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MSI Motherboard

H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

 Compatible Components (from 1,239 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples297x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples227x
Core i5-6600Intel  $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples194x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples144x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples123x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples163x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples113x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples111x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples76x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples56x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples24x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples21x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples20x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples71x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples27x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 1,239 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500IntelBench 64%, 241,476 samples$67
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidiaBench 56%, 1,368,019 samples$117
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 103%, 951,591 samples$100
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperXBench 73%, 59,072 samples$125
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $408

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ESP-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Above average UFO - 181 91 156  82  226  238  79  74 $907
HKG-User, 15 months ago.Core i7-6700, RTX 3080-Ti Average UFO - 161 82 130  77  214  95  55  73 $1,198
BEL-User, 22 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090 Above average UFO - 162 88 138  83  200  130  102  74 $1,706
ITA-User, 7 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3090-Ti Below average UFO - 174 84 148  77  235  112  -  69 $180
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-7700, RTX 3080-Ti Average UFO - 140 84 123  78  184  87  72  73 $827
FRA-User, 19 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Average UFO - 145 82 121  76  196  120  58  69 $1,222
UKR-User, 12 months ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 4070-Ti Poor UFO - 161 83 120  70  237  93  -  71 $761
SWE-User, 5 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4070 Good UFO - 158 88 133  80  202  213  50  71 $663
ESP-User, 13 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080-Ti Poor UFO - 157 86 133  76  210  256  72  72 $840
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