Which Mobo with an i7-6700k (for Gaming + Video editing)?

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I've checked through a couple of threads with the same question, but couldn't find a satisfying answer.

So, I'd use the system for gaming, as well as streaming/recording and rendering, that's why I picked the i7-6700k. I'm looking for a good Z170-Mobo to pair with it, but I don't know much about Motherboards.
I have no idea about all the features either, but M.2 sounds interesting so far.

I'm not building the system just yet, I just want to know my options and their prices.
Trying to replace as little as possible, so would you e.g. recommend me to get DDR4 RAM?

Mainly looking for high-end Hardware which is worth it's price. I don't want overpriced stuff which I'd never use properly, but I'm willing to pay for good quality.

Also, is an i7-6700k gonna be somewhat future proof, or will Cannonlake outperform it massively?
 
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Well, is trust teh quality control of Asus and their build quality in general more than the others because i've never had a bad experience with their stuff.
Then it's a matter of chosing teh chipset you want, and, in your case, clearly you need a z170 to be able to overclock.
Then you choose what features you want: in this case an m.2 slot and SLI support, because you never know, even if you are on AMD today, it's good to have that posibility since graphics cards have a shorter life than a platform.
This leaves us with this list, ordered by price ascending: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#m=8&c=110&sort=a8&page=1&E=1,3&l=2
Then you go through each and check out their power delivery. You want 8+1 or more phases to ensure the best overclocking ability: this leads us to the z170-A.
But then you check teh sound it has: the z170-a has ALC892, which is not the best. You want ALC1150.
So we proceed up the cost ladder. I personally sky the "gaming" boards, as i would rather not pay for LEDs, color schemes and whatnot. I'd rather have better qulity components and no frills, not design and whatnot. This takes me to the z170-PRO.
The you look for some reviews online and if they are positive you also look for some customer reviews on newegg and amazon and it's good, there you go.
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7592/asus-z170-pro-intel-motherboard-review/index11.html
 
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Alright thanks for the detailed answer. I take it tho, you didn't even consider non-Asus boards?
Never had bad experience with Asus but I was wondering about others too. I hope someone else can help out with that :)
 
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I forgot about another thing: Asus have an awesome fan control system in their BIOS that can control bot 3 and 4 pin fans. With a custom fan curve and everything. Also it's easyer to use than SpeedFan. Yet another reason to go with Asus.
 
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I see. I heard tho that e.g. Gigabyte has very good boards. Like I said I was wondering about boards in general, not just Asus. Doesn't seem tho like anyone wants to help with other ones :/
 
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GB are very good aswell. I'm on one right now. Haven't had any bad experiences with them either.
Using the same reasoning, this is what i would get from them http://pcpartpicker.com/product/8q38TW/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170xpsli

Though i still lean towards the asus for their fan control. It's just a fantastic feature to have and spares you from installing SpeedFan, creating fan profiles etc. And everybody wants a silent computer, especially while idle.
 
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Thanks alot! I'll check those out.
Btw do any of those have a start button on the board? My current one has it and it's super nice cause the button on my case is broken (or the cable, or not properly connected, no idea.).
 
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Well sadly I'm a noob and have no idea how to fix it xD Besides that, I wanted to get another case anyways as I plan on either keeping this PC as backup or giving it to a friend
 
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Yea I'm interested in what you'd pick! I live in austria tho so I guess pcpartpicker germany would be the best choice. I'll need to doublecheck prices for austrian online shops anyways xD
Budget is around 1000€ but I'm more worried about quality than price. I don't need anything fancy tho, like I said in the opening post. :)

These are the parts I picked so far: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/ttZjzy
I don't need a new Graphics Card (GTX 980) nor a PSU (Corsair HX650).
For RAM, I'd like at least 16GB.
The HDD I have atm is Sata2, no idea if I can still use that one? In that case I'd need another HDD as well, but 1TB is way more than enough (atm even 256GB is enough.)
 
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All answered in the opening post.
 
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There you go:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (€345.34 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (€37.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€164.15 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€109.93 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€142.93 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€47.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (€44.28 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€76.66 @ Mindfactory)
Case Fan: ARCTIC F12 PWM 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (€4.39 @ Aquatuning)
Total: €971.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-19 19:37 CEST+0200

NVMe SSDs are overpriced and not worth it as of today. Their prices need to come down. Their benefit in real world usage is marginal to unpercievable. Capacity is way more impoortant. Look at it this way: would you prefer a 1 sec reduction in boot time and then wait during long level load times in games that sit on your HDD, or would you like to keep all your games on the SSD?
You can keep using your sata 2 HDD, as sata is backwards compatible. Though i would get a new one because i wouldn't trust such an old drive.
 
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For streaming/recording and rendering, i would reccomend a 6 core:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor (€391.89 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (€76.99 @ Aquatuning)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (€248.66 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (€142.09 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€142.93 @ Mindfactory)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (€44.28 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€76.66 @ Mindfactory)
Case Fan: ARCTIC F12 PWM 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (€4.39 @ Aquatuning)
Total: €1127.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-19 19:47 CEST+0200

EDIT: I've ammended the build with faster ram as rendering is one of the few scvenarios where it helps.
 
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I never have games on my HDD and I keep my SSD clean, always. Right now on my SSD I have 207 GB used, so 256 GB is enough for me.

Thanks for the 2 builds, but I'm not sure if Haswell-E is a good idea. It costs alot more for only some multicore performance, and afaik won't be upgradeable in the future either. Skylake at least shares a socket with Kaby Lake, in case that brings anything amazing. :/
 
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Theres nothing "amazing" coming to either platform. The nes broadwell-e CPUs are already out and work on x99, but they are poor overclockers and so i still recommend the i7 5820k.
And the extra cost for having 2 extra cores is merited if you do streaming and rendering.
 
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