and 150$

The thing I wouldn't not buy cheap tho is the PSU
A good PSU (Bronze Silver or Gold) is mandatory to keep your power stable and your motherboard happy (and of course your Video Card)

obzen
Expert Protege
Cheap motherboards are OK as long as you do not overlock. I would still up my standards though, to a medium range board by a good manufacturer (I like Gigabytes). It's worth spending $20 or $30 extra for better stuff, if you gonna sink some money on the rest of the components anyway (CPU, GPU, SSD).

Cheap PSUs are NOT OK. Especially if you gonna strap an expensive GPU and CPU to that thing.
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opamp
Protege
If you are going to go cheap i'd reccomend ASRock.

ASRock was originally setup to be Asus's budget brand and do some half decent stuff.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/index.asp
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