Motherboard suggestion for i5 8400 (with bluetooth if possible)

t_j_stone_1 · Aug 18, 2018

can anyone recommend a mid range motherboard for my PC build? (I initially ordered a Z370-Plus, but there was a problem with the order, so I have a chance to consider an alternative motherboard ) I won't be doing any overclocking, but if possible I was hoping for a motherboard with bluetooth below £150.
The main components are as follows (I'm no expert! but hopefully everything is compatible)
intel Core i5 8400
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB SC
HyperX FURY DDR4 8GB
hyperx fury 8gb 2666mhz
Seasonic Focus Plus 550W 80 Plus Gold PSU
samsung 840 evo 250GB

Thanks in advance!

raisonjohn · Aug 18, 2018

Since you have a locked CPU and you won't be overclocking then you can get either a B360 or an H370 board instead of the Z370. Moreover, the Z370 models with pre-installed WiFi/BT that are available today are limited to the 433Mbps-867Mbps range and BTv4.2 (Intel 8xxx series). The B360s and H370s that were released later on have better WiFi modules (Intel 9xxx series) that have max. speeds up to 1.73Gbps and supports BTv5.0 (as these modules use the Intel CNVio interface rather than PCIe interface of the previous Z370 models).

Assuming you want an ATX-sized motherboard, you can consider this B360-chipset ATX model:

Gigabyte - B360 AORUS Gaming 3 WIFI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£99.99 @ Ebuyer)

or, this H370-chipset ATX model:

Gigabyte - H370 AORUS Gaming 3 WIFI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£130.68 @ More Computers)

The main differences between the two boards (aside from their chipsets) are their Audio Codec (B360 only uses ACL892 vs H370 uses ALC1220), USB Ports at the rear panel (although both have a total of 8x ports, the B360 misses 1x USB2.0 port due to the use of the WiFi module vs the H370 which as all 8x ports enabled), VRMs (though not really an issue with non-OCable CPUs, the B360 has less phases vs the H370 has more), and the RAM slots (the B360 is not reinforced while the H370 is reinforced).

The other minor differences are miniscule but you can use this motherboard comparison table as a guide (seen in this thread here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3546694/z370-motherboards-lga1151v2-comparison-tables.html ) for you to be familiar with the differing details specs of the other boards with WiFi and BT that you may want to consider.

t_j_stone_1 · Aug 18, 2018

raisonjohn :

Since you have a locked CPU and you won't be overclocking then you can get either a B360 or an H370 board instead of the Z370. Moreover, the Z370 models with pre-installed WiFi/BT that are available today are limited to the 433Mbps-867Mbps range and BTv4.2 (Intel 8xxx series). The B360s and H370s that were released later on have better WiFi modules (Intel 9xxx series) that have max. speeds up to 1.73Gbps and supports BTv5.0 (as these modules use the Intel CNVio interface rather than PCIe interface of the previous Z370 models).

Assuming you want an ATX-sized motherboard, you can consider this B360-chipset ATX model:

Gigabyte - B360 AORUS Gaming 3 WIFI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£99.99 @ Ebuyer)

or, this H370-chipset ATX model:

Gigabyte - H370 AORUS Gaming 3 WIFI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£130.68 @ More Computers)

The main differences between the two boards (aside from their chipsets) are their Audio Codec (B360 only uses ACL892 vs H370 uses ALC1220), USB Ports at the rear panel (although both have a total of 8x ports, the B360 misses 1x USB2.0 port due to the use of the WiFi module vs the H370 which as all 8x ports enabled), VRMs (though not really an issue with non-OCable CPUs, the B360 has less phases vs the H370 has more), and the RAM slots (the B360 is not reinforced while the H370 is reinforced).

The other minor differences are miniscule but you can use this motherboard comparison table as a guide (seen in this thread here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3546694/z370-motherboards-lga1151v2-comparison-tables.html ) for you to be familiar with the differing details specs of the other boards with WiFi and BT that you may want to consider.

Thanks so much for your advice! both options sound great, i'll research them and see which would best suit my needs.

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