Buying a new CPU, looking for a budget MOBO

Cookie4myself · Sep 3, 2018

Currently I have i3-4170 processor and ASUS h81m-r mobo. I want to buy a new cpu i7-8700 and a new mobo.
I found this one: AsRock LGA1151 H310M-HDV
Could this mobo work well with this cpu?

And the other question is: I currently have a ddr3 ram, and new mobo says ddr4, does that mean I cannot use my ddr3 ram, and have to buy a new ddr4 ram?

Thank you guys!

Hellfire13 · Sep 3, 2018

Yes, that board will work fine, but it has the least number of PCIe lanes amongst all the 8th gen. chipsets. Get a b360 board if you can.
And yes, you will need DDR4 RAM.

SkyNetRising · Sep 3, 2018

Choose B360 intead of H310, if you can. For example Gigabyte B360M H.
H310 has significant limitations.

Cookie4myself · Sep 4, 2018

And what about the psu, I currently have 550w, will that be enough to run an i7 8th gen, 16gb ram, 2gb rx560 gpu?
Thanks guys, I really appreciate it!

Hellfire13 · Sep 4, 2018

550w should be more than enough, provided its a quality unit. Anything within Tier 2 maybe Tier 3 should be fine... https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/

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