What MOBO goes best with Pentium G3258?

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I've decided that I would like purchase the Pentium G3258, but I can't decide on a motherboard. I know that I would like it to meet the following criteria:
-Must be able to run and over clock my CPU. I've heard that recently the H81, H87, B85, and H97 MOBOs can do this but that there is the chance that their BIOS might not be updated enough to do so, in which case I would need another processor to update it first. I have a Pentium E5200 so I could do so, but avoiding this would be best.
-Must have two PCIe slots.
-Must be as affordable as possible. ($50-85, but the absolute cheapest is best.)
-Would be nice to have USB 3.0 headers but not a necessity.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
 
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To answer this the most suitable one is the H97 (Intel made this to be overclocked for only Pentium Anniversary CPU which you have). As yours is the new one I highly recommended the H97 which has pretty similar features to a Z97 which is not needed for your CPU.

Here are the motherboards:
Mini ITX:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97m
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah97mhd3
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h97me35

ATX:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97performance
To answer this the most suitable one is the H97 (Intel made this to be overclocked for only Pentium Anniversary CPU which you have). As yours is the new one I highly recommended the H97 which has pretty similar features to a Z97 which is not needed for your CPU.

Here are the motherboards:
Mini ITX:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97m
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah97mhd3
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h97me35

ATX:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97performance
 
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