>>108626259
No more than $200.

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The one i'm looking at goes used for $600 and retailed for $1000. it's one of those big dick behemoth 7 slot PCIE server motherboards.

pic related, this motherboard fucks. ASUS makes the best boards.

Just use the one that comes with your Apple computer

>>108626428
You mean the one with 8gb of soldered ram?

>>108626259
Buy the cheapest one from a reputable brand that has all the ports you need

>>108626259
Depends on your use case.

>>108626259
>How much do you really need to spend on a motherboard
What will you be using that the rig for? Will it be generating you returns or help you expand your skillset? I mean the looks of that mono alone are probably worth it but as an adult you just have to try to be somewhat reasonable and ask the hard questions.

not that much, just about i/o really. i got the cheapest am5 board with x8/x8 bifurcation for dual gpu use

>>108626259
That depends on you anon. For something like a gaming board, the only real features that matter are bios flashback, a digit postcode readout, and maybe the ammount of m.2 slots. Other than that it's all about aesthetics really. Hedt and boards for server applications have some nuance, but gamers are struggling to cope with that fact that there's no real use for having more than one 16xpcie slot, two ram slots, and two or three m.2 slots. That's all you need for a desktop now days.