Skylake CPUs were introduced in 2015 as the successor to Broadwell processors. There are a number of significant improvements over Broadwell and I will attempt to show you in this post the best motherboards for Skylake Processors.
Asus Rog MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA
The Asus ROG Maximus VIII Formula is the daddy of all the new best Skylake motherboards. If money is no option then you really must get this board.
Features include -
This motherboard is incredibly well build, the back plate is rigid and solid and the amount of LEDs make it a joy to look at. As usual from ASUS, the boot up time is almost instant.
A Skylake Core i7-6700K could easily be overclocked to 5ghz+, meaning absolutely amazing gameplay with no lag whatsoever.
Throw in integrated water cooling, the awesome ASUS BIOS, NVME support and this is a motherboard that will be hard to beat. You would expect that with the price, but ASUS have definitely delivered once again.
Features include -
- DDR4 RAM support up to 64GB
- Intel Socket LGA 1151 with a Z170 chipset
- USB 3.1 support
- 4 x m.2 connectors
This motherboard is incredibly well build, the back plate is rigid and solid and the amount of LEDs make it a joy to look at. As usual from ASUS, the boot up time is almost instant.
A Skylake Core i7-6700K could easily be overclocked to 5ghz+, meaning absolutely amazing gameplay with no lag whatsoever.
Throw in integrated water cooling, the awesome ASUS BIOS, NVME support and this is a motherboard that will be hard to beat. You would expect that with the price, but ASUS have definitely delivered once again.
Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
The Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 is a very capable motherboard that is in the budget range. If money is a bit tight I would suggest you could do a lot worse than this board from Gigabyte.
Features of the motherboard -
Features of the motherboard -
- DDR4 RAM support up to 64GB
- Intel Socket LGA 1151 with a Z170 chipset
- USB 3.1 support
- 4 x m.2 connectors
- Realtek ALC1150 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Gigabyte Z170X Gaming-7
The Gigabyte Z170 Gaming 7 Skylake motherboard is the perfect example of good looks and good performance. The stunning black and red colours are everything you would from a top Gigabyte board, and the performance doesn't disappoint either.
Features include -
Features include -
- DDR4 RAM support up to 64GB
- Intel Socket LGA 1151 with a Z170 chipset
- USB 3.1 support
- 4 x m.2 connectors
- 2-way SLI and 3-way CrossFire
Conclusion
I have shown you what I believe to be the best Skylake motherboards on the market today. Bear in mind that Skylake is a new product so new motherboards will be released in time, and I will update this list if any new boards are better than the ones already here.
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