Please HELP with motherboard selection

Tillertiller

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6MbN8d

all of these parts are decided on. ive done extensive research for the last 2 weeks and this is what ive come up with.
However. i know absolutely nothing about motherboards. I will not be overclocking obviously by the locked chip.
This will be strictly for gaming(once again no overclocking) i originaly had the z97 msi krait edition motherboard picked out for 150$ and was told there was absolutly no reason for that kind of motherboard if not overclocking. so somoene with knowledge of motherboards please fill me in. Also what DDR4 ram to go with it. THANKS!!!

power supply and case is not on here because it is undecided on
 
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Hi!

If i where you i would choose this motherboard for about 100$ http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h170apcmate. Its a good quallity MSI motherboard without the unnessisary SLI support and without speciall overclocking support. Its only compatible with DDR4-2133 if you are interested in a different DDR4 speed i can check for another board.

Also the z97 krait you where looking at isn't compatible with DDR4 ram or with the skylake processors, so it wouldn't have worked out anyway.

Jonas Dixon

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Hi!

If i where you i would choose this motherboard for about 100$ http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h170apcmate. Its a good quallity MSI motherboard without the unnessisary SLI support and without speciall overclocking support. Its only compatible with DDR4-2133 if you are interested in a different DDR4 speed i can check for another board.

Also the z97 krait you where looking at isn't compatible with DDR4 ram or with the skylake processors, so it wouldn't have worked out anyway.
 
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With Skylake you can use ddr4 or ddr3 ram. I would recommend an asus motherboard if you can afford it. Like the Z170-A