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Help an AMD guy figure out what Intel build to put together for Win7
So I just put together a new Win7 build, with an AMD FX-8310 in an Asrock 970M Pro 3 mobo. I didn't realize at the time the overheating issues that motherboard has.
I have always built AMD systems, I know nothing about Intel. According to my Googling, if I wanted tp put together an Intel system, I am looking at the Skylake family of processors. I looked at Skylake (microarchitecture) - Wikipedia. I would assume I would want to get something in the Core i7 category, probably a 6700? It seems that is close to what I was getting performance wise from the AMD FX-8310, which I was fine with
My real confusion is the motherboard, I have no idea what chipset I am looking for. I need a mATX motherboard, with 4 DDR3 RAM slots, because I want to re-use the RAM and Case I already have. I also really hate onboard video and have my own video, but according to that wikipedia page, the Intel chip has build in graphics? So onboard video in unavoidable?
What would be a reccomended mATX motherboard that supports the i7 6700 and has 4 RAM slots? Any advice is appreciated