Z370 Motherboard for 8400?

vishnumvn

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Hi techies,

Please suggest a good budget MotherBoard for intel 8400 processor

Thanks in advance
Vishnu.
 

aigomorla

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I strongly dislike the PCI slot on that board, it should be replaced with a x4 PCIe slot instead.

its one of those slots where u can put a 4x or 8x card into because the edge seems to be open.

its also really pointless to put a 4x slot in that board, because a CoffeeLake CPU does not have enough PCI-E lanes so without a PLX chip, it would be purely aesthetics.
 

whm1974

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its one of those slots where u can put a 4x or 8x card into because the edge seems to be open.

its also really pointless to put a 4x slot in that board, because a CoffeeLake CPU does not have enough PCI-E lanes so without a PLX chip, it would be purely aesthetics.
Looking at the pic it sure looks like a PCI slot to me.
EDITED: Looking at specs, it is a PCI slot at the bottom.
 
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aigomorla

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Looking at the pic it sure looks like a PCI slot to me.
EDITED: Looking at specs, it is a PCI slot at the bottom.

oh im sorry i thought u were talking about that middle pci-e 2x and not that bottom pci slot.

Holly cow it has a original PCI slot? o_O
I guess people still need them 32bit cards
 

whm1974

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oh im sorry i thought u were talking about that middle pci-e 2x and not that bottom pci slot.

Holly cow it has a original PCI slot? o_O
I guess people still need them 32bit cards
They are able to work with Windows 10? I thought that such support had long been ended.
 

UsandThem

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It doesn't seem like it, but there are still people who refuse to upgrade to something newer because they have some PCI TV capture card or high-end sound card they refuse to give up on until it dies. I've ran into a few on here over the years.

A motherboard like this might be enough to get them to finally upgrade.