Motherboard Recommendations for Skylake processor?

[danmanca]

My motherboard died. I have an i7 Skylake K series processor so I am interested in overclocking. If I understand correctly the newest 370 chipset will only support coffee lake processor so I'll need a z170 or 270 chipset board? I'm also running a GTX 1080 Video card.

Looking for a good mid range motherboard what does everyone recommend? I've been looking at ASRock, Asus, and MSI.

 

[Barty1884]

Correct, Z170 or Z270 (or the locked variants in the 100 or 200 series).

Realstically, if you just need "functional" (ie no USB-C, no Wifi etc) and support for only moderate overclocking.... I wouldn't put too much thought into it & just pick up the cheapest Zx70 board you can find.

After rebate, you're looking at ~$80 for this ASRock board.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $81.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-11 18:11 EDT-0400