Is there any point getting a Z170 motherboard besides overclocking?

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I'm currently lightly planning a build for my dad that will happen probably sometime between April and May. I am waiting for Ryzen to see what they have to offer on the lower end, but in the meantime I'm sticking to an i3 6100 doing research for it.
Now, previously I've planned on just getting an H110 chipset motherboard that's not too expensive to keep a good budget for my dad's PC, but I have myself an overclocking motherboard, and I notice the GUI in the BIOS is so much better when compared to H110 (just by looking at images), so I've actually searched and found a cheaper Z170 motherboard that I've added to the build list for now.
But on the other hand I'm wondering if it's really worth the extra money getting a Z170 board just for the GUI in the BIOS... I won't do any overclocking, I just want a good quality BIOS where you can actually do stuff. What other advantages do the Z170 have over H110?
 
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At the moment, Ryzen's multiple "leaks" point toward Ryzen offering massive bang-per-buck advantages over Intel.

Not sure what you want from a "good quality BIOS" since all most people want from their BIOS is the ability to set some hardware parameters and boot the OS, both of which being things many of the most basic retail motherboards have been doing fine for the past 20+ years.

How much bling and other fluff a motherboard manufacturer puts in their BIOS is entirely to their discretion. The chipset has very little to do beyond the fact that more expensive motherboards can afford a larger R&D budget for extra software/BIOS feature bloat. That doesn't necessarily make it better 'quality'.
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firstly, if your going to consider a I3-6100 you best save money and seriously consider the G4650
secondly Z170 would be only with purpose if the plan is, an year of three from now you intend on putting a I5/I7-xxxK CPU on that motherboard.
Otherwise to give yourself the ability to upgrade to an I5 /7 later just get a B250 board, this will permit you to use 6th gen now, and 7th gen CPU later down the road, without the need to overclock anything.

I am sure you father would rather have a stable machine than have you overclocking it and need you to tweak it all the time. :p
 
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At the moment, Ryzen's multiple "leaks" point toward Ryzen offering massive bang-per-buck advantages over Intel.

Not sure what you want from a "good quality BIOS" since all most people want from their BIOS is the ability to set some hardware parameters and boot the OS, both of which being things many of the most basic retail motherboards have been doing fine for the past 20+ years.

How much bling and other fluff a motherboard manufacturer puts in their BIOS is entirely to their discretion. The chipset has very little to do beyond the fact that more expensive motherboards can afford a larger R&D budget for extra software/BIOS feature bloat. That doesn't necessarily make it better 'quality'.
 
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