Newegg has a great price on a the Intel 14600k CPU, 32GB DDR4 3600mhz RAM, and Asus mATX motherboard for $284 after promo and combo discounts. The CPU also qualifies for Battle Field 6 intel game bundle promotion.
It is a budget DDR4 mATX motherboard but still has most of the features for a budget build like Wifi 6, two M.2 slots, and aRGB headers. The big miss is the lack of usb C ports.
It shouldn't need a BIOS update to run the 14600k. Asus's website shows that all version of its BIOS supports the 14600k.
I don't think you can get any faster for less than $300.
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Also, I made a 12th gen set up and it is a beast!
I wanted long term compatibility which is not found in AMD.
Yes, gaming performance is not the best but I don't game all the time and I can't notice the difference anyway. I'll save some money for a good graphics card instead.
We did a 12600kf and motherboard deal for my son while back for $200 off of a Woot CPU deal and Newegg MB deal. In that case the DDR4 was helpful because he was reusing his from his system he was upgrading but if you are getting new memory in a bundle DDR5 would be much preferable.
I admit I'm still a little bit leery of the Intel issue as they still seem to be pushing out regular updates with notes related to the stability issues so the 12600 not being impacted was a nice bonus too.
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