i5 8400 mobo recommendation

[Ceramicdragon]

It is finally time for me to upgrade my 2500k 4.5 GHz to a 8400. What mobo would you recommend? I have access to a microcenter nearby and would love to take advantage of $30 off.

 

[RLGL]

What do you do with your rig?

 

[Ceramicdragon]

Gaming, normal applications.

 

[daveybrat]

Why would you upgrade from an i5 2500K overclocked to a locked i5 8400? You obviously are using an aftermarket heatsink/fan. I would spend an extra $20 and get the 8600K instead:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/486089/core-i5-8600k-coffee-lake-36-ghz-lga-1151-boxed-processor

Much faster stock clocks and overclockable like your 2500K.

 

[Burner27]

If you fancy a mITX board, I run mine on this:

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/Z370N-WIFI-rev-10#kf

 

[Ceramicdragon]

Also, I used to be on anandtech, I thought it died. Glad it was resurrected. I will look at the 8600K