Best LGA 1151 motherboard for the $200 price range?

[ambam]

What is the best high-performance LGA 1151 gaming motherboard within the $200 price range?

And is the LGA 1151 socket compatible with Intel's future kaby lake processor?

 

[Tradesman1]

I went the Asus Z170 Hero ($214) and love it (in sig), as far as Kaby Lake, yes it will run on the current 1151 Z170 mobos, though similar to the past SB to IB change (P67 to Z77), there will be a new 200 series chipset released for 1151 that will be MORE compatible. If you stick with a current 1151 (Z170) mobo, it will require a BIOS update to run a KL CPU on it

 

[ambam]

I went the Asus Z170 Hero ($214) and love it (in sig), as far as Kaby Lake, yes it will run on the current 1151 Z170 mobos, though similar to the past SB to IB change (P67 to Z77), there will be a new 200 series chipset released for 1151 that will be MORE compatible. If you stick with a current 1151 (Z170) mobo, it will require a BIOS update to run a KL CPU on it

You mean Z170 to Z200?

When should we see the first Z200 motherboards?

 

[Tradesman1]

They probably will be available the same time as Kaby Lake, maybe a bit sooner

 

[ambam]

They probably will be available the same time as Kaby Lake, maybe a bit sooner

Should there be some new features and performance enhancements with the new chipsets?

 

[Tradesman1]

Possibly, think the big thing will be the Chipset being more attuned to the new CPUs and their architecture, i.e. a stronger MC as an example

 

[ambam]

What is the difference between the GIGABYTE Gaming 6 and Gaming 7 1151 socket motherboards?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128880

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128835

And also, is the GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GTX 1080 compatible with SLI and does it come with an SLI bridge connector?

 

[Tradesman1]

As long as at NewEgg check the compare button on both mobos and you can see them side by side (both mobos have a SLI bridge packaged with them 😉 )