Which Motherboard

[TomShaw]

I want to make a Skylake build, which motherboard do I choose?

Asus Z170-K Motherboard

or

MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

[Moonzy]

any, assuming they both do what you want anyway

[TomShaw]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

any, assuming they both do what you want anyway

I just want to play video games

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, TomShaw said:

I just want to play video games

just make sure they have all the connections you need and you're golden

 

though asus boards does come with fan xpert... which is quite useful

but only if you use it

[TomShaw]

6 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

just make sure they have all the connections you need and you're golden

 

though asus boards does come with fan xpert... which is quite useful

but only if you use it

 

What is fan xpert?

[Hackentosher]

6 minutes ago, TomShaw said:

I just want to play video games

What CPU are you using? If you have a K series chip, make sure you get a z170 board to enable overclocking. If not, you can cheap out a bit and get an h170 board.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, TomShaw said:

What is fan xpert?

a fan controlling software for asus boards, though there are other solutions out there, just not as elegant as fan xpert

[TomShaw]

1 minute ago, Hackentosher said:

What CPU are you using? If you have a K series chip, make sure you get a z170 board to enable overclocking. If not, you can cheap out a bit and get an h170 board.

 

I am probably getting a 6600k i5, how far can you overclock them?

[Hackentosher]

2 minutes ago, TomShaw said:

I am probably getting a 6600k i5, how far can you overclock them?

Depends, but you could probably expect anywhere between 4.2 and 4.7ghz with proper cooling. But overclocking is an entirely different story that depends on the quality of the silicon you received as well as how comfortable you are with running your chip at different voltages and the temperatures that accompany those voltages.

[FRN]

43 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

Depends, but you could probably expect anywhere between 4.2 and 4.7ghz with proper cooling. But overclocking is an entirely different story that depends on the quality of the silicon you received as well as how comfortable you are with running your chip at different voltages and the temperatures that accompany those voltages.

@TomShaw give it a day of testing as Luke would always say.