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My lga1366 motherboard recently broke (Asus rampage formula 3 extreme) and I was thinking of switching sockets rather than buying another 1366 cause the motherboards are really old and expensive, I also want to get a budget processor that would be great for my r9 280x. I am looking for a motherboard with 2 graphics card slots, USB 3 and 3 ddr3 slots thanks for your help
 
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Here is an example of what you should go for:
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/97VKCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/97VKCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($74.98 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($85.82 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $410.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-19 02:32 EDT-0400
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It is not worth investing in DDR3 CPUs atm, as DDR4 RAM is quite cheap now, as are skylake processors.
Get a H110M-A from Gigabyte, 16GB of Ripjaws V 2400MHz and an i3 6100 (i5 6500 if you want to upgrade in the future).
This comes in at $200 for the i3 build, and $300 for the i5 build, which I recommend if you want to upgrade as stated above.
If you want to go SLI in the future, a mATX board may be a bit cramped. If that is the case, get the Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3, which is full ATX and has a bit more room and better connections. It goes for $50 more.
 
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I'm talking USD at the moment.
I highly recommend against sticking with Haswell, as if your argument is always 'I have DDR3, I can save money here' you won't upgrade for a long time.
The Skylake platform is cheaper than haswell, and offers cooler temps and better performance.
What CPU would you be interested in buying? i3/i5/i7
 
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I'm talking USD at the moment.
I highly recommend against sticking with Haswell, as if your argument is always 'I have DDR3, I can save money here' you won't upgrade for a long time.
The Skylake platform is cheaper than haswell, and offers cooler temps and better performance.
What CPU would you be interested in buying? i3/i5/i7
I highly recommend going for an i5 6500, as it will remain relevant for at least 3 years to come, and it does not bottleneck stuff like the 1070/1080. An i3 will only support your current GPU, as anything higher it will probably start to bottleneck a bit.
 
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Chugalug_

Chugalug_

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Jan 28, 2016
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Here is an example of what you should go for:
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/97VKCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/97VKCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($74.98 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($85.82 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $410.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-19 02:32 EDT-0400
 
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RAM is ABSOLUTELY not backwards compatible.
They run at different voltages.
You can only run DDR3L (low voltage variety) or DDR4 on Skylake motherboards, if you tried to run standard DDR3 on it you'd fry the mobo.
 
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Outdated platform.
AM3+ CPUs have poor IPC (Instructions Per Core), and poor optimization.
Even now the platform is outdated, and in 2 years time it will be completely phased out by newer architectures such as Cannonlake.
 
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