Need a good cheap mobo

[gamerxavier]

upgrading from my pos. I'm trying to find a good mobo to start into 1155. I primarily play mmorpgs like world of warcraft. I figured the i5-2600k if i choose to get a better mobo later on. Cause I figured I could get an H61 for now since they're a ton cheaper. I have an HD 4850 as well. Want to know if that will work in the board. I figured I could get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427

for ram it's cheap and seems to be good quality. So if I can get some help finding an H61 board or a good rated cheap p67. my budget for this upgrade is 300 total and under. I can probably get 350 if I must.

 

[Why_Me]

Drop the 2600K for a i5 2400 ("H" boards do not allow for over clocking so no need for a "K" series cpu) and then upgrade your video card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157246 $77.99 FREE SHIPPING
ASRock H61ICAFE LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226092 $42.99 FREE SHIPPING
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model 996768

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226095 $82.99 FREE SHIPPING
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model 996770

 

[gamerxavier]

I know. picked out the 2600k for the future of later overclocking if I get a new board.

This was the one I meant...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&cm_re=i5-_-19-115-072-_-Product

 

[gamerxavier]

that seems like it would be powerful enough. If I have the HD 4850 hooked up can I still connect a monitor to use the built in graphics?

 

[aznshinobi]

The 2500K + this would be a better option for the future.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128487&cm_re=P67-_-13-128-487-_-Product

The integrated graphics will NOT work on P67, but it will on H61/H67. The 4850 is better than the integrated, why use the built in?

 

[gamerxavier]

dual monitors? H61s are cheaper. figured if I got a proc like the i5-2500k and an H61 board for now I could get a more potential mobo later on when I have the money. My question was can I use the built in graphics, with the unlocked proc for now. So I can save a chunk on the mobo. I'll buy a new mobo later on to use the overclocking capabilities. I want to use those graphics simply cause would love to use another monitor with this for basic web browsing and not affect my gaming graphics.

 

[Outlander_04]

dual monitors? H61s are cheaper. figured if I got a proc like the i5-2500k and an H61 board for now I could get a more potential mobo later on when I have the money. My question was can I use the built in graphics, with the unlocked proc for now. So I can save a chunk on the mobo. I'll buy a new mobo later on to use the overclocking capabilities. I want to use those graphics simply cause would love to use another monitor with this for basic web browsing and not affect my gaming graphics.

this is wooly thinking

buy a 2400k + P67 board and use the 4850 which can also handle two monitors

 

[aznshinobi]

^ SERIOUSLY that's what I was thinking... Except, just get the 2500K, there no 2400K.

 

[Outlander_04]

^ SERIOUSLY that's what I was thinking... Except, just get the 2500K, there no 2400K.

Im having a bad day with the typos
Yes
a
2500k

 

[gamerxavier]

one question.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121503

Is that board really compatible with pentium. would be good start for an upgrade path if it is. Pentium dual core ES5200 i think is wat i have.

 

[aznshinobi]

Different socket, should not be compatible. In parenthesis it says (Socket 1155), with that said. It's Pentiums and Celerons that are of that 1155 socket. Plus that chip (E5200) is a LGA 775 chip, not the 1156 or the 1155.

 

[brpeden82]

yep that on;ly reason intel sucks

 

[aznshinobi]

Well Intel builds their sockets entirely different. AM2+ fits AM3 chips because there are more socket holes in an AM2+ board while an AM3 chip has less sock things (i forget the correct term). AM3+ is basically just a revision of AM3 which is why some AM3 boards can use AM3+.

 

[brpeden82]

is intel planning on making pentium and celeron for 1155

 

[aznshinobi]

Maybe, Maybe not. I wouldn't seem like it as the i3 2100 kind of fills the budget.