Which Skylake mobo?

K_C · 11 Aug 2015 at 21:09

Going to make the jump to Skylake and was wondering what people thought of the different mobo offerings?

I'm looking at the ASUS Maximus and probably a Hero, though looking for something I could over clock easily in the future, any thoughts? ...

stulid · 12 Aug 2015 at 06:54

Budget?

Want a board that supports SLI?

Size of board matx or atx?

What sort of overclock do you want to get?

K_C · 12 Aug 2015 at 16:23

No budget per se but don't want to spend money on things that are not important.

SLI not important.

Standard ATX not micro.

Not sure what can be expected out of the new chips at least .5 Ghz surely? maybe 1 Ghz at a push???

Glanza · 12 Aug 2015 at 16:47

We've got two maximus hero coming in tomorrow for new builds.

Also http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18685402 for a quick 8 Pack overview of clocking.

K_C · 12 Aug 2015 at 18:42

New boards eh? I'll hold off ordering until I see what they're like.

w00dy85 · 13 Aug 2015 at 12:15

I bought the MSI Z170A GAMING M7 from Overclockers last night, which has had plenty of good reviews. I was orignaly looking at the M5 and was going to buy it in a few months, but noticed it comes with a free Cooler master Nepton 120XL worth £70! I though the offer was to good to miss as I was looking at getting a M5 anyway.

K_C · 14 Aug 2015 at 10:26

Any particular reason why an MSI over ASUS? Not too sure what board to get myself.

mikeo · 14 Aug 2015 at 13:58

w00dy85 said:
I bought the MSI Z170A GAMING M7 from Overclockers last night, which has had plenty of good reviews. I was orignaly looking at the M5 and was going to buy it in a few months, but noticed it comes with a free Cooler master Nepton 120XL worth £70! I though the offer was to good to miss as I was looking at getting a M5 anyway.

Same board I bought (came this morning). Unluckily I did not notice that it came with a half decent free cooler, so had already ordered another one from somewhere else.

So someone in the MM is going to get a bargain at some point.

w00dy85 · 14 Aug 2015 at 16:31

K_C said:
Any particular reason why an MSI over ASUS? Not too sure what board to get myself.

Main reason I did not pick ASUS, is because I had heard their RMA is not very good. So I looked at Gigabyte and MSI instead this time, though I have liked my ASUS board.

I have no brand loyalty and the offer of the cooler, just tipped my decision in MSI favor. Other wise I would have got the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Intel Z170

Looks like their is just one MSI Z170A GAMING M7 left now, with the offer of the cooler. My board has just come and it looks nice from what i can see through the antistatic bag.