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M-ATX only has fewer expansion slots, that you most likely will not be using anyway. Take user reviews with a huge grain of salt.
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Zawan_

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The reason for a 650W power supply is if I decide to upgrade in the near future. And as for the motherboard, I believe that the one I chose is a perfect motherboard and do not need a Micro ATX one.
 
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engineer5261

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The way I see it, newer graphic cards are only becoming more power efficient. If you plan on upgrading in the 'near' future, I would go with a better motherboard. Preferably one that supports Kabylake, I do not think yours supports Kabylake hence. Pick up something with Kabylake support if you are worried about future upgrades.

These MSI B150 support Kabylake via bios updates:
B150 Motherboards
B150 GAMING M3
B150M NIGHT ELF
B150M GAMING PRO
B150I GAMING PRO AC
B150I GAMING PRO
B150M MORTAR ARCTIC
B150M MORTAR
B150M BAZOOKA PLUS
B150M BAZOOKA
B150M BAZOOKA D3
B150M GRENADE


 
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ScrewySqrl

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or you could get a B250 board.

if yuo already have Skylake, Kaby Lake is useless, but if you're upgrading, you might as well go to kaby anyway:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($201.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card ($249.99 @ B&H)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-03 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ B&H)
Monitor: Asus VP228H 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($105.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $788.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 16:34 EST-0500
 
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engineer5261

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As a warning, I bought GeIL EVO potenza and the ram has zero overclockability. Could not get it stable above the rated 2400MHz on an ASUS Z170 board but still it is better RAM than the OP has selected on his pcpartpicker build.
 
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logainofhades

logainofhades

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Non Z chipsets cannot run past speeds of 2133, so not an issue, in this case.


OP: Ram should be in a dual channel it, always, when you have a board with 4 ram slots. That PSU is not a very good one, and more wattage than you need, for this rig.

The RX 480 has recently been pulling ahead of the GTX 1060, thanks to new drivers.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.69 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card ($239.99 @ B&H)
Case: Zalman Z1 Neo ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.97 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VP228H 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($105.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $801.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 17:05 EST-0500

 
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Zawan_

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I dont really know why you guys are hitting me up with Micro ATX motherboards lol. They either have terrible reviews or no reviews at all, the other parts are pretty good though. Im considering it except the motherboard part.
 
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Multipack

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mATX's are cheaper, which leaves more money to spend elsewhere when you only have an $800 budget. That's the truth. Nobody thinks they are better necessarily, just cheaper. It depends whether you plan on SLi or need lots of PCIE lanes or 64gb RAM, but if not micro's are fine.
 
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logainofhades

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M-ATX only has fewer expansion slots, that you most likely will not be using anyway. Take user reviews with a huge grain of salt.
 
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