Best skylake mobo

[red2481]

I have ddr3 ram. I want the best ddr3 skylake mobo you can get me under 80

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Not a lot of choices ... this is what Newegg comes up with using filters for Z170 / H170 / DDR3-1600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627%20600567554%20601106742%20600036387&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=30

 

[red2481]

Any one you reccommend

 

[damric]

Save up the extra cash and get the ASRock FATAL1TY K4/D3. It has the the best power delivery, best audio, and best overclocking capability of any of the Skylake DDR3 boards. The ones under $80 really suck, lol.

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Gaming K4/D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($122.98 @ Newegg)

 

[red2481]

Can I overclock I5 6400? I heard with arorock z170s, you can overclock

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have ddr3 ram. I want the best ddr3 skylake mobo you can get me under 80

If you don't mind not overclocking.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H DDR3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($78.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $78.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-22 15:51 EDT-0400

 

[red2481]

Can I sli with this board

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

No , not on the B150 Gigabyte.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I agree with Damric in the sense of saving up more money. Tho I would drop DDR3 and just build anew and spend $32 on 2 x 4Gb of new DDr4

 

[red2481]

Ok best ddr4 motherrboard and 8 gb ram?

 

[red2481]

How is http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z170mextreme4

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Pick your RAM

https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/memory/#s=402133&sort=a10&page=1&Z=8192002

Best inexpensive MoBo w/ SLI and ALC 1150 audio ($115)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128841

There are cheaper boards but for example this AsRock one has 40% of its owners given it an extremely unfavorable 1 egg rating .. the Giga above gets just 16%

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157675

 

[lepermessiah]

With your RAM and price point, best to stick with Haswell.

 

[red2481]

Already have the i5 6400

 

[lepermessiah]

I would suggest saving up for a better board or wait for prices to drop. This is new tech, after all.

 

[lepermessiah]

Sounds like the Gigabyte GA-Z170 HD3 and MSI Z170A PC Mate are both decent budget minded mobo's. Both are >$100.

 

[lepermessiah]

Sorry, I missed your comment about SLI. Those boards are both Crossfire only.

 

[damric]

You can overclock the i5-6400. A lot of OC novices are having a hard time learning (or re-learning) how to base clock and take manual control of memory timings (they limit overclock when left in auto). You will also want at least two frequency tiers up from baseline RAM for headroom when adjusting that base clock If your DDR3 is high end (like 2133MT/s or higher) it will be fine, otherwise the minimum DDR4 I would get would be 2666MT/s. <looking at you red jaron>

I personally went with the i3-6100 and K4/D3 and just used my high end DDR3 that I already had. If I had to start from scratch I'd probably get this RAM since it has descent timings, cheap, and enough speed to not be the limiting factor when base clocking.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($107.09 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $260.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-22 18:13 EDT-0400