Please Help me pick a skylake motherboard

[Tfuture]

Hey guys, just looking at upgrading to a skylake pc and am having trouble picking which board to take, and weighing up costs/performance. The idea is to not go overboard with costs here... at the moment the contenders are (from most expensive to cheapest):

Asrock H170 Fata1ty Performance https://www.pccasegear.com/products/33795
Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Motherboard https://www.pccasegear.com/products/33170
ASROCK B150M Pro4 https://www.pccasegear.com/products/33808


Im planning on running an i7 6700 (not overclocking)
2x8GB 2133 RAM
single GPU set up (R9 290) - will upgrade within the next year probably to 390/390X

Im just not sure, seeing as i plan to use a single GPU set up and not overclock, which features i will use/are actually worth it.

Thanks in advance for your help

 

[BadActor]

An Asrock Z170 board would at least give you the option to overclock and possibly extend the useful life of your system, but if it really doesn't matter, just get whatever is cheapest. Even the cheapest board will have all the features you're likely to use.

 

[PTOWN GAMER]

An Asrock Z170 board would at least give you the option to overclock and possibly extend the useful life of your system, but if it really doesn't matter, just get whatever is cheapest. Even the cheapest board will have all the features you're likely to use.

The CPU is not overclockable But.

Get the 6700k, the k means overclockable

 

[BadActor]

You can overclock locked Skylake processors now with Asrock Z170 boards.

 

[PTOWN GAMER]

You can overclock locked Skylake processors now with Asrock Z170 boards.

oh i didnt know that, but then why do they still have the K line? Do the K one have even more ability to overclock?

 

[BadActor]

Asrock just released Bios updates to enable this. They don't overclock as well as the K chips, but man, for the price, I see K sales falling like a rock.

 

[PTOWN GAMER]

Asrock just released Bios updates to enable this. They don't overclock as well as the K chips, but man, for the price, I see K sales falling like a rock.

I dont see much of a price Difference, Im in australia, ANd the i5 6600k is only $25AU more than the non K version.

 

[BadActor]

You can get an i5 6100/6400/6500 as well. I think the sweet spot here is the 6500. $199.88 USD vs $279.99.

 

[PTOWN GAMER]

You can get an i5 6100/6400/6500 as well. I think the sweet spot here is the 6500. $199.88 USD vs $279.99.

oh well i aready got my 6600k, anyways i feel more comfortable having a K version, Gives Peace of mind, when u know you got one that is legit for OCing