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My damn Asus z170I pro gaming mini itx won't post and I did research and found out it's dead which has extremely pissed me off since I really needed to finish this build. Any ways I need a new board and I'm stuck between the evga z170 stinger and the GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 mini itx board.I really like the gigabyte board because of the features but there have been a few reports of them being dead on arrival.at this point I just need something that works that I can overclock on pls help me

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Can't you just RMA your asus board?

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2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Can't you just RMA your asus board?

I don't have the time I need to finish this build and that would take to much time at this point I'm done with Asus motherboards I'm gonna give this mobo to my dad so he can rma it and use the new board they send him in his next build in his lovely node 202

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28 minutes ago, 1v1mebro said:

My damn Asus z170I pro gaming mini itx won't post and I did research and found out it's dead which has extremely pissed me off since I really needed to finish this build. Any ways I need a new board and I'm stuck between the evga z170 stinger and the GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 mini itx board.I really like the gigabyte board because of the features but there have been a few reports of them being dead on arrival.at this point I just need something that works that I can overclock on pls help me

just get the gigabyte... i doubt it'll be DOA

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19 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

I've got a gigabyte Z170N-WIFI and its brilliant.

What's overclocking like on it and have you had any complications with it also how many fan headers does it have I'll really appreciate it if you tell me thx

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7 minutes ago, 1v1mebro said:

What's overclocking like on it and have you had any complications with it also how many fan headers does it have I'll really appreciate it if you tell me thx

Its only got two fan headers, I've got my 6700K running at 4.4ghz right now, haven't played with voltage yet.

 

Its got dual gigabit network ports as well as wifi, and 5.1ch analog audio outs

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2 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Its only got two fan headers, I've got my 6700K running at 4.4ghz right now, haven't played with voltage yet.

 

Its got dual gigabit network ports as well as wifi, and 5.1ch analog audio outs

Very good looks like I found my new mobo thx

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3 minutes ago, 1v1mebro said:

Very good looks like I found my new mobo thx

 

6 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Its only got two fan headers, I've got my 6700K running at 4.4ghz right now, haven't played with voltage yet.

 

Its got dual gigabit network ports as well as wifi, and 5.1ch analog audio outs

Would you happen to know if there are any issues with the m.2 port because I've heard of people buying expensive m.2 drives and it not working with the mobo

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20 minutes ago, 1v1mebro said:

 

Would you happen to know if there are any issues with the m.2 port because I've heard of people buying expensive m.2 drives and it not working with the mobo

I'm using a sata based SSD, but it should work as the website says

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PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 Connector with up to 32Gb/s Data Transfer (PCIe NVMe & SATA SSD support)

Its also got a USB type C connector.

 

This ended up being the IDEAL board for me, and it was fairly low cost too

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43 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

I'm using a sata based SSD, but it should work as the website says

Its also got a USB type C connector.

 

This ended up being the IDEAL board for me, and it was fairly low cost too

Looks like I'm taking a trip to the Brooklyn microcenter thx 

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