Help Choosing New Mobo

[ControlledChaos]

Hey guys, like the title says... Need help choosing a new Mobo. I do not have a set price limit. Thinking around $200 max but not stuck on that.

What is necessary in a Mobo? I cannot figure out what is a must and what is not going to be useful to me.

My build so far - PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($345.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $29.99)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (Purchased For $50.00)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $49.99)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card ($649.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $82.99)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1547.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-06 20:01 EDT-0400

I am willing to change some items if needed but think this setup will do me well. Looking to build this setup for gaming but also for music recording and editing.

How important is overclocking?? Is it really going to help me at all?

I want to boot from the Samsung M.2

Please suggest Mobo options to me and help me understand why I would pick one over the other. Would prefer atx. SLI capability is not necessary but wouldn't hurt anything.

If possible prefer yellow/blue for color. Not necessary but my preference for this build

 

[Tradesman1]

I'd take a look at the Asus Z170 Pro Gaming or a bit more their Hero (what I went with). With your other components you want a mobo capable of OCing well, at least a couple of PCI-E 16 slots in case you ever want to SLI or XFire, support for all the drives and USBB devices you want/need, a good power phase design and if OCing a very good BIOS 😉

 

[ControlledChaos]

How important is OC. What difference will it make for gaming?

 

[Tradesman1]

Many games are very CPU intensive and an OCed CPU improves performance over stock

 

[ControlledChaos]

How does this compare to the Asus? It's currently $99 on Amazon. http://

 

[Tradesman1]

It's a good mobo, if planning to OC the Asus has a better power phase design, so will OC better