Help choosing a motherboard

[GertS]

So i will get a 6700k with 16 gb of ram. (gonna try to get some fan for it) and a GTX 9800+

 

I know the gtx 9800+ will bottle neck the 6700k like hell and i should get watercooling for 6700k.

I dont plan to overclock the 6700k untill i have a better video card like 1080, untill then a normal fan will do.

I am not getting a new video card because my old cpu and ram are literally garbage (talking about from a time when 2gb of ram use to be VERY GOOD).

I am getting a 6700k straight up becasue thats what i would eventually get anyway.

 

Now i need a motherboard for it but i dont know much of them. No red or orange. Make it black or white or green.

I doubt i will ever SLI so that is not important, i also want wifi on it. Aside form that i do not know much about what i need or want.

 

Would not really want to go over 100-200€. I can convice miself to go 200-300 but not with out a VERY good reason.

[dantayy]

Get the Asus Z170-A motherboard

if you can spend a little more, get the Z170 Pro / Z170 Deluxe, really solid boards. Both are white/black colored

 

(Z170 Deluxe has onboard WIFI)

[Kantor]

  you could try.

 

Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI

 

for boards with wifi your options are limited

[GertS]

Just now, Kantor said:

  you could try.

 

Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI

 

for boards with wifi your options are limited

Well no wifi is fine but i dont know what i should get for a wifi device then

[Castdeath97]

8 minutes ago, GertS said:

and a GTX 9800+

Just use the integrated graphics.....please.

[19_blackie_73]

1.) welcome to the forum

2.) why would you need watercooling for the 6700k? only get watercooling if it is really neccessary, but as you don't oc, you don't need that much of a cooler. just get sth decent.

3.) well it's not really bottlenecking, and you may get better performance when using the integrated graphics of the i7 until you can afford the 1080 or 1070 or whatever.

4.) what case do you have? do you want atx, matx or mitx?

5.) you can't do much wrong with mobos so...

 

some suggestions:

atx: only mobo in your price range with wifi but sadly red: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/hNqbt6/msi-motherboard-z170atomahawkac

itx: well very small: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/MWbkcf/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170nwifi

 

i rather suggest getting an add in card and get the mobo you like best in terms of io and color/looks

 

[GertS]

8 minutes ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

1.) welcome to the forum

2.) why would you need watercooling for the 6700k? only get watercooling if it is really neccessary, but as you don't oc, you don't need that much of a cooler. just get sth decent.

3.) well it's not really bottlenecking, and you may get better performance when using the integrated graphics of the i7 until you can afford the 1080 or 1070 or whatever.

4.) what case do you have? do you want atx, matx or mitx?

5.) you can't do much wrong with mobos so...

 

some suggestions:

atx: only mobo in your price range with wifi but sadly red: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/hNqbt6/msi-motherboard-z170atomahawkac

itx: well very small: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/MWbkcf/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170nwifi

 

i rather suggest getting an add in card and get the mobo you like best in terms of io and color/looks

 

I know the graphics card is crap but the integrated one is seriously suppose to be better? somehow i doubt that

 

atx is fine but then i have to find a wifi device and i have no clue about them

 

What is io

[dantayy]

5 minutes ago, GertS said:

Well no wifi is fine but i dont know what i should get for a wifi device then

If you have wireless G/N 2.4Ghz:

https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN881ND-Wireless-Express-Low-profile/dp/B0079XWMEI/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1472127863&sr=1-5&keywords=wifi+card

 

If you have wireless G/N 5Ghz:

https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-450Mbps-Wireless-Express-TL-WDN4800/dp/B007GMPZ0A/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1472127863&sr=1-4&keywords=wifi+card

 

If you have Wireless-AC

https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GC-WB867D-I-Bluetooth-Frequency-Compatible/dp/B019JH89YI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1472127906&sr=8-3&keywords=wifi+card+ac

[19_blackie_73]

10 minutes ago, GertS said:

I know the graphics card is crap but the integrated one is seriously suppose to be better? somehow i doubt that

 

i mean you can try it  but the integrated graphics of today is not that bat at all, especially on a 6700k. I can even play light games on my 5200u @1080p, so the desktop skylake graphic should be a huge step up too. but with a 8year old gpu it might keep up well or beat the gpu.

 

EDIT: https://www.teckknow.com/intel-core-i7-6700k-review/7/ it gets at least 25fps in heaven, so not that bad

[GertS]

11 minutes ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

i mean you can try it  but the integrated graphics of today is not that bat at all, especially on a 6700k. I can even play light games on my 5200u @1080p, so the desktop skylake graphic should be a huge step up too. but with a 8year old gpu it might keep up well or beat the gpu.

 

EDIT: https://www.teckknow.com/intel-core-i7-6700k-review/7/ it gets at least 25fps in heaven, so not that bad

http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=3221&gid2=163&compare=hd-i7-6700k-vs-geforce-9800-gtx

 

The comparison benchmarks say that 9800 gtx+ is better

 

The video card is old but it still IS a video card.

 

 

[GertS]

oops double post

[19_blackie_73]

1 hour ago, GertS said:

http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=3221&gid2=163&compare=hd-i7-6700k-vs-geforce-9800-gtx

 

The comparison benchmarks say that 9800 gtx+ is better

 

The video card is old but it still IS a video card.

 

 

well this site compares only the specs... doesn't say much about actual performance...

just remember that amd told people that the fx 8xxx are eight cores, and now compare them against intels eight core cpus....

 

[PCGuy_5960]

I would recommend the AsRock Z170 Extreme4, it has pretty much the same features and stability with the Z170-A from ASUS and costs $30 less...

[sanchos]

Try to check out this review, it'll help you to choose the best: Best Motherboards. Personally, I can recommend you MSI Intel Z97 LGA.  For the price it's an excellent board. Replaced a failing ASRock Z97 E6 with this board and I couldn't be happier. Installed it and it booted right up, no issues whatsoever. I've seen some reviews with complaints about there being legacy PCI slots -- what's the big deal? Still supports SLI and has an m.2 slot for an SSD. The legacy PCIs are actually kind of a nice touch.

[SwiftXShadow]

you should go with out wifi motherboard, and get wifi separate 

[GertS]

So what are motherboard options with out the wifi?

[PCGuy_5960]

20 hours ago, sanchos said:

Try to check out this review, it'll help you to choose the best: Best Motherboards. Personally, I can recommend you MSI Intel Z97 LGA.  For the price it's an excellent board. Replaced a failing ASRock Z97 E6 with this board and I couldn't be happier. Installed it and it booted right up, no issues whatsoever. I've seen some reviews with complaints about there being legacy PCI slots -- what's the big deal? Still supports SLI and has an m.2 slot for an SSD. The legacy PCIs are actually kind of a nice touch.

Z170 is for Skylake... Z97 uses a completely different socket