Reddit reviews ASUS H81M-E MicroATX DDR3 1333 LGA 1150 Motherboards

Anyone who wants my build!

I finally got the parts, I think, idk noob with comps I am



Anywhere's here is a link to all the parts :P




http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-PC3-12800-1600mHz-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B/dp/B004QBUL1C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418573722&sr=8-2&keywords=8+gigs+ram


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IDG3PRI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088PUEPK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-Processor-BX80646I54690K/dp/B00KPRWB9G/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1418857923&sr=1-1&keywords=i5+processor

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ESETQNG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H33SFJU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YVJJ5Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER




Lel enjoy nerds

How about this one?. Seems to fit the bill, and it's not too pricey.

Since R9 270 serves well for gaming, for that budget you can nail an G3258 plus an H81-B85-H97 motherboard, FX-4100 is a pretty "old" chip and may be an slightly bottleneck.

At most, you can get:

GPU

Green Side: EVGA GTX 960 starting at $200 dls may be an 25-35% faster than your current GPU.

Red Side: R9 280X Vapor X Same story, but performs a little better than the GTX 960.

CPU

]Blue side:] One of the best performers is the G3258 it's a Haswell unlocked chip, you can get this little monster up to 4,2 ghz easily with the proper cooling, also to note you need a new motherboard for this chip, ANY ASUS branded board (H81, B85, H97, Z97) is able to overclock unlocked mutiplier chips since last year i think, it from $69-89
one of the best price-performance chip, don't get fooled by the "Pentium name".

Red Side: FX-6300, a bit "old" but also one of the best price/performance chips, it doesn't even bottlenecks a top tier card. And you won't need to change you Motherboard.

So: ($69 G3258 - $55 ASUS H81-M ) If you go Intel side, so you'll left $174 for the gpu

and for the red side FX-6300 and spare $198 for gpu

Kind of a case noob here (only did my first build last year). I have everything in a mid-tower right now (this case).

How do I go about making sure that all my components will fit inside this case? I'm assuming Mini-ITX is different from Micro-ATX (mobo I have now).

This is the best you're gonna do for your budget:

ASUS 20" 1600x900 LED Monitor: http://www.amazon.com/VS207D-P-19-5-Inch-Screen-LED-Lit-Monitor/dp/B00B5Q6Y8U/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1408605057&sr=1-6

AmazonBasics USB Keyboard and Mouse Combo: http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Wired-Keyboard-Mouse-Bundle/dp/B00B7GV802/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1408605161&sr=1-4&keywords=usb+keyboard

Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3258-BX80646G3258/dp/B00KPRWAZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408605465&sr=8-1&keywords=pentium+g3258

ASUS H81M-E Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-H81M-E-DDR3-1333-Motherboards/dp/B00ESETQNG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408605562&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+h81m-e#customerReviews

Crucial 4GB DDR3-1600: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006WAGG14/?tag=pcpapi-20

Seagate Barracuda 1TB: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005CT56R6/?tag=pcpapi-20

Silverstone PS08B Micro-ATX Case: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A1ZU1I0/?tag=pcpapi-20

EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H33SFJU/?tag=pcpapi-20

MSI Radeon R7 265 OC: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JJNQ8ZA/?tag=pcpapi-20

Total: $500

This will play all but ACU on the highest setting while being on budget.

The G3258 is a new processor, but you should get a motherboard with a new enough BIOS. I work retail and the latest batches we've been getting all work with the G3258.