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Quick Intel recommendation needed

mojothehut

Senior member
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
 
Make for him what you have. What you wrote up top as your rig,,,,, sounds like a good rig buildup for him........
 
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.
 
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