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Yeah,there haven't been too many of them. In fact the first mITX board is only going to be released later this month by Biostar, but it's a higher end X370 part.(Biostar X370GTN is the first Ryzen Mini-ITX motherboard) Maybe you could get around it by selling your current mobo/ram/cpu as a bundle to offset the cost of a new atx case, but I don't know how practical that'd be cause you might still want to keep it around as a second pc/htpc for your uses. A super cheap m/ATX case might be the way to go for now.

what motherboard would you recommend to go with the R5 1600x under $100

 

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what do you motherboard would you recommend to go with the R5 1600x under $100

For mATX, I'd say the MSI B350M Gaming Pro small downside is the 2667 max memory speed.. but overall at sub-100 the B350 Tomahawk is the best choice. It's an ATX board, supports xfire if you decide to get a second 580 in future and ram OC up to 3200 which is almost as good as you need at this point. Both are MSI boards with good support so far.. and they've been pushing out their bios updates with good regularity lately, so no worries about that.

 

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I agree with the Ryzen recommendation, but not sure you wanted to go that route.

 

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How does this look?

Screen Shot 2017 04 14 at 11 43 42 AM

 

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How does this look?

Screen Shot 2017 04 14 at 11 43 42 AM

yeah just a couple of things.

• your ram is faster than that motherboard supports, so it will only run at max 2667. so like 10% memory performance will go unused.. the tomahawk will get that covered though. other than that you're good.
• the 1600x doesn't come bundled with a cooler, so you'll have to buy one separately. The 1600 comes with a cooler but lower stock clocks. According to the guys at Hardware Unboxed, they will overclock very similarly too.

So you'd be losing very little performance and saving some money if you went with the 1600. The 1600x is still good though.

• If you're going with the 1600x, bear in mind the cooler you have with your current cpu won't work. most manufactures will send you a free am4 bracket though. I got some for my cooler master evo 212 ahead of time.
• the RX5xx series are supposed to be announced/released late this month or early May. They'll be at least 10pct faster and also overclock better. If you'd like to wait a bit more, you could get a better gpu for the same money.

besides all that, it's a really good list

 

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How does this look?

Screen Shot 2017 04 14 at 11 43 42 AM

Are you in the U.S.?

Get on jet.com

15% off breh, 3 orders...split it up and you might be able to get about $90 off.

 

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Are you in the U.S.?

Get on jet.com

15% off breh, 3 orders...split it up and you might be able to get about $90 off.

yeah I'm in the US I didn't know Jet sold PC parts

 

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yeah I'm in the US I didn't know Jet sold PC parts

Yeah, you won't be able to get all your parts since AM4 is a brand new platform, but you should be able to save some on the RAM, Case and GPU for sure.

 

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That Ryzen 1700 for $289 after applying that promo is

Jet.com - Prices Drop As You Shop

 

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yeah just a couple of things.

• your ram is faster than that motherboard supports, so it will only run at max 2667. so like 10% memory performance will go unused.. the tomahawk will get that covered though. other than that you're good.
• the 1600x doesn't come bundled with a cooler, so you'll have to buy one separately. The 1600 comes with a cooler but lower stock clocks. According to the guys at Hardware Unboxed, they will overclock very similarly too.

So you'd be losing very little performance and saving some money if you went with the 1600. The 1600x is still good though.

• If you're going with the 1600x, bear in mind the cooler you have with your current cpu won't work. most manufactures will send you a free am4 bracket though. I got some for my cooler master evo 212 ahead of time.
• the RX5xx series are supposed to be announced/released late this month or early May. They'll be at least 10pct faster and also overclock better. If you'd like to wait a bit more, you could get a better gpu for the same money.

besides all that, it's a really good list

yeah just a couple of things.

• your ram is faster than that motherboard supports, so it will only run at max 2667. so like 10% memory performance will go unused.. the tomahawk will get that covered though. other than that you're good.
• the 1600x doesn't come bundled with a cooler, so you'll have to buy one separately. The 1600 comes with a cooler but lower stock clocks. According to the guys at Hardware Unboxed, they will overclock very similarly too.

So you'd be losing very little performance and saving some money if you went with the 1600. The 1600x is still good though.

• If you're going with the 1600x, bear in mind the cooler you have with your current cpu won't work. most manufactures will send you a free am4 bracket though. I got some for my cooler master evo 212 ahead of time.
• the RX5xx series are supposed to be announced/released late this month or early May. They'll be at least 10pct faster and also overclock better. If you'd like to wait a bit more, you could get a better gpu for the same money.

besides all that, it's a really good list

which ram should I grab any good cheap ones available ?

 

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which ram should I grab any good cheap ones available ?

Sub $100 after promo on jet

Jet.com - Prices Drop As You Shop

Hop on there breh, you might be able to squeeze out a 1700 with your price range.

 

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Sub $100 after promo on jet:

Jet.com - Prices Drop As You Shop

Hop on there breh, you might be able to squeeze out a 1700 with your price range.

would you opt out of free returns?

Max discount is only $20 smh

 

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would you opt out of free returns?

You could or just pay a little extra for the security, I never had an issue with them personally

Either way, you are looking at about $17 right there just on RAM. You know you want that 1700 if possible and you are getting close

 

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which ram should I grab any good cheap ones available ?

the ram was ok. I was just mentioning that the motherboard wouldn't be able to use memory speeds higher than 2667. it will still work but it will be capped at a lower speed. to run 3000mhz you'd need the tomahawk or similar.

 

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would you opt out of free returns?

Max discount is only $20 smh

It's $30 per order. $90 Max.