What motherboard do I need for I5 6400

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I am upgrading to a MSI Gaming GTX 970 and I5 6400 but i do not know what motherboard to buy and id pefer not to spend too much.
 
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Just so you know, the 6400 is clocked really low compared to the i5-6500 and the price difference is usually pretty small. If your budget is super-stretched there's nothing wrong with the 6400, but the extra few dollars will get you quite a jump in performance.

RE your question, any socket 1151 board will work just fine. That Gigabyte board ak47 linked is the cheapest I could find too, if you include shipping.
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Thank you for your reply!
So it doesn't matter if it is a Mirco ATX? And will that be fine for games like Witcher 3?
 
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Just so you know, the 6400 is clocked really low compared to the i5-6500 and the price difference is usually pretty small. If your budget is super-stretched there's nothing wrong with the 6400, but the extra few dollars will get you quite a jump in performance.

RE your question, any socket 1151 board will work just fine. That Gigabyte board ak47 linked is the cheapest I could find too, if you include shipping.
 
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Thank you so much!
 
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Those cheaper boards make a few compromises. You're limited to one graphics card and very few additional expansion slots (for ultra high speed storage, or a sound card, etc). You're also limited to two memory slots, but now 16GB modules are on the market, you can still have up to 32GB which is very unlikely to be an issue for you in the life of the machine. There's fewer SATA ports and the like, but still plenty for almost everyone's needs. The motherboard has no impact on performance, so it'll be just as fast as a super-expensive board. It's just fewer features, which really only matters if you have unusual needs like loads of disk drives, or multi-graphics card options.

It'll run Witcher 3 with your 970 every bit as well as a premium $400 socket 1151 motherboard will with that CPU & GPU.
 
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Thank you very much :)
 
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