Looking for Budget Gaming Motherboard for Coffee Lake

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funkeeymonkey

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I'm making my first computer and can't decide on a motherboard. I want to be able to play pretty much all new games and also do some game design on UE4. I already have Intel core i5 8400 and there's no going back now. I want to get 4gb of ram now the 4 more later, an ssd now and an hdd. later and want a gtx 1060 but I'm going to wait for gpu prices to drop before I get it.I don't care too much about using multiple gpus. I'm thinking of getting msi h310m gaming arctic, is this good for what I want to do or should I get something else? Also does it matter which chipset I get, I chose h310 because it's the cheapest. Should I go with b360, h370 or is h310 ok?

This is my build so far: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MyJwzY
 
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Assume 800 is your budget, I will not spend 80 on an H chipset, 4 gb is definitely a no no, even Win 10 can occupy a large chunk of that, pointless getting GTX 1060 since ram will bottleneck you. 240 gb ssd is too small, add ssd later on since ssd does not improve FPS. TXM is a better PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8500 3GHz 6-Core Processor ($186.37 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.85 @ OutletPC)...
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Assume 800 is your budget, I will not spend 80 on an H chipset, 4 gb is definitely a no no, even Win 10 can occupy a large chunk of that, pointless getting GTX 1060 since ram will bottleneck you. 240 gb ssd is too small, add ssd later on since ssd does not improve FPS. TXM is a better PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8500 3GHz 6-Core Processor ($186.37 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($299.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $808.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-26 11:51 EDT-0400



 
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funkeeymonkey

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I guess you didn't read my entire post, I said I was going to get another 4gb of ram later on and an hdd as well. Both of which I am planning on getting soon after completing the pc. I probably won't get the gtx 1060 for a while though, but thank you anyway.
 
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I understand what you're saying, but let me put this in perspective: I upgraded from 4GB to 8GB on a Windows 7 64-bit system because I was getting horrible stuttering in the Dawn of War II benchmark. That solved the issue. That was 6 years ago.
 
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I see what you're saying and I understand that I won't be able to play the most graphically demanding games at first with 4gb of ram. But that's ok. I'm just trying to get the computer up and running with as little money as possible then I'll add more ram, more storage, a gpu, etc.
 
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tacgnol06

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I'm saying you wont be able to play the most moderately demanding games from half a decade ago. Or casually demanding games from the current era (WoW, LoL, etc) without a lot of stuttering. Or UE4's mapmaking tool. Vintage gaming, maybe Terraria?

Get an HDD instead of an SSD and use the savings to add some RAM. No point in booting fast if you can't do anything afterwards.
 
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funkeeymonkey

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Ok thanks that helps but if I want to upgrade to SSD later on do I have to reinstall windows on the SSD and if so is it easy to do?
 
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Yes and yes. A good SSD (ie Samsung EVO) will include clone software, not that starting fresh is all that difficult.

On that note, you'll want to make sure your OS is accounted for before switching motherboards. If you're on a non-retail version of Windows 10, converting your user account to an online Microsoft account is recommended, as it makes reactivating on new hardware a fairly painless experience:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-link-your-windows-10-product-key-microsoft-account
 
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