Got this for $65 to pair with the $115 i3-10100 for my 50" 60hz 1080p TV in the upstairs nook.
This motherboard will run the i3-10100 at 4.1ghz all-core turbo all day long even in stress tests, as it does not ever surpass the 65w TDP limit of the motherboard. You can also go in and manually increase it to 75w TDP limit in the BIOS, which means it's going to be suitable for the i5-10400 at full all-core turbo indefinitely, and probably even an i7-10700 to a reasonable degree. Despite not having any VRM heatsinks, this board appears to have a 5+2 design, which is quite good for this price point and should support the i7-10700 as well without much throttling in real world workloads.
I paired this system with the i3-10100 and an ASUS RX 570 4GB, which plays most games very well at 1080p.
This also has one M.2 slot for NVME storage, as well as another M.2 slot specifically for Intel wifi cards.
There are only two fan headers in addition to the CPU fan header, which isn't a big problem even in higher end builds as you can get a 3-pack splitters for $4 if you need more fans.
There are no RGB headers, which was fine for me as I put this system in an equally modest (and great) Rosewill FBM-X2 $30 case that has a solid side panel.
Overall, I really love this motherboard for the price and capability.
| RAM | DDR4 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 2933 MHz |
