Gtx 1060 6gb or gtx 1060 gaming x 3gb or rx 480 4gb

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I'm planning to build a new pc with CPU INTEL CORE I5-6500 Socket 1151
Could you suggest me any budget mainboard?
I already have psu cougar 650W and G.SKILL RIPJAW DDR3 8gb(2x4), but ram is only DDR3 does DDR4 make anything better?
I'm considering the VGA above. I want to play most of online and offline games with high setting and 60 fps. i have no purpose to use 1440p. And i do not plan to upgrade in the next 3-4 years. One more question is 8gb ram is enough or 16gb i see some offline games now require minimum 8gb ram. In my country the price of these VGA are almost equal the RX 480 8gb is around 50$ more.
 
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thanks for your answer. Because the price of them are not really different around 5$ so GTX 1060 6gb is better? I expect to use this pc in the next 3-4 years.[/quotemsg]

Yes the 1060 is better. I have a 1060 6GB myself and its amazing! Since it's a new card it will last you for at least the next 5 years :)
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Is there anyway to change the mobo to another one cheaper?. It looks like the total price is a little bit high for me.
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If you don't plan on using multiple gpu's in the future or more than 2 sticks of ram: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Gaming-Skylake-Motherboard-H110M/dp/B01B4U47E4/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1480545377&sr=1-3&keywords=motherboard+1151

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If I had the same dilema as your, I would go for the RX 480.
Also, keep the RAM at 8GB and get a better motherboard, you don't want to blow all your money on fancy components and buy a £40 motherboard for them, it doesn't make any sense.
If you have some money for a decent motherboard get the Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI. The price for this one is around £110.
If you don't have £110, get the MSI Z170-A PRO this is a decent motherboard for only £85.
 
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Thanks for your answer but it looks like the store i'm going to buy do not have those two motherboards. They have:
GIGABYTE Z170X GAMING 3
MSI Z170A GAMING M3
MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON
MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X DDR4
MSI Z170A PC MATE
MSI Z170A SLI PLUS.
Also some higher price motherboards but i think i could only afford motherboards above.
Could i choose any one of them? how about ASUS H170-PRO-GAMING, i don't use OC, i want to save as much as to buy other parts.
is SSD necessary? How much space does it take to install windows 7 on SSD?
 
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The h170 Pro Gaming would be a good choice. Unfortunately DDR3 memory is not compatible with DDR4 motherboards so you will have to buy DDR4 memory. If you're planning on using the PC solely for gaming, 8GB is more than enough, here is a good recommendation: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kkL7YJ/kingston-memory-hx421c14fbk28 You could go for a GTX 1060 6GB but since you need new RAM I would suggest you go for the RX 480 to save some money and use that to buy new RAM. An SSD is not necessary either, however it would significantly increase windows startup if you have Windows installed on an SSD. Windows 7 64Bit requires at least 20GB of space. If you don't care about startup times then a normal HDD would be fine. Hope this helps :)

 
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thanks for your answer. Because the price of them are not really different around 5$ so GTX 1060 6gb is better? I expect to use this pc in the next 3-4 years.
 
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Yes the 1060 is better. I have a 1060 6GB myself and its amazing! Since it's a new card it will last you for at least the next 5 years :)
 
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thanks for your answer. Because the price of them are not really different around 5$ so GTX 1060 6gb is better? I expect to use this pc in the next 3-4 years.[/quotemsg]

Yes the 1060 is better. I have a 1060 6GB myself and its amazing! Since it's a new card it will last you for at least the next 5 years :)
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Is there anyway to change the mobo to another one cheaper?. It looks like the total price is a little bit high for me.
 
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thanks for your answer. Because the price of them are not really different around 5$ so GTX 1060 6gb is better? I expect to use this pc in the next 3-4 years.[/quotemsg]

Yes the 1060 is better. I have a 1060 6GB myself and its amazing! Since it's a new card it will last you for at least the next 5 years :)
[/quotemsg]
Is there anyway to change the mobo to another one cheaper?. It looks like the total price is a little bit high for me.
[/quotemsg]

If you don't plan on using multiple gpu's in the future or more than 2 sticks of ram: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Gaming-Skylake-Motherboard-H110M/dp/B01B4U47E4/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1480545377&sr=1-3&keywords=motherboard+1151

 
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