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H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

 Compatible Components (from 291 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples87x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples55x
Core i5-6600Intel  $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples39x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples26x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples26x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples21x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples19x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples16x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples9x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples7x
Force LE 240GBCorsair  $85Bench 81%, 14,954 samples6x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples9x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples7x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples6x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 291 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

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
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 16,658 samples$41
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $325

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CPU
GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
AUS-User, 6 months ago.Core i5-7600K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 151 86 118  79  197  103  115  70 $1,280
ESP-User, 16 months ago.Core i7-6700K, GTX 1080-Ti Above average UFO - 106 90 89  82  129  265  -  73 $760
USA-User, 1 month ago.Core i5-6600K, RTX 4060-Ti Very good UFO - 113 83 88  77  147  105  -  71 $575
ESP-User, 16 months ago.Core i7-6700K, GTX 1080-Ti Poor Nuclear submarine - 99 86 85  78  126  213  -  70 $760
IDN-User, 18 months ago.Core i7-6700, RTX 3070 Average UFO - 104 76 87  70  148  79  -  70 $650
CAN-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RX 6800 Average UFO - 117 88 102  83  142  95  49  74 $939
CAN-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RX 6800 Average UFO - 111 83 97  79  140  101  56  74 $939
PRT-User, 4 months ago.Core i7-6700, RTX 4060-Ti Average UFO - 106 80 82  71  150  82  90  71 $565
ZAF-User, 14 months ago.Core i7-6700, HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) Below average UFO - 106 77 88  72  146  55  84  70 $821
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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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