mobo for i5 3340

[Darth Bane]

Hi guys

Currently building a gaming desktop . I am looking for a mobo to fit my i5 3340 Cpu ,

I would be looking to spend £100 - £150

Any recommendations would be great !!

Anything cheaper that does the job would be great too !

 

[LTC8K6]

Well, that's the old LGA1155 socket, so might be hard to find and/or expensive.

 

[Darth Bane]

Hi sorry it's a 4430 i5

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Hi sorry it's a 4430 i5

Well, that's the old LGA1150 socket, so might be hard to find and/or expensive.

 

[Darth Bane]

I'll keep looking ....

 

[ao_ika_red]

There should be plenty H81 board (new/refurbished/used) around ebay and Amazon.

 

[Darth Bane]

I think I'm going to go for a h81 asus plus I'm not interested in overclocking or anything will this be a good choice I want to game tho ?

Thanks

 

[Burpo]

There's a few reasonable boards on ebay worth checking out..

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-ProSer...104455&hash=item21362edd19:g:gqwAAOSw~0paPZ81

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-Intel-...095382?hash=item4d6a9c13d6:g:cBwAAOSw~vpaKhXZ

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I think I'm going to go for a h81 asus plus I'm not interested in overclocking or anything will this be a good choice I want to game tho ?

Thanks

If you're not interested in overclocking, it will be fine. It'll support a single GPU.

 

[Darth Bane]

I decided to go for the following within my budget ofcourse

Asus h81 m plus mother board
8gb g skill ares ram 1600 mhz (1 stick)
Asus gtx 960 4gb
Zalman cnps5x cooler
I5 4430 cpu

I have everything else , case , monitor etc

I am Hoping to game with this set up nothing over the top I play allot of games from 2008 - 2015

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I decided to go for the following within my budget ofcourse

Asus h81 m plus mother board
8gb g skill ares ram 1600 mhz (1 stick)
Asus gtx 960 4gb
Zalman cnps5x cooler
I5 4430 cpu

I have everything else , case , monitor etc

I am Hoping to game with this set up nothing over the top I play allot of games from 2008 - 2015

So you're basically buying a completely new rig? What is this costing you?

It's rarely worth buying old gear to build a system from scratch. If you already had the CPU or something, maybe, but a new i3 is going to run rings around it.

 

[Darth Bane]

Hi

Just under 300 , I'm looking to play games like fallout 4 , 3 and new Vegas .

To be honest so many people say this world , that works , etc I've got what I've got and I'm sure it will do what I'm wanting it to . If not , it' not a big loss

 

[Darth Bane]

And it depends on wha you mean by old , I can still play games fine with 10 year old gear.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Fair enough.

Poking around amazon.co.uk, it looks like the other avenue budget gamers like (buying a refurbished desktop PC to drop in a video card) would cost you at least £240, not including the GPU. So If you're done for under £300 that's actually really good.

Happy gaming!

 

[Darth Bane]

Thanks ! I'm building it this weekend ! I'l let you know how you I get on.