Could anyone please recommend me a budget motherboard that supports PCIe 3.0 or 2.0? My graphics card is PCIe 3.0. and I need something compatible with my intel build i'm going for..
Things I ordered: i5-4570 and a XFX AMD R9 280 (non x)
what budget?
And is xfire important to you ? pci-e 3.0 is availeble on all intel 1150 mobo´s. since you got a non K processor, you not realy need to go with a Z87/Z97 board, cause your cpu is locked. you would also be fine with a H87/H97 or B85 board. Unless you want an decent xfire at 8x option, then you stuck with Z series boards.
And which formfactor are you looking for?
hey this is the build i was going for http://pcpartpicker.com/user/XmasekOne/saved/4MQe keep in mind, this is my first build and i'm pretty happy with the build i'm going for (i already bought the processor). I'm willing to pay a little extra for the mobo if it's PCIe 3.0 and compatible with my core i5 processor. I just did some reading that the mobo that i currently i have in my parts saved is only pcie 1.0 and it will affect the performance of my graphics card. Could you recommend something that's at least under a $100 or a little more? btw i do not know much about xfire w/ 8x option :(
yeah well that mobo is basicly okay, but i would recommend to pay a littlebit extra, this board with H81 chipset, is realy bald, also you got a very nice fractal case with window, so i would personaly recommend to buy a ATX or m-atx H87 or H97 board. this just looks better, and has more feutures. since you only have a single gpu, xfire is not realy a feuture you gonne need. so you would be fine with a H series board
something like this: Asrock H97 performance, nice black/red color scheme, and good feutures. in my opinnion. 2 pci-e 3.0 slots, slot 1 is X16 slot 2 is X4, so you could basicly run xfire on this, but i would not botter about xfire anyway.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157510