Looking for a case and a mobo budget would be 220$ in total.
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1| Finding a board for your Haswell refresh processor would be hard but you can look through this shortlist. I'd side with the Gaming 5 matx board by Gigabyte and a case to go with it. Less than 200USD.
2| What sort of a form factor are you looking for? If you're going for the single most powerful GPU load out then you should look for an mATX or mitx setup.
3| The memory controller, although initially stated by Intel to be backwards compatible with DDR3 rams, was revealed to be glitchy and damaging to the system when paired with said DDR3 DIMMS thus the way to go with Skylake is DDR4 kits. Haswell processor's memory controller will only work in tandem with DDR3 kits.
If you're yet willing to go with mATX then this board alongside the aforelinked N200 chassis will be a solid performer albeit the need to shell out for an i5-6600K and a DDR4 kit.
2| What sort of a form factor are you looking for? If you're going for the single most powerful GPU load out then you should look for an mATX or mitx setup.
3| The memory controller, although initially stated by Intel to be backwards compatible with DDR3 rams, was revealed to be glitchy and damaging to the system when paired with said DDR3 DIMMS thus the way to go with Skylake is DDR4 kits. Haswell processor's memory controller will only work in tandem with DDR3 kits.
If you're yet willing to go with mATX then this board alongside the aforelinked N200 chassis will be a solid performer albeit the need to shell out for an i5-6600K and a DDR4 kit.
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Thank you for getting back to your thread and part of the question I've asked. Though in hindisght, I'm wondering what could've warranted you to down vote my post. Had I been misleading?
Regardless of that, I yet feel you're better off with a featured matx board than an atx build since it just makes for a large build overall with half it's volume occupied especially when you factor in that you've got barely enough components to fill up an atx mid tower. Might want to look into the NZXTS340 and a motherboard of to fill the motherboard tray.
You forgot to include your PSU and you're going to need an aftermarket heatsink for that unlocked processor.
Regardless of that, I yet feel you're better off with a featured matx board than an atx build since it just makes for a large build overall with half it's volume occupied especially when you factor in that you've got barely enough components to fill up an atx mid tower. Might want to look into the NZXTS340 and a motherboard of to fill the motherboard tray.
You forgot to include your PSU and you're going to need an aftermarket heatsink for that unlocked processor.
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