Is there anything wrong with getting the cheapest motherboard possible with a locked i5? vs i3?

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asven1
The difference between low and medium is huge, but to notice the difference between high and ultra you need them side by side to see the difference.

But really the decision over what rig you need is based off of the resolution and refresh rate of the monitor you are going to use it on.

I found this review that concludes that an i3 wont cut it for modern demanding games.

https://www.back2gaming.com/guides/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-cpu-scaling/

boosted idea looks good if you don't mind upgrading your CPU in the future.
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You should never get the cheapest motheboard as that would be by Biostar or ECS or other crappy brand.
But there is nothing wrong with an H110 board and skylake cpu (H110 will still likley not ship with updated bios for kabylake so you are rolling dice on risk of it not booting with your cpu and costing you another $50 in either shop fees or cheap cpu to make it work).

Now in regards to your statement an i3 will not hold 60fps on ultra today (at least for any high end titles), let alone the future.

The 580 is on the tipping point of being too much for the i3.

Since you are on a budget here is my suggestion:

Pentium G4560, which is a $60 cpu with 85-90% performance of a i3 7100, + B250 motherboard (agian H110 will likely not have supporting BIOS) + 8GB DDR4 memory. This combo will run around $180 USD. You can then upgrade to i5 latter on down the road.
 
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The rx 580 can't do ultra settings at 1080p 60. High no problem. Also h110m board only support skylake i3's and i5,s. They do support kaby lake but only with a bios update. A

An i3 will not do ultra settings in cpu intensive games the i5's might.
 
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I can run Fall Out 4 at 2k resolution on a 144HZ monitor and the FPS is almost railed to 144 the whole time on Ultra settings. i5 4590 and GTX 1080 Ti 16 GB ram. Only game that only hovers around 100 FPS on ULTRA is Ghost Recon Wildlands with this set up.

And I know I need to update my rig specs in my signature.
 
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Sort of an Apples to Broccoli comparison in regards to hardware specs. Op is bassically asking about i3 + 580.
 
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Do you notice a big difference between high and ultra in newer games? I mean who really notices shadows or lighting at that level. I just want the settings to make it sort of glow and beautiful-er than medium at 40 frames like I got now.
So I'm debating if I should settle for less and upgrade again in the future or wait until I can afford something with a bit more umph.
 
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The difference between low and medium is huge, but to notice the difference between high and ultra you need them side by side to see the difference.

But really the decision over what rig you need is based off of the resolution and refresh rate of the monitor you are going to use it on.

I found this review that concludes that an i3 wont cut it for modern demanding games.

https://www.back2gaming.com/guides/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-cpu-scaling/

boosted idea looks good if you don't mind upgrading your CPU in the future.
 
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I'm thinking of getting the cheapest locked i5. is the extra extra 30 canadian worth going from 7400-7500
i'd get 400 mghz more. I'm just looking for 60 frames



 
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An i5 7400/7500 + rx 480/580 (only get the 580 if there is almost mo difference in price) + b250 + 8gb of ddr4 will be a good build.
 
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