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Shaunv

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Intel i5 4690k
Corsair H60-S CPU Cooler
2 x 4GB GTX 970 Asus STRIX
16gb Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-1600 (4 x 4gb) (re-using from current machine)
Corsair 80+ gold RM 850 PSU
Thermaltake Urban R31 Case (re-using from current machine)
Intel 120GB SSD + 2 x SATA HDD’S (re-using from current machine)


Hi Everyone,

I plan on building a new machine with the above components, the only thing I'm not sure on is a motherboard.

Any recommendations?

Further to that, will the 850Watt Corsair PSU be sufficient for an SLI 970 setup? From my research yes, any thoughts here?
 
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TheIcedCanadian
Any Z97 SLI motherboard - so you can overclock your CPU.

For cheap here is what I recommend:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $104.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:06 EST-0500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $109.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:06 EST-0500


For mid-range...
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Dark Lord of Tech

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850W is more than enough for SLI.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $119.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:01 EST-0500


OR


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($126.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $126.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:12 EST-0500
 
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Any Z97 SLI motherboard - so you can overclock your CPU.

For cheap here is what I recommend:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $104.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:06 EST-0500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $109.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:06 EST-0500


For mid-range:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($149.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $149.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:07 EST-0500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $144.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:07 EST-0500


And for high range (unnecessary but awesome :p):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $325.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:09 EST-0500

And my favourite motherboard of all time:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($304.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $304.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 00:09 EST-0500
 
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Shaunv

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Thanks for the comprehensive list!

I'll investigate these options further, around the $150 mark is what I was hoping to spend so the mid-range suggestions will work well
 
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