Help me choose a mother board for my build

[Guest]

Hi need some help choosing a motherboard for my build. Not sure Whether to get a h110 h150 or 170 chipset! I only need the cheapest for my needs which are: 1 gpu, No overclocking, best performance for $, locked cpu, 16bg ram, reliable! What Motherboard do I pair with this?

this is my build so far :

[PCPartPicker part list](http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/LxNPyc) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/LxNPyc/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80662i36100) | $197.00 @ 1stWave Technologies

**Memory** | [Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory](http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-hx421c14fbk28) | $65.78 @ Aquila Technology

**Storage** | [Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sdssda120gg25) |-

**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card](http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-turbogtx960oc2gd5) | $319.00 @ 1stWave Technologies

**Case** | [Corsair Carbide SPEC-M2 MicroATX Mid Tower Case](http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011087ww) | $100.00 @ Paradigm PCs

**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-s12ii430b) |-

| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$681.78**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-04-20 16:53 NZST+1200 |

Thanks!

 

[logainofhades]

Well, either you need to go with an H110, with a single stick 8gb of ram, or go with a B150/h170 board, with that 2x4gb kit, since you want to be able to do 16gb ram. Budget matters a good deal, also. Personally, I would ditch the SSD, for now, and use the money elsewhere. 120GB is not very useful.

 

[Guest]

Well, either you need to go with an H110, with a single stick 8gb of ram, or go with a B150/h170 board, with that 2x4gb kit, since you want to be able to do 16gb ram. Budget matters a good deal, also. Personally, I would ditch the SSD, for now, and use the money elsewhere. 120GB is not very useful.

Hey yeah shoot didn't see that I have that ram combo! good spotting! I already have the ssd I just listed it so people could see my build. Plus 120gb is all I need, I have an external hdd to store things if I need to. Do you think I would notice the speed difference between the pci 2.0 ports on the h110 compared to the 3.0 ports on the 150/170?

 

[logainofhades]

I would say no, you would not see a difference. The graphics card slot is PCI-E 3.0, as it uses the PCI-E lanes on the CPU. The rest are chipset based lanes running @ 2.0.

 

[Guest]

I actually got the Asus H110-A yesterday after finding that out myself Thanks for the info !