Which ITX Skylake Motherboard for a Intel i5 Skylake+Nvidia 1080 build?

[silentmemories]

I'm planning to get a ITX build with the Ncase M1 v5 with the Intel i5-6600 and the Nvidia 1080.

Which ITX Skylake motherboard should I go with? Ideally I'd have built-in Bluetooth in the board as well. I'm planning to pair it with the Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Single DDR4 2400 as well.

Was originally planning on going with the Asrock H110M-ITX/AC DDR4, but I saw that there were Z170 boards (What's the difference?).

Thanks.

Would Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 Motherboard be better?

 

[nerp]

The Z170 chipset is the top end and it allows for overclocking. Expect higher quality components, Intel LAN, better sound, more ports, more PCI lanes, m.2 slots, etc.

The H170 chipset is virtually identical except no overclocking support. So getting a K processor will work but you can't just set a higher frequency like with a Z170 board.

The 150 and 110 chipsets are budget oriented. If you're popping in the GTX1080, you really should be focusing on Z/H170 boards. They're better suited to handle the power demands and give you the bandwidth to handle a GPU, fast storage, etc. The lower end boards are mainly suited for normal desktop machines used for web browsing, light office work, etc.

Once you settle on the chipset it really comes down to brand preference, features and warranty. I would buy another ASUS board for my next build. I've had decent luck with MSI. Not as good luck with Gigabyte. Terrible luck with Biostar. Other folks might have a different ranking system.

That board you mentioned looks decent enough.

 

[silentmemories]

The Z170 chipset is the top end and it allows for overclocking. Expect higher quality components, Intel LAN, better sound, more ports, more PCI lanes, m.2 slots, etc.

The H170 chipset is virtually identical except no overclocking support. So getting a K processor will work but you can't just set a higher frequency like with a Z170 board.

The 150 and 110 chipsets are budget oriented. If you're popping in the GTX1080, you really should be focusing on Z/H170 boards. They're better suited to handle the power demands and give you the bandwidth to handle a GPU, fast storage, etc. The lower end boards are mainly suited for normal desktop machines used for web browsing, light office work, etc.

Once you settle on the chipset it really comes down to brand preference, features and warranty. I would buy another ASUS board for my next build. I've had decent luck with MSI. Not as good luck with Gigabyte. Terrible luck with Biostar. Other folks might have a different ranking system.

That board you mentioned looks decent enough.

Thanks. Planning to get AsRock Z170M-ITX/ac.

 

[Heatshiver]

Can't attest to AsRock, although I have seen some boards that look amazing at great prices. I am a fan of ASUS personally, have had very few issues, nothing major.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

For what it's worth, I'm using an Asrock extreme7+ (6700k, 32GB of G.Skill Tridentz 3200) and it's been rock solid since I set it up. Both it and the 'Fatal1ty' boards were well reviewed, chose this one based on feature set and cost at the time.

Note: those are both ATX boards of course, not ITX. But for QC/capability purposes, Asrock doesn't seem to have issues. As always, you tend to get what you pay for with motherboards (within reason). Don't go cheap, it'll last forever.