Skylake or not !?

Oliverjorgensen

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Should i go with skylake or not, and if i go with skylake what motherboard should i choose.

Not Skylake pcpartpicker.com/p/Vjmkxr
Skylake pcpartpicker.com/p/PpcRD3
 
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For the negligible price difference in picking up Skylake, I would suggest you just go for it.

As far as motherboards go, there's many more Z170 board than H170. Although H is all you need, a Z board will be easier to identify.

So, from the information in your build, you need a DDR4 board, probably 4xDIMM slots (for future expansion), maybe SLI capability? ....and a red/black colour scheme?

So, I narrow that down to the Gigabye GA-Z170(MX/X)-Gaming 5. Either MicroATX or ATX available.
Micro: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170mxgaming5
ATX: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170xgaming5

The case you picked can accommodate full ATX, so I've picked that board.

I've also changed out your PSU (as...
For the negligible price difference in picking up Skylake, I would suggest you just go for it.

As far as motherboards go, there's many more Z170 board than H170. Although H is all you need, a Z board will be easier to identify.

So, from the information in your build, you need a DDR4 board, probably 4xDIMM slots (for future expansion), maybe SLI capability? ....and a red/black colour scheme?

So, I narrow that down to the Gigabye GA-Z170(MX/X)-Gaming 5. Either MicroATX or ATX available.
Micro: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170mxgaming5
ATX: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170xgaming5

The case you picked can accommodate full ATX, so I've picked that board.

I've also changed out your PSU (as I don't think you can beat the 750W Bronze SuperNOVA for the price) - which will allow you to SLI in future should you decide to.

I've also added an SSD (because, well, everyone should have one)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($81.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($43.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC56 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($61.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($249.00 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1449.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-30 11:06 EST-0500
 
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