Best budget Am3+ MOBO for Fx-8350

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-Not planning on OCing
-Canadian prices only
-Lowest price possible

Current Specs
CPU - Fx-8350
GPU - R9 280x
RAM - 16gb

I also need a little help on how to keep everything nice and cool (least costly option).

Thanks for taking your time to read and helping in anyway

 
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geofelt
@ OP:

This sounds to me like a new build.
The FX-6300 on newegg.ca costs $130.
It has a passmark rating of 6356 and a single thread rating of 1407. (FX-8350 is 8937/1505)
If you are gaming, the single thread rating is most important.
The motherboard you listed costs $80 or so.

By comparison, the kaby lake G4600 costs $110 and has a passmark rating of 5429 and a single thread rating of 2081.
G4560 was not listed, but should cost even a bit less.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117739

A B150 motherboard will be $82.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130895
Such a motherboard will support i3,i5, and even i7-7700K as upgrades.
You have NO upgrades with FX.

As a comparison for gaming, here...
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Yeah I'd agree with the above.

As far as keeping everything cool, I'd imagine your CPU would be the most vital ; aftermarket dual-tri fan GPU's are usually good enough (but my blower style R9 290x was a throttle monster) A CRYORIG H7 might be able to be found for a decent price, if not that I'd suggest something like a BE QUIET Pure rock, CRYORIG H5 ult/universal if you got some more money, etc.
 
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I see thanks, I have been looking at the fx-6300 instead of the fx-8350 would that bottleneck my r9 280x? And If I was to get the fx-6300 I would probably OC would you still recommend the same MOBO and Cooling Fan? (Still keeping the price as low as possible). Thanks!

 
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@ OP:

This sounds to me like a new build.
The FX-6300 on newegg.ca costs $130.
It has a passmark rating of 6356 and a single thread rating of 1407. (FX-8350 is 8937/1505)
If you are gaming, the single thread rating is most important.
The motherboard you listed costs $80 or so.

By comparison, the kaby lake G4600 costs $110 and has a passmark rating of 5429 and a single thread rating of 2081.
G4560 was not listed, but should cost even a bit less.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117739

A B150 motherboard will be $82.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130895
Such a motherboard will support i3,i5, and even i7-7700K as upgrades.
You have NO upgrades with FX.

As a comparison for gaming, here is an older report which includes FX-8350, FX-6300, and an I3-2120.
The I3-2120 had a passmark rating of 3890 and a single thread rating of 1686
It still beat the FX-8350.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-processor-frame-rate-performance,3427-9.html

It makes no sense to me to buy a soon to be obsolete tech with no upgrades that costs more and performs worse.

Did I misunderstand your situation??


DDR4 ram should be comparable in price to DDR3.
 
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Would this one work instead of the MOBO you suggested? - https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130891&ignorebbr=1&_ga=1.158677944.321682572.148425926
The reason I go for AMD is because I thought the prices were better even if the hardware was worst but you might've changed my opinion.

 
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Well AMD prices are better because their hardware is old, man.

Uh, geofelt, it's worth noting that a G4650 is a 7th gen pentium and 6th gen motherboards need BIOS updates to run them. Unless we can verify that his supplier has upgraded the BIOS to support newer chips, I think they need B250 boards.

 
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geofelt

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Apologies, I did not link to a B250 motherboard which will be about $100.
A H110 motherboard like the one jnde016 linked will work very well, and it is relatively cheap.
The caveat is that it needs to be fresh stock so that it comes with the latest bios installed to support 7th gen processors.
I did some checking, and the bios that supports kaby lake was released on 10/19.
I would not worry about ordering from newegg which will have fresh stock.
Newegg is good about returns/exchanges if they happen to send you old stock.

 
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Couldn't I update the bios myself and save some money?
And also do you guys mean G4560 cause I can't find G4650 anywhere, I don't think it exists...
 
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I meant G4560. Sorry.
Updating the bios is a catch 22 thing.
You need a cpu to do the bios update with most motherboards. But, if you need the updated bios to run the cpu you have a problem.

Best is to buy fresh stock with the latest bios.
Check the sellers return policy.
If you can, ask for fresh stock.

I never like to update a bios unless it fixes a problem impacting you.
A bad flash can be nasty or impossible to recover from.

Next best is to have a older cpu to borrow and you could use it to update the bios.
 
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