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hi welcome back to PC Builder I'm Jason
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now whether you're building a budget
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gaming PC with an i5 12400 or a 4K Ultra
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gaming PC with an i54 600k getting the
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best Intel motherboard it can be very
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confusing So today we're going to cover
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everything that you need to know to get
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the best motherboard for 14 gen Intel
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CPUs as well as 12th and 13 gen Intel
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CPUs and will give specific product
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recommendations for every budget level
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let's talk about motherboard chipsets
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because oh my goodness can they be
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confusing from b660 to b760 to z690 to
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z790 to h610 and Beyond now the first
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thing to focus on is the very first
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number that comes after the letter so
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for instance focus on the six in z b690
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as that tells you the generation of the
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motherboard often called the series
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chipsets in the 600 and 700 series so
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the b660 and b760 motherboards for
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instance are all on the LGA 1700 socket
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which supports Intel 14th 13th and 12
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gen CPUs the 600 series chipset
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motherboards were released for the 12th
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gen Intel launch and the 700 series
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motherboards were released for the 13
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gen Intel launch note that no new
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chipset is launching for 14 gen but
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several of the mother motherboard
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manufacturers are releasing newer z790
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versions like this z790 aorus Pro X ax
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sent over to us by gigabyte so a big
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thank you there now let's talk about the
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letter in the chipset name the Z series
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motherboards so z690 and z790 are all
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designed to allow overclocking on the K
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series unlock CPUs and they also have
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about double the pcie lanes which means
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generally they have a lot more USB and
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other rear panel connections they also
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generally cost at least a little bit
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more I typically recommend using a Z
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series motherboard for 13th and 14th gen
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unlock CPUs like the IFI 14 600k to get
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the most out of them note that in
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addition many z790 motherboards have
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better ddr5 memory traces which help
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compatibility and stability when using
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Ultra fast ddr5 Ram particularly with
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higher-end gaming builds more about ddr4
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and ddr5 on Intel motherboards coming up
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then we have the B series motherboards
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b660 and b760 which are great for the
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locked Intel CPUs and even the older
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unlocked 1210 CPUs particularly the I5
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12 600k the main difference is that the
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B series motherboards they can't
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overclock K series unlock CPUs like the
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i54 600k but they will work in the
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boards note that the B series
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motherboards have a power limit based on
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the CPU though many but not seemingly
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all of them will allow you to raise that
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power limit to get the maximum level of
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performance we cover how to do this in
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our after you build PC setup guide B
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series motherboards they do allow for
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full Ram overclocking including use of
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XMP Auto overclocking profiles in terms
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of pcie lanes they have about half as
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many as the z-series boards and the most
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important part is they generally cost a
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bit less though there are some cheap
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z690 boards finally we have the H
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chipsets which are a little confusing
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h610 mother boards they are Ultra budget
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boards that don't cost much less than
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the b660 and they include a number of
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constraints like lock ddr4 memory speed
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to a maximum of 3200 and we just don't
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recommend them for some reason they
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still make a handful of 8660 and 8760
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boards and they're essentially the same
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as a b660 or b760 so if you do find one
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on a good sale just pretend it's a B
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series motherboard ddr4 versus ddr5 on
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Intel 14th 13th and 12th generation CPUs
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it's decided when you buy the
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motherboard many Intel LGA 1700
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motherboards have two versions a ddr4
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Ram version and a ddr5 ram version
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that's because ddr4 and ddr5 they're
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different Technologies and they're even
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different physical sockets we go into
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more detail on this in our best RAM for
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gaming 2023 video so check that out for
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more the most important thing for you to
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understand is that your RAM choice is
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locked in when you buy the motherboard
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so make sure the motherboard Choice
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aligns with your RAM Choice Motherboard
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BIOS and bios flashback are really
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important for Intel motherboard
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selection the BIOS is the operating
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system for the motherboard and older
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boards that came out before 13th or 14th
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gen Intel launch may not have an updated
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bios and they won't boot out of the box
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luckily many boards have bios flashback
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on them gigabyte calls this Q flash plus
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where you can Flash the BIOS without a
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compatible CPU to the latest version
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that you download from the motherboard
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manufacturer website we cover this step
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by- step in our how to build a PC 2023
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video so I'll leave it linked down in
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the video description now unfortunately
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a number of motherboards lack this
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feature particularly Aus 600 series
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boards so it's safe to get any 600 or
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700 series board with a 12 gen CPU for
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13 gen you'll either need a 700 series
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board or a 600 series board that has
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bios flashback and for 14 gen you'll
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either need one of these new 700 series
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boards specifically launched for 14 gen
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like the z790 ARs Pro X or a 600 or 700
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series motherboard with bios flashback
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motherboard size there are four
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mainstream motherboard sizes what we
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call form factors the fulls size ATX
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form factor like these a 2/3 size
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motherboard called a microatx or matx
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for short and a miniature siiz
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motherboard with only one pcie slot
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called an ITX motherboard intended for
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small form factor build not there's also
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an Extended ATX or eatx size
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motherboards that's slightly larger than
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these will fit into most ATX siiz cases
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but of course check your specs and
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compatibility now most of you will
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likely want either a fullsize HX or
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micro HX motherboard who we also go
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through some ITX motherboards in our
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recommendations not that ITX boards they
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tend to be much more expensive also the
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PC case that you buy it needs to fit the
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motherboard and while small motherboards
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will fit into larger cases ATX
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motherboards obviously you will not fit
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in the cases designed exclusively for
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smaller boards so check size and
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compatibility before you buy a case so
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what motherboard feature should you be
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looking for let's lead off with the
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motherboard vrm which is the little half
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square that delivers power to your CPU
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While most boards advertise that they're
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compatible with any Intel CPU up to an 9
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the reality is the cheap cut down
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motherboards they often lack the proper
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vrms for higher core count CPUs now what
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ends up happening is that the vrm can
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overheat and throttle the CPU
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performance this is one reason why I
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typically recommend investing in a good
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quality Z series motherboard for the
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higher core count and higher power draw
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CPUs like the unlocked i54 14 600k and
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13600 K and higher CPUs we take this
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into account in all of our specific
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product recommendations let's also
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briefly discuss pcie Gen 5 device
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motherboard compatibility because I see
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so many people overspending on this
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totally worthless feature now pcie Gen 5
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internal motherboard lanes are great
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they allow you to connect more gen 3 and
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Gen 4 devices to your motherboard but
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when it comes to SSD and GPU slots rated
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to run at Gen 5 speed you should not
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spend extra money to get them Gen 5 gpus
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they don't even exist yet and pcie Gen 4
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will be fine for years to come for GPU
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bandwidth for ssds most users barely
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take advantage of SATA SSD speeds
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especially in gaming let alone mvme pcie
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gen 3 or Gen 4 speeds it's very likely
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that pcie Gen 5 gpus and ssds won't
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offer any tangible benefits during the
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relevant lifespan of your PC build so my
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advice don't spend any extra money
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chasing this feature Let's Talk About
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Storage connections starting with m.2
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connectors motherboards range from one
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m.2 drive connector to up to five and
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even more depending on the board itself
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there are two primary types of m.2
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connectors one intended for storage
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devices and the other one intended for
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m.2 Wi-Fi adapters these m.2 connectors
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can run at different maximum speeds from
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pcie gen 3 to Gen4 to the newest and
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ludicrous Gen 5 many motherboards now
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come with built-in heat sinks for m.2
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Drive so consider that before you buy an
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SSD with a pre-installed heat shield in
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addition most motherboards come with at
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least four sat Drive connectors
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motherboard audio now the audio section
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of the motherboard it's in the bottom
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leand corner of the board and it's made
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up by capacitors and a real Tech audio
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codec chip you use this audio anytime
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you plug in an analog device with a
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connector that looks like this if
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instead you're plugging in a sound
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device with a digital connection like
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HDMI or USB then you're bypassing
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onboard motherboard audio processing and
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instead you're using the secondary
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device for digital to analog conversion
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budget audio codecs can sound fine and
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they're typically in the 800 series such
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as ALC 897 more premium audio codecs
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have better overall signal noise ratios
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and additional audio signal boost for
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front panel headphones like the alc 1200
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the best audio codecs are the alc1220 or
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the newer but very similar ALC 480 both
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of which offer additional encoding
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coding and decoding support as well
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support for high impedance headphones
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when using the front panel PC audio
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plugs let's talk about usb connectivity
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starting with the rear panel now these
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can come in a couple different speeds
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and connection types most boards they
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offer a range of USB a connections
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ranging in speed from USB 2.0 for like
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your mice and keyboard those are usually
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the black USB connections to the USB 3.2
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gen 1 typically colored blue to USB 3.2
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Gen 2 connections often colored red
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there are also USB type-c connectors
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which are smaller but faster
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motherboards also have headers to plug
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in the front PC case USB connections
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both USB 3.2 and the slower 2.0 ports
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and some come with a USB type-c header
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in addition to USB connections your
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motherboard will come with wired
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ethernet Wi-Fi can also be built in and
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if it is it's going to include Bluetooth
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connectivity though you can buy an
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adapter either as a USB Wi-Fi adapter or
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a pcie Wi-Fi adding card to add these
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features later let's jump into product
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recommendations which are all linked
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down in the video description and which
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you can use to check out pricing and
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availability in your region we're going
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to continue to keep this list updated
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including if new motherboard models
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release or if a board is discontinued
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which does happen from time to time
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let's jump into the best motherboard for
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14 gen Intel CPU so this is the i54 600k
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the i71 14700 K and the i 94900 k and
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obviously the KF variant if you have a
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13 gen unlock CPU like the 13600 K these
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are also going to be good
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recommendations for them let's start off
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with the best motherboard for I5 14600 K
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because this is an interesting one we
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want to go ddr5 because ddr5 prices have
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come way down check out our best RAM for
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gaming for our recommendations there and
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at the same time we don't want to
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overspend on the motherboard otherwise
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we could have gotten I74 700k instead so
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we're looking for something kind of
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mid-ranges and we're probably going to
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spend anywhere around 180 to about2 $220
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$230 on the motherboard if you're in the
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US if you're outside the US in a tougher
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Market you'll probably end up spending a
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little bit more we want to go probably
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with a z690 motherboard some of the z790
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more budget tier motherboards could also
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be considered I like z690 ddr5 boards
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for a couple reasons they tend to have
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like the upgraded audio features on them
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they tend to have a lot of rear panel
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connectivity to them they don't
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overspend on a lot of high-speed Gen 5
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device kind of stuff because it wasn't
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really available when they came out so
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they tend to be pretty good price to
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Performance and my favorite one in this
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category is the ASRock z690 PG velocity
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I can only find this one right now in
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the US at newe so check those links down
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in the video description I'll have
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everything linked there especially if I
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find it on Amazon or something like that
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couple things I love about this
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motherboard first of all comes with
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Wi-Fi it's
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$158 and it's been at this price for
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weeks and weeks and weeks $158 it's got
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upgraded audio on it really nice looking
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audio section really nice rear panel
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connectivity in addition to that it's
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just a really nice looking motherboard
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it's got a great vrm on it you could
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really put an I94 900k on this if you
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wanted to although if you're going to
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spend that much on the CPU I would go up
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a little bit on the motherboard
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obviously front panel USB type-c just
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really all the features you kind need on
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a motherboard like this all tons and
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tons of M do2s on it if you can find
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this board this is my Top Choice going
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up in price and I'm not sure how much
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longer these great z690 deals are going
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to last they will sell out at some point
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but like we've got the Asus Rock z690 DF
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gaming Wi-Fi it's 6 Wi-Fi 6E on it it's
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got tons of rear panel connectivity to
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it it's got upgraded audio on it tons of
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m.2 and it has bios flashback which is
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super important because all the Asus
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boards below the Rocks ones don't have
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it so don't make a mistake and buy the
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wrong one this is a great one to pick up
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for $1.99 if you're looking for
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something more white themed a look at
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the MSI Force Wi-Fi ddr5 version all
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white got great rear panel connectivity
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very very similar in terms of its
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overall feature set to the other boards
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that we've just looked at right now
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going for $229 over at newg but often
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goes on sale and then on the gigabyte
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side I like the gigabyte z690 AOG some
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of the other boards that I had been
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recommending last year have completely
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sold through even on the ddr5 side so
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look for this one this is a more Creator
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focused board but it's basically an
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aorus Pro with the white skin on it
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instead upgraded audio upgraded rear
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panel connectivity like this board 219
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again often goes on sale if you're
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looking for upgraded features on the
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z790 but don't want to spend a lot I do
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like the MSI Pro z790 a because this one
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does include upgraded audio it's got the
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alc 4080 audio upgrade on it it's got
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Good Rear panel connectivity comes with
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WiFi a number of M do2s on it not as
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many as some of those z690 boards but it
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does have that better memory trace on
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there so you can clock up some of that
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ddr5 to higher speeds on this board 219
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right now over at New EG what if you're
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looking for the best motherboard board
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for I74 700k or the I 914 900k any of
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the boards we've already talked about
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would be fine for traditional memory
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speeds that I would recommend for these
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boards on ddr5 but if you're somebody
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who wants to push super fast ddr5 speeds
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or you looking to do kind of more
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overclocking let's talk about a couple
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of boards that z790 is that just came
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out from the various motherboard
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manufacturers specifically aimed at 14
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gem let's start off with gigabytes z790
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aorus Elite X ax not the oror elite the
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EOS Elite X $289 there's also a Wi-Fi 7
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version that's identical to this board
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for
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$279 I don't know why it's $10 cheaper
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for the better board that's the one I
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would get gigabyte is advertising
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overclock memory speeds up to
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8266 check the specs check the qvl list
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if you want to overclock memory like
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that please know what you're doing and
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it's got kind of everything else you'd
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expect out of these higher end
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motherboards upgraded audio tons of rear
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panel connectivity on the mson we got
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the mag z790 Tomahawk for about
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$299 now this is the z7 tomahawk Max
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Wi-Fi not the z790 tomahawk those are
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going to be different boards this is
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advertising memory speeds up to 7,800
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still very fast not quite as fast as the
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gigabyte advertises but quite fast and
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it's got all those other upgraded
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features including it does have Wi-Fi 7
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$299 right now from Asus the one I would
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focus on is the Asus tough gaming z790
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Pro not the plus but the pro slightly
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less Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 6E maybe that's a big
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deal to you maybe it's not got a couple
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less m.2 slots slightly cut down audio
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section not in terms of the audio codec
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itself but in the number of capacitors
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here but it does look like a very nice
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motherboard $299 a little bit more
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expensive than the other ones and again
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pushing about 7,800 on the OC is what
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they're advertising the one I would
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recommend that you probably get if you
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were absolutely half to have an Asus
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Fanboy kind of board I do like the assus
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rock stck z790 F now this board has been
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out it's already been out but it's still
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a great motherboard still going to push
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those slightly faster memory speeds out
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there it's got the really slick looking
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RGB Lighting on it it's got a fantastic
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looking audio section and $340 not
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terrible in terms of pricing for those
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of you looking for both a super fast
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board and you want that white PCB let's
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talk about the gigabyte z790 aorus Pro X
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this is the board that you saw on the
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table next to me yeah it looks
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phenomenal it's got amazing RGB and it's
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white PCB so it's basically all those
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great features and that it is a little
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bit steeper in price so it's
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$389 but honestly especially given that
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NZ XTS N7 z790 boards which I typically
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recommend for like all white or all
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black builds don't have bios flashback
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on them what were you thinking in zxt I
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can't recommend them so I might take a
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look at a board like this in terms of
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the best Creator motherboard for 14 gen
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Intel let's take a look at boards that
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have Thunderbolt for support so this is
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z690 z790 ddr5 five motherboards that
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have that Thunderbolt 4 port on them I
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really like the assus roog Maximus z690
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hero it's got Wi-Fi 6C on it it's got
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tons of features it's got a really cool
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LCD screen $249 right now over at New EG
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I don't know if that sale price is going
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to hold this has been one of the more
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expensive motherboards out there the
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other ones I would take a look at are
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various versions of asrock's z690 and
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z790 taichi I like the taichi razor
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Edition or you can just get the regular
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z690 taichi they both have Thunderbolt
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on them or of course we've got the newer
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taichi light z790 another really really
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good board you can also look at the
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older MSI mag z690 a tons of m.2
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connectivity including that Thunderbolt
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4 Port right now it's going for pretty
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insane $319 after rebate let's put the
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best budget motherboard for Intel 12 and
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13 gen locked CPUs even the I5 12600 K
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or i7 12700 k out there and if you're
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looking for 12 gen I do like the MSI Pro
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b660 m- a wifi now this is 12 gen only
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because it doesn't have bios flashback
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on it so it won't probably have a bios
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for 13 gen on it but it's got a good
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rear panel connectivity it was tested to
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run with even an i7 12700 f on it so two
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thumbs up there $129 I do like this
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board moving on to boards that would be
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appropriate even for 13 gen locked Parts
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like the
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13400 I like the gigabyte b760 M gaming
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X there's also the b660 aors elite board
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they're relatively similar the aors
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elite has a couple more rear panel
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connectivity features to it but both
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have bios flashback on it so two thumbs
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up there come with Wi-Fi on them these
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are great motherboards for about
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$140 often though will you can find
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these as low as about $100 on flash
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sales another good board out there is
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the ASRock b760 Pro RS these are all
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ddr4 motherboards because ddr4 is what
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you're doing if you're building a budget
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gaming PC this is a great one especially
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if you're looking for an ATX size
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motherboard pretty good rear panel on it
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as well my top pick right now if you're
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looking for upgraded features and you
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want to spend just a little bit more
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Seuss Rog stricks
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b760 a gaming Wi-Fi this is a ddr4 board
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but it's got upgraded ALC 1220 audio on
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it it's got a number of m.2 connectivity
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to it it's got pretty good rear panel
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connectivity overall I like this
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motherboard quite a bit this motherboard
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when it was originally introduced cost2
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$30 which was stupid at the time but now
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that it's come down to a safe insane
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$159 I absolutely love it particularly
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given all the upgraded features and
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honestly it's only like 30 bucks more
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than those other kind of more budget
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entry boards if you are looking for a z-
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series motherboard you have an i5 12
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600k the good news is you can find a lot
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of the cheaper z690 Boards out there
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that are ddr4 because right now everyone
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wants overclockable boards that have
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ddr5 on them because the memory prices
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have changed you can find a lot of these
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boards out there that would make a great
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system with like an i52 600k even an I13
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600k if you find that on a good sale as
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well stuff like the azrock z690 PG
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Riptide it also has bios flashback on it
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which is really nice if if you're going
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to go 13 gen instead of 12th gen and
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it's got pretty good rear panel
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connectivity to it pretty decent vrm on
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it not a bad board for $124 let's jump
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in the best Ultra budget motherboard so
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these are for the I3 CPUs you don't need
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much to run those I3 CPUs but we are
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looking for something with a RM heat
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sink note if you're looking for one for
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the 13100 F you'll either need a b760
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mother theboard or a b660 with bios
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flashback on it here's a board that's
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really only appropriate for the I3 1200f
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but has been a great value right now
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$116 typically though sells for about
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$95 it completely sold out during Prime
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day I'm sure it'll come back in stock at
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that price the ASRock b660 M Pro RS
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great rear panel connectivity has great
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heat sinks on it and they fixed some of
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the initial problems of this board had
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running higher core count CPUs I would
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put an i52400 on this no problem here's
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a great board gigabyte b760 M or if you
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can find the b660 same thing because
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these boards have bios flashback
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gigabyte has bios flashback on all of
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their B series motherboards two thumbs
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up there unlike MSI Asus and a lot of
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the ASRock boards so this is a really
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good board pretty good vrm heat SN on it
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you really don't want to go up to
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anything like a 12 600k I5 12400 would
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probably be fine but really really good
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value at $19 there's Wi-Fi versions of
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this board and there's also a version
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called the b760 MC with a little
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different looking heat sink they all
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sell for about anywhere from1 to about
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$120 ASRock b760 MPG lightning there's a
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number of these ASRock boards that are
00:22:46
kind of weirdly named they're absolutely
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fine especially if they're the 700
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series motherboard like the b760 M $109
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right now this has a great heat sinks on
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it I really like it decent is
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vrm on it you could probably put a 12
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600k on it I would probably link up to a
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12400 or 13400 on it really does the job
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