Looking for a new motherboard.

[Infraction Jack]

I need an intel chipset MATX motherboard that is good for overclocking that is $80 or less. I welcome all suggestions. I will also be needing it to support 32 gigs of ram. I will be buying from amazon only.

 

[Sleepingforest]

I think the cheapest Z77 mobo with 4 RAM slots is over $100. You will have to give something up.

Why aren't you waiting for Haswell? Do you already have a CPU in mind? Some CPUs will require an older chipset.

 

[Infraction Jack]

I will be getting a celeron g550 to start with until I can afford an I5, I don't have to have the latest chipset just one that meets my requirements. I was considering the H77MU3

 

[SPBHM]

$80 with OC and 4 ram slots is not going to give you many options
there are a few z68 boards and a z75 around this price I think, the asrock Z75 PRO3 looks OK

overclock is z77, z75, z68 and p67 only,
forget about h77, b75, h67 and others

also, the Celeron cannot be overclocked

 

[Infraction Jack]

The asrock Z75 PRO3 is a full atx, a z68 board would work fine also if there is one that is recommended. I am not sure which of the chipsets support overclocking. The celeron is just a placeholder until I can afford a k series i5.

 

[Infraction Jack]

Would this motherboard be decent for what I want to do?http://www.microcenter.com/product/405772/DZ68AF_LGA_1155_Z68_mATX_Intel_Motherboard_OEM

 

[dragantoe]

The asrock Z75 PRO3 is a full atx, a z68 board would work fine also if there is one that is recommended. I am not sure which of the chipsets support overclocking. The celeron is just a placeholder until I can afford a k series i5.

exact thing I did with same board, only I used a pentium g860 as a place holder, it's a great board, only you will have to learn how to overclock using offsets, but after that it's easy to do a stable overclock

 

[Charlie98]

Silly me, but if you are buying from a MicroCenter why don't you just wait until you can afford a proper K-series chip and buy it with the mobo? Why are you wasting your money on a Celeron if your ultimate goal is a K, loosing the CPU/mobo combo savings.....

 

[Infraction Jack]

Because I have amazon gift cards I can use. I just found the motherboard on microcenter for reference. I already have the celeron sitting here waiting for the ram and the motherboard.

 

[Charlie98]

Because I have amazon gift cards I can use. I just found the motherboard on microcenter for reference. I already have the celeron sitting here waiting for the ram and the motherhood.

AH! Gotcha....

 

[nature1ders]

I think he should get this ASRock Z77 Pro4-M it costs $109 on Amazon which is more expensive than you'd like but if you can perhaps just scrounge up $30 extra bucks you would have a z77 micro-atx that's fairly decent.

Highlights include
4 usb 2.0 ports
2 usb 3.0 ports
1 esata port (will be useful)
1 optical audio out
1 hdmi (if you intend to use onboard video)

It has an onboard usb front panel header for your PC case if you need that option.

VirtuaMVP (I believe z77 mobos all support this)

PCI-E 3.0 Support which is a positive thing

I can find nothing else to suggest