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YoOliii

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Hi all

Hi!

Quick question, i'm building my friend a PC so he can join in with some gaming.

Im giving him a case, psu, and other bits so the only thing he needs to buy is a Mobo, CPU and ram...

The GPU im giving him is an AMD Sapphire RX 470 4gb.

he is going buy an i5 2500k, (he is on a budget and i think this is still a great processor for entry level gaming)

looking at mother boards for under £100 im curious if he will run into any issues when pairing a modern(ish) card with this type of motherboard.

I'm looking at a few intel boards and a few msi/gigabyte variants. i think the z77 looks to be the best but prices are just to high atm.

Any help/advice on this build would be appreciated.

cheers!
 
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Compuser10165
A Z77 mobo will not get cheaper as it is no longer manufacturing. Kinda like DDR2 RAM (more expensive than DDR3 if you look into it). I recommend you friend to step his budget just a bit and get a Ryzen R5 1400 and a B250 chipset mobo. Best to pair it with 16gb of RAM or 8 if he can't afford it.
To answer your question: An RX 470 is compatible with any modern mobo (with PCie 2.0 or 3.0). Also, using PCie 2.0 will not impact performance.
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A Z77 mobo will not get cheaper as it is no longer manufacturing. Kinda like DDR2 RAM (more expensive than DDR3 if you look into it). I recommend you friend to step his budget just a bit and get a Ryzen R5 1400 and a B250 chipset mobo. Best to pair it with 16gb of RAM or 8 if he can't afford it.
To answer your question: An RX 470 is compatible with any modern mobo (with PCie 2.0 or 3.0). Also, using PCie 2.0 will not impact performance.
 
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actually, for i5 2500k, an unlocked CPU, z77 is the best and only choice, since other variant mobo wouldn't support OC which is the main feature of the K-version, i suggest u find a used one if budget is a problem. btw, PCIe is backward compatible so you wouldn't have problem putting the RX at any of the mobo.
 
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RX470 uses a pcie x16 slot which will be present on any modern motherboard.
You are ok there.

If buying used, a I5-2500K and a Z chip motherboard is ok if the price is right.

If buying new, go with current kaby lake. and ddr4 ram.
G4560 and I3-7100 will perform better in most games and the underlying motherboard can support many future upgrades.

 
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