Motherboard question for new build (1050ti & g4600)

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mattieboo

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Hi all,

First time building a budget gaming pc - I just got the 1050ti & g4600 (g4560 wasn't available for a long time :( ) but since I'm clueless about which motherboard and memory is sufficient, I was wondering if you guys could provide some input. Btw, I'm from Canada so parts are expensive than our neighbour down south.

I'd like the mobo and memory to be cheap as possible as this is a budget build (not sure if I will upgrade from this as well), without any bottlenecks. Here are the parts that I've been looking at:

Memory:
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231424&ignorebbr=1&_ga=2.189400491.1285695201.1498535648-1935921301.1497206741

Motherboard:
https://www.amazon.ca/Gigabyte-GA-H110M-LGA1151-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B0165YUDTM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498545833&sr=8-1&keywords=H110

It'd be great if I could know whether these are sufficient enough. Thanks in advanced and sorry for the newbie questions :).
 
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The memory you selected is not compatible. You should get DDR4 and not DDR3 (different voltage and won't physically fit your motherboard).

The H110-chipset motherboard **may** also be incompatible IF it doesn't come with an updated BIOS out-of-the-box (to which you will be forced to get a 6th-gen Skylake CPU, temporarily, to boot up and update the BIOS, before you can get your 7th-gen Kaby Lake G4600 to work).

My recommendations:

1) Get an 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400MHz RAM (the 2400MHz is the max speed your G4600 will support on a 7th-gen mobo)
2) Get a 7th-gen mobo, i.e., a B250-chipset motherboard, to eliminate any BIOS incompatibility.

Since you are willing to spend ~CDN$140.00 on the RAM and MB (based on prices of your links above), then you can get these compatible parts, for less:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B250M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($59.92 @ Amazon)
Total: $127.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 03:55 EDT-0400
 
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Hey thanks for the input raisonjohn. I'll definitely buy the DDR4. However, aren't the prices you've listed are in USD? I believe it totals to around $200 when converted to CDN (I found the same parts on the Canadian sites), which is quite beyond my budget.

Are there any other recommendations?

I also took a look at the following Ram:
https://www.amazon.ca/Ballistix-Sport-Single-PC4-19200-288-Pin/dp/B01DPZVP3W/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1498578120&sr=1-4&keywords=ddr%2B4&th=1

For the above link, couldn't I just buy two 4GB Single ranks, which would equate to the 8GB Kit (4x2)? Price is considerably less (37x2 = $74 without tax) while the 8GB kit would be $96 without tax. Or is there a difference between the two?



 
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Forgot to change the prices in my previous reply to CDN. Yeah, it seems the same parts that was listed will go over CDN$200. Here's an alternative MB and RAM:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $159.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 16:47 EDT-0400

The above motherboard only has 2x RAM slots (similar to your originally selected 6th-gen H110M motherboard). This is the cheapest motherboard I can find.

Given only a limited number of RAM slots and due to your budget concerns, I suggest you go with a single 8GB stick at the moment (then still have a vacant slot to add another single 8GB stick in the future for a total of 16GB). Nowadays, 8GB is the bare minimum in gaming; 16GB is the recommended.

My only concern about buying a single stick of RAM and adding another stick of the same RAM (similar also to what you are suggesting by getting two single sticks for lesser price), is that there may be times they won't pair nicely with each other (timings are off, or incompatibility issues arise). Although, it would highly likely work, it's never a guarantee compared to buying a pair of RAM sticks sold as a kit (as both sticks were tested to work with each other out-of-the-box).

Though I would normally recommend getting the 2 x 4GB option (for faster dual-channel memory) compared to the 1 x 8GB option, the limited number of slots on the budget-motherboard makes the latter a more affordable/economical option as you don't need to replace the 2 sticks when you opt to go for a RAM upgrade in the future.

Another alternative MB and RAM (this time, a MB with 4x RAM slots, and a 2x4GB RAM kit):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: Team - Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $174.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 17:00 EDT-0400

The above build, for a slightly higher price, would take advantage of the faster dual-channel memory speeds by getting 2 x 4GB sticks on the outset (due to the motherboard having 4x RAM slots for future upgrades).
 
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