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Choosing a 170 series LGA 1151 motherboard

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I'm building my first PC and I'm not quite sure which motherboard I should get. I'm not particularly planning on overclocking, and I'm shooting for a price range of sub $200; but it must have usb 3.1, psi slots, and wifi

 

My current parts list is:

CPU: Intel i7 6700k

GPU: GTX 1070

RAM: Ballistix 2x8GB DDR4 

Power Supply: SilverStone PS-ST80F-TI  Strider Fully mod. 800Watts ATX w/ 80+ titanium rating 

Case: Corsair spec-2

and a 512 GB SSD I'm snatching from a laptop I fixed a year or so ago

 

Any recommendations motherboard wise or otherwise? All help would be appreciated.

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if you're not into overclocking, why go with the k-CPU? And I guess you want the 6700k^^ You can get a decent H170 board and save yourself some money.

"We cannot change the cards we're dealt - just how we play the hand" - R. Pausch

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X , Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock 3 Motherboard: MSI B450 Mortar Titanium RAM: 16 GB Corsair LPX 3200 GPU: EVGA RTX2070 XC Storage: Adata 120GB SSD, SanDisk 1TB SDD, 2TB WD GreenHDD Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C PSU: EVGA Supernova 650GS Peripherals: Master Keys Pro S, Logitech G402 Audio: Schiit Fulla 2 + Sennheiser HD 650. Laptop: Asus Zenbook UX 302

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[Forum-hiccup resulted in tripple post]

"We cannot change the cards we're dealt - just how we play the hand" - R. Pausch

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X , Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock 3 Motherboard: MSI B450 Mortar Titanium RAM: 16 GB Corsair LPX 3200 GPU: EVGA RTX2070 XC Storage: Adata 120GB SSD, SanDisk 1TB SDD, 2TB WD GreenHDD Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C PSU: EVGA Supernova 650GS Peripherals: Master Keys Pro S, Logitech G402 Audio: Schiit Fulla 2 + Sennheiser HD 650. Laptop: Asus Zenbook UX 302

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[seriously, what's going on right now?^^]

"We cannot change the cards we're dealt - just how we play the hand" - R. Pausch

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X , Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock 3 Motherboard: MSI B450 Mortar Titanium RAM: 16 GB Corsair LPX 3200 GPU: EVGA RTX2070 XC Storage: Adata 120GB SSD, SanDisk 1TB SDD, 2TB WD GreenHDD Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C PSU: EVGA Supernova 650GS Peripherals: Master Keys Pro S, Logitech G402 Audio: Schiit Fulla 2 + Sennheiser HD 650. Laptop: Asus Zenbook UX 302

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Whoops! Didn't catch that typo, lol. I suppose it'd probably be a good idea to go non K-cpu, thanks. Do you have any particular H170 boards in mind?

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no, sorry. I'm currently also considering to upgrade and looked into some z170 boards, but I guess my 2500 will do until Cabylake arrives :P

"We cannot change the cards we're dealt - just how we play the hand" - R. Pausch

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X , Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock 3 Motherboard: MSI B450 Mortar Titanium RAM: 16 GB Corsair LPX 3200 GPU: EVGA RTX2070 XC Storage: Adata 120GB SSD, SanDisk 1TB SDD, 2TB WD GreenHDD Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C PSU: EVGA Supernova 650GS Peripherals: Master Keys Pro S, Logitech G402 Audio: Schiit Fulla 2 + Sennheiser HD 650. Laptop: Asus Zenbook UX 302

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Lol, the main reason I was thinking of the k-cpu was I want it to be a long term cpu, and I'm not sure if the 6700 would hold up quite as long

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