Affordable motherboard options available at great value.
Affordable motherboard options available at great value.
Looking for affordable motherboards that fit your i5 6600K. Also, need suggestions for a good power supply that matches your current setup. Your specs are solid—consider budget options like the MSI MAG B550 or ASUS PRIME B550. For the PSU, check out the Antec BigCo 650 or Corsair Vengeance LPX 650 for reliable performance.
Discuss the financial plan for the board and the PSU separately.
Usually I wasn’t as involved in the tech scene as before I started working on it. I didn’t even notice they swapped the 1060 for the 1660 by accident. I’m aiming for decent speed without sacrificing hardware quality. I don’t want the MBO to slow things down. Moving abroad forced me to pay more for shipping than the PC itself cost. Because of that, I had to discard parts I couldn’t bring on the flight, leaving me with most but not all of my equipment.
You're asking about the price range for the board, likely used, and also inquiring about your budget.
You're looking at a budget of $200 for an MBO, possibly adding another $50. What kind of motherboard would suit your DDR4 Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM? Are you aiming for a 3200MHz or 4000MHz module? I recall adjusting it in the BIOS to a middle setting. Also, you're using SATA drives—what's your overall setup like?
here is my list PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $195.05 @ Amazon Memory Corsair Dominator Platinum 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3866 CL18 Memory $130.00 Storage Transcend 256 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $41.99 @ Amazon Storage Western Digital 3 TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive $75.99 @ B&H Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Founders Edition Video Card $260.00 Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $703.03 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-11 13:05 EDT-0400
you're wondering about the budget for a board and PSU. I think you might have meant to ask that. Based on what you said, they should all work similarly with Sky Lake. It's fine to go for a used Z170/270 with a decent heatsink—it won't be worth spending 200 dollars on a board for that setup. If you're not planning to overclock, just the cheapest Z170/270 board with a heatsink will suffice. Updated August 11, 2020 by TofuHaroto