Quick Intel recommendation needed

mojothehut

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Feb 26, 2012
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Hey guys
So I'm building a cheap intel rig for a friend, it's going to mostly be used to play World of Warcraft, Skyrim, Mass Effect 3 level stuff.
He wants a small motherboard and case, so looking at micro ATX
Something along the lines of http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157301
I haven't built an intel rig in years, so Im a bit behind on motherboards and chipsets. Would like to keep it under $100 if possible.
So looking for what you guys think is a solid mobo, not going to do any fancy overclocking, just going for stability.
Thanks!
rest of the hardware:
CPU, Core i3-3220 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz
8gb Corsair DDR1600
WD 500gb hd
Win 7 Pro
AMD 7850
Corsair 600watt psu
 

aarontpx

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If you want to overclock you are going to want to get the Z77 chipset. For your budget you would want to get this board, ASRock Z77M. Otherwise looks good.

Also a 400-450w power supply would be more than suffient. No need for 600.