Can anyone tell me a good motherboard/compatibility for this?

TheWishMaker

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Jun 22, 2016
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Hello, recently I decided I wanted to make a high-end gaming PC. I have been looking into some of the parts so far. The budget doesn't matter. Before coming here I was checking the parts compatibility on pcpartpicker.com but it wasnt working too well. Some parts would be compatable but if i got rid of it and put it back on the list without making any other changes it would say they are incompatable. I was hoping someone here would be able to help instead. Here are the parts that I have decided on so far:
CPU: i7 6700k
Video Card: Geforce GTX 1080 8gb founders edition x2
RAM : Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory x4
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB x4
PSU: Corsair AX1500i
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D

I was going to go with the MSI Extreme Gaming Intel X99 LGA 2011 DDR4 USB 3.1 Extended ATX Motherboard but that was when pcpartpicker was starting to mess up. I was also going to go with a noctua NH-d15 CPU Cooler but I might try finding a water cooler instead. These are everything I have decided already but I am not too sure about compatibility or anything else I need. If anyone knows a good motheboard I can use or anything about compatibility then that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
 
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You need an 1151 socket motherboard to go with the i7 6700K. The Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 or Asus Maximus VIII Hero would be good higher end boards. Use a kit of RAM (2 x 8 GB sticks, they need to be matched sets.) for best performance, something like GSkill DDR4 3200. The PSU is probably way overkill, you could get by with something quite a bit cheaper. And 4 x 1 TB SSD's, really? The cooler will fit the Corsair case, but it's a big heavy beast.
You need an 1151 socket motherboard to go with the i7 6700K. The Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 or Asus Maximus VIII Hero would be good higher end boards. Use a kit of RAM (2 x 8 GB sticks, they need to be matched sets.) for best performance, something like GSkill DDR4 3200. The PSU is probably way overkill, you could get by with something quite a bit cheaper. And 4 x 1 TB SSD's, really? The cooler will fit the Corsair case, but it's a big heavy beast.
 
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TheWishMaker

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Jun 22, 2016
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Thank you for the help. I'll look into those. The reason I'm going with this PSU is because later on I might want to add more or replace things so I decided to go big so I wont have any issues later on. Dont know much to say about the SSD's other than agreeing it is a bit overkill but thats fine for me. Once again thank you and be safe.
 

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