I've been away from computing for a long time. So I am getting back into some simple things. I bought a lot of parts today, older stuff, from video cards and RAM, to a few motherboards, and even some CPUs. I know, this stuff isn't new, and I can certainly look up specs and see what is what from that. But honestly, the last time I built a PC was with an Athlon, and I haven't kept up with much, and I want to know the intangibles, looking for some opinions.
ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M - Is this worth building a budget gaming PC around?
ASRock H97M Pro4 - Is this worth building anything around? I have an i5 4590, would it be worth pairing it into this board to make a budget gaming PC?
Gigabyte GA-b85M-D3H - Would my i5 be better in here?
IPM17-DD2. - I believe this board is an OEM HP board. Also, it's got an i5 7400 on it.
Also, all the stuff I bought today was untested, and although I would love the board with the i5 7400 to be working, it's probably not. I can't even test it, I don't have DDR4 RAM.
So give me some ideas. I have to get some thermal paste to even begin testing anything. Is Arctic Silver still around??
ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M - Is this worth building a budget gaming PC around?
ASRock H97M Pro4 - Is this worth building anything around? I have an i5 4590, would it be worth pairing it into this board to make a budget gaming PC?
Gigabyte GA-b85M-D3H - Would my i5 be better in here?
IPM17-DD2. - I believe this board is an OEM HP board. Also, it's got an i5 7400 on it.
Also, all the stuff I bought today was untested, and although I would love the board with the i5 7400 to be working, it's probably not. I can't even test it, I don't have DDR4 RAM.
So give me some ideas. I have to get some thermal paste to even begin testing anything. Is Arctic Silver still around??