Motherboard Selection for ~$1600 PC

[BinaryTobis]

Hey all, I was hoping you could help me pick the right motherboard for my new pc build here, as someone told me that the one I had was crummy. I was told an ASUS Z170 was the way to go, but I don't really understand the difference between models and compatibility issues.

I am not super interested in overclocking, and I am not going to SLI. I like the idea of quick boot-up, and I plan on using this mostly for 4K gaming. I don't want to spend more than $150 unless there is good cause. Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advance!


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($345.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($103.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($91.08 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $982.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-07 19:14 EDT-0400

 

[Belphegore]

Any ASUS motherboard is the way to go, in my opinion. If you're using PC Partpicker, which it appears you are, it will only show compatible motherboards for the parts that you have.

Definitely the Z170 series, or their Maximus Formula which is my personal favorite.

 

[Tradesman1]

Look to the Z170 Pro Gaming, great mobo (at the Egg $145 with a $10 rebate)

 

[BinaryTobis]

Thank you for your replies! Looking at the Pro Gaming board it seems like the reviews are lower mostly due to 1-star reviews of people who got non-functioning units, so I'll go with that one and hope I'm not one of those guys.

 

[Tradesman1]

+ its a Z170, a new chipset, new CPU, new DRAM, new OS (many going Win10) and the big thing with these 'reviews' people that don't know what they are doing... 😉 Don't know how many I've seen where they say a bad mobo and it's often they need to update the BIOS