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debgram · ‎06-15-2018

Would the Intel’s Core i5-8400 work on the Asus H170 pro gaming MB?

MoKiChU · ‎06-15-2018

debgram wrote:
Would the Intel’s Core i5-8400 work on the Asus H170 pro gaming MB?

Hi,

Your motherboard is equipped with a chipset H170 (1xx series), this chipset does not support the CPUs Coffee Lake i3/i5/i7 8xxx, it is mandatory to have a motherboard with chipset series 3xx to use your i5 8400 : https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1035816

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debgram · ‎06-15-2018

MoKiChU wrote:
Hi,

Your motherboard is equipped with a chipset H170 (1xx series), this chipset does not support the CPUs Coffee Lake i3/i5/i7 8xxx, it is mandatory to have a motherboard with chipset series 3xx to use your i5 8400 : https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1035816

Ok thanks, I just wanted to make sure. I want to stck with Asus and if I go to check MB's would it list that its a 3xx series chipset?

Ok I found them Which one in your opinion would be better. ROG STRIX B360-F Gamming, ROG STRIX B360-G gaming or the H370-I Gaming or what about one of t he Asus Asus Z370 models

MoKiChU · ‎06-15-2018

First of all, look at the differences between the chipset B360 and H370 with respect to your needs :

And for information :

ROG STRIX x3x0-E GAMING : ATX (With Wi-Fi + Bluetooth)
ROG STRIX x3x0-F GAMING : ATX
ROG STRIX x3x0-G GAMING : m-ATX
ROG STRIX x3x0-I GAMING : m-ITX (With Wi-Fi + Bluetooth)

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debgram · ‎06-15-2018

I'm trying to compare them on Asus's website. The Z370 is out of the question I have been reading a lot of things not working right on it, so for sure it's going to be the H370 or B360. Now I like the H370-F Gaming it has more usb ports which I totally need. This is what I was looking at https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119071&cm_re=Asus_H370-F_Gaming-_-13-119-0...

Now another question I have, I will probably need different RAM?

MoKiChU wrote:
First of all, look at the differences between the chipset B360 and H370 with respect to your needs :

And for information :

ROG STRIX x3x0-E GAMING : ATX (With Wi-Fi + Bluetooth)
ROG STRIX x3x0-F GAMING : ATX
ROG STRIX x3x0-G GAMING : m-ATX
ROG STRIX x3x0-I GAMING : m-ITX (With Wi-Fi + Bluetooth)

MoKiChU · ‎06-15-2018

debgram wrote:
Now another question I have, I will probably need different RAM?

Your DDR4 is perfectly compatible with the ROG STRIX H370-F GAMING motherboard (you have DDR4 2133 and this motherboard can receive DDR4 up to 2666)

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debgram · ‎06-15-2018

Great that will save me 165.99 for now....lol. Now to talk the hubby into my upgrade. Did you check the link to the MB I was looking at?

Oh, I do have another question ask I was reading an article on best CPU's for gaming. The CPU I want is good for that but I watch on netflex, will that cpu work good for that? According to that article it seems not so good. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3273404/components-processors/best-cpus-for-gaming.html?idg_eid=727a...

which CPU for gaming [I play battlefield 1 and Far cry 5] plus watching on Netflix I should mention that the cpu I have now Intel core i5-6500 320 GHz, are any these better than that one? Which one of those would be good for gaming and watching netflix?

Ryzen 5 2600X
Core i5-8400

I have a ZALMAN CNPS9900 NT 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise CPU Cooler, will that still work on any of these CPU's?

MoKiChU wrote:
Your DDR4 is perfectly compatible with the ROG STRIX H370-F GAMING motherboard (you have DDR4 2133 and this motherboard can receive DDR4 up to 2666)

debgram · ‎06-16-2018

Ok I did some searching and found out if I want the Ryzen 5 2600X cpu I have to get a different MB than what I was first looking at. First I do a little gaming and watch on Netflix, will this CPU work for all that? The MB I found I need to work with the CPU is the Asus Prime X470-Pro, now my questions, will my DDR4 2133 still work on this MB and ZALMAN CNPS9900 NT 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise CPU Cooler work on it and then I plan on getting a new power supply, will this work CORSAIR RMx Series RM850x? Thanks, the sooner I get answers I can buy before hubby changes his mind......lol

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