CPU/Mobo Midrange Z170 1151 ATX Mobo

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raja_mastana

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I am planning to complete my PC in this month or next.

I already got GTX 970, Seasonic X650, ADATA SP600 SSD, Corsair Carbide 400 Cabinet and Deepcool 400 Cooler.

Thinking of getting the core i5 6500 processor.
Now the motherboard is what confuses me.

I have shortlisted
ASRock Z170 Extreme 6
ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming
Gigabyte Z1750 UD5

My requirement is good quality - should last min 6 years.
Means the board, capacitors etc should be high quality.
My last mobo Gigabyte EP45-UD3R is 6 years old and still flawless
 
Hmm thanks for the suggestion.
Looks like the memory bandwidth on H170 chipset is limited to 2133MHz - that is my only concern
All other factors seems ok to me
 
raja_mastana said:
Hmm thanks for the suggestion.
Looks like the memory bandwidth on H170 chipset is limited to 2133MHz - that is my only concern
All other factors seems ok to me
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The memory bandwidth on all non K skylakes is limited to 2133MHz. You can't clock it higher even if you get a z170. You get higher ram speeds only with the unlocked k series chips.
 
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The memory bandwidth on all non K skylakes is limited to 2133MHz. You can't clock it higher even if you get a z170. You get higher ram speeds only with the unlocked k series chips.
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Thanks - I was not aware of this.
I will go for H170 then
 
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