It's gonna be 1080p gaming (actually 1920x1200), so I'm planning to put a 4GB GTX 960. Should still run circles around a PS4, right?
I also read Skylake comes with a much improved implementation of Hyperthreading. (
http://www.myce.com/news/skylake-cpu...ormance-77011/)
I'm not planning to overclock, so getting a Z170 board makes no sense. The drag with the B85 was it only had 4 USB 3.0 ports, and PCIe 2.0 for the chipset. But the B150 now has up to 6 USB3.0 and PCIe 3.0.
There's also H170 boards for around $90 too, those normally include a PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 connector, but other than that, there's not a lot of difference I can tell.
I'm trying to build this on the cheap. I priced a i5 4460 build (with a 256GB SSD + 1TB HD, 16GB RAM, H97 mobo, case + PSU) at $850 on Amazon, all Prime, but including taxes.
If I skip the SSD and put a 3TB drive instead, it's about $800. But the 4460 tops out at 3.4GHz... so I'm like :\
With the skylake i3 it looks like it can drop to $700 (mobo $80, I'm pricing the i3 at $150... Intel lists it at $157 boxed, and due to the lower TDP I can cheap out on a Rosewill R521-M case + 400W PSU combo for $64)
I just can't find a H97/Z97 mobo for under $95 on Amazon with Prime.