Going from FX8350 to i5 6600K, which mobo?

[MesutOzil]

Hello dear forum members,

Today I decided to hop over on the ship of intel (because of heat problems with my cpu, already mounted noctua DH-N14, no noteworthy changes).

My problem now is that I have no clue which Mobo to buy.

I have a list of 4 mobo's

ASRock Z170 Extreme4
Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI
Asus Z170 PRO GAMING
ASRock B150M Combo-G

My current setup :
FX8350
990fx Killer Fatal1ty
4x 4gb corsair vengeance DDR3
3x SSD (intel and samsung)
2x 3tb HDD (wd and seagate)
2x R9 290 Tri-x Sapphire
Noctua DH-N14

Okay, so, I have read somewhere that the last mobo in the list is going to support DDR3 as well as DDR4.

I'll wait for the big brother of it which will have 4x DDR3 and 2x DDR4.

I would like to have the opinion of you guys about it.

Is it really necessary to buy DDR4 to be future proof? Is it that much superior to DDR3?

It would cost me a lot of I wanted to replace the RAM's too, but that combo mobo sounds really appealing. Are there any cons to it? If so, what are the cons?

What is the best DDR4 only mobo in my list (from the top 3).

I really would like to have your input guys.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

MesutOzil

 

[MesutOzil]

Why the Asus Z170-K over the other ones I listed, please back your statement up.

 

[Arnav Bhatt]

you can continue to use the ssds, hdds, gpus and cpu cooler you have now. You have future support for M.2 ssds too. Plus it's in your budget.

 

[MesutOzil]

Well I think I can use all the same stuff I can use with that mobo, with all the other mobos, or am I wrong?
And it also has A LOT LESS usb ports.

 

[MesutOzil]

No one else out there that can offer me any backed up suggestions? Thanks in advance.

 

[William Henrickson]

GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-UD3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128840

 

[MesutOzil]

Please elaborate your answer.

 

[William Henrickson]

I like Gigabyte because they are the only way to get quality stuff from Taiwan instead of China. I actually bought the Z97 version of this board for $170 last fall, $20 more for the tested Black series model, because it is their most quality board before it starts getting out of hand with extra features and cost. The PCB is thick, quality power components, has all Intel parts, USB 3.1 port. I wish I could buy one for Z170, especially at $149

 

[MesutOzil]

Okay I have researched a bit more about the features of the motherboards. I noticed that ASRock Extreme 4 has the DUAL BIOS future, which means that if you flash a wrong BIOS, or the installation goes wrong, you can replace the corrupted bios with the second BIOS. That seems a VERY HANDY future to have, seen the fact that there is quite a big chance for a BIOS flash to go wrong. I wonder why the ASUS boards don't have it. They don't even have it in their RANGER or HERO segment. Very bad, because if the BIOS goes bad, you have to buy another BIOS chip, and it's pretty expensive as from what I heard.

I am now thinking about going with the Extreme 4. I will wait until the end of this week to hear all of you Guys' opinions, after that if my mind hasn't changed, I will go with the Extreme 4.