Biggest difference intel 1151 mobo chipsets for gaming

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Besides the technical details which can be found in internet, is there any substancial difference when choosing a mobo for an intel 1151 build for a gaming pc?
 
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Only if you want to run multiple graphics cards, then you would need an SLI capable Z170 board. For a non overclock, single GPU rig, H170 is plenty. B150 is also acceptable, if you do not care about RAID capability. The chipsets themselves don't really impact gaming performance, significantly. The graphics card uses PCI-E lanes, that are on the CPU, not the chipset. The non Z chipsets don't support ram speeds beyond 2133, so that can have some impact, but I don't believe it is enough that you would notice.
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No? Depends what you mean by technical details.

For gaming any chipset compatible with the CPU will be good enough for a single GPU system. Z class for multi-GPU and overclocking. And on the high end you will have more SATA and USB ports, additional fan headers, etc.
 
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The Z170 motherboard is the best choice for gaming. It supports the k CPU's and SLI/Crossfire. The H170 is suitable for non-k CPU's but do not support SLI (at least the ones I've seen don't).

As for individual motherboards typically you get what you pay for. Heat Sinks, High Quality Capacitors, extra Voltage regulators, etc.

If you're going for a Z170 motherboard I like the ASRock Extreme series, where the higher the series number the better but that higher number means higher prices.
 
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I highlighted what I ment with technical details. Let's say I'm not going to overclock anything, will it make some difference in gaming performance if I choose ANY chipset? I guess no, right?
 
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Only if you want to run multiple graphics cards, then you would need an SLI capable Z170 board. For a non overclock, single GPU rig, H170 is plenty. B150 is also acceptable, if you do not care about RAID capability. The chipsets themselves don't really impact gaming performance, significantly. The graphics card uses PCI-E lanes, that are on the CPU, not the chipset. The non Z chipsets don't support ram speeds beyond 2133, so that can have some impact, but I don't believe it is enough that you would notice.
 
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This is the answer I was looking for, thanks.
 
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