What motherboard suits Core i3 14100F, and how should power delivery, memory, and ports be balanced?

  The Core i3 14100F uses LGA1700 and works with 600/700-series boards such as H610, B660, B760, H670, Z690, or Z790; choose DDR4 or DDR5 by the board and verify 14th-generation BIOS support.

  A budget gaming build can use an H610 or B760 DDR4 board with the needed ports; B760 is better for more M.2, USB, networking, and upgrade headroom. A Z board is unnecessary for this non-K chip.