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Guys, which one of these motherboards would be better for 1080p gaming? And also do they both support at least 2666MHz RAM? Also what is the power limit of the socket of both these motherboards? The CPU I intend to use for either mobo is an i5 8500.

The two mobos are: ASUS® PRIME B360M-A and ASUS® TUF B360M-PLUS GAMING.

Will the B360M-A limit the performance of the i5 8500 (as in would the i5 not be able to hold its turbo clockspeeds)?

Any advice would be highly appreciated, thanks.
 
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Both of those motherboards will run the 8500 exactly the same. The both support 2666 RAM speeds. You should not worry about the power limit for these boards. Both of them will be able to sustain the 8500 turbo speeds. They both have 8 pin EPS connections on the motherboard which should be able to provide plenty of power.
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Both of those motherboards will run the 8500 exactly the same. The both support 2666 RAM speeds. You should not worry about the power limit for these boards. Both of them will be able to sustain the 8500 turbo speeds. They both have 8 pin EPS connections on the motherboard which should be able to provide plenty of power.
 
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Thanks! So what about CPUs like the i5 8600k and i7 8700, would the performance of these CPUs be limited by the above mentioned motherboards? I read somewhere that these motherboards have a power limit set to 65w which means that the i5 8600k and the i7 8700 won't be able to hold their max turbo speeds, is this true? If so, then why do these motherboards limit performance for these CPUs but not the i5 8500?
 
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You have a non K, no overclock enabled processor. VRM can provide enough juice for boosting, no matter which motherboard you pick, you will experience no performance difference.
Both boards support 4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
 
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Thanks bro really appreciate the help
 
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Those are cheap OEM motherboards may have some power limit issues due to the 65 watt TDP. But you wont have to worry about that with these boards.
 
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