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Question

Motherboard suggestions

Jun 30, 2018 3:00PM PDT

I am starting out at PC gaming. My pc has the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon™ RX 560 4GD5 video card but I am still using an original CPU. I am going to buy the Intel I5 8600k but I need to upgrade my motherboard for this. I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to what I need. Are there any suggestions for what motherboard I might want to get, taking into consideration a budget of £200 ($264 for US users)
Also, I'm pretty new so if i've missed any info please mention!

Thanks

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Tell me about your current PC.
Jun 30, 2018 3:26PM PDT

If it's better than an i5-2500 you may not need to do more than that. For say the i5-2500 I'd just bump RAM to 8GB dual channel, be sure my boot drive is a SSD and then game on.

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Mobo
Jul 1, 2018 4:34AM PDT