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Which X370 Motherboard?

I'm just finalising the last few components of a new Ryzen 1700 build and I'm having trouble both deciding on a motherboard and also telling the difference spec-wise. One must have is 8+ USB ports as I'm currently using the only 6 I have on this system and will likely add to it in the future.

 

ASUS Crosshair VI

Gigabyte K5

 

I'm not sure if one brand is better than another but I'm aware one is £60 more expensive so it must have some features that the other doesn't? Not sure If I'm being completely blind here or not.

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K5 all the way

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Just now, Damascus said:

K5 all the way

Any reason behind it? Just curious.

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Have a look as the Asrock Taichi AX370 - that and the crosshair are pretty much the best X370 boards at the moment. K5 is decent, but the K7 is flagship so bios updates are slow for the K5. 

 

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1 minute ago, elKz said:

Any reason behind it? Just curious.

Same features, cooler RGB on the K5 (IMO obviously) similar quality and 60 bucks cheaper.  Also comes with a steam voucher

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1 minute ago, Damascus said:

Same features, cooler RGB on the K5 (IMO obviously) similar quality and 60 bucks cheaper.  Also comes with a steam voucher

Hmm, fair point. 

Nothing on the ASUS actually justifies that £60 price difference then?

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Just now, elKz said:

Nothing on the ASUS actually justifies that £60 price difference then?

Bios updates come faster and some prefer ASUS bios/looks

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Just now, Damascus said:

Bios updates come faster and some prefer ASUS bios/looks

The bios updates don't mean a thing to me, If the system works that's good enough for the time being lol. I do prefer the looks of the ASUS but for £60? Eh. I guess I'm going with the K5 then unless there's another recommended board out there. 

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4 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Same features, cooler RGB on the K5 (IMO obviously) similar quality and 60 bucks cheaper.  Also comes with a steam voucher

Asus has a BCLK generator. It probably has a few extra things here and there that I'd have to go back and check.

 

5 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Have a look as the Asrock Taichi AX370 - that and the crosshair are pretty much the best X370 boards at the moment. K5 is decent, but the K7 is flagship so bios updates are slow for the K5. 

I second this, the Taichi is absolutely great.

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2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

 

1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

Asus has a BCLK generator. It probably has a few extra things here and there that I'd have to go back and check.

 

I second this, the Taichi is absolutely great.

I'm sorry to keep asking this but what makes the Taichi stand out? I'm running a ASRock Extreme 6 Z87 now and absolutely love the thing.

The colour fits right in with my build as well, might just have to add some red psu cables to it as well. 

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Just now, elKz said:

I'm sorry to keep asking this but what makes the Taichi stand out? I'm running a ASRock Extreme 6 Z87 now and absolutely love the thing.

 

Good VRM's, fast updates, 10/10 looks good io, good support for whatever you want (nvme etc.)

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Just now, elKz said:

 

I'm sorry to keep asking this but what makes the Taichi stand out? I'm running a ASRock Extreme 6 Z87 now and absolutely love the thing.

The colour fits right in with my build as well, might just have to add some red psu cables to it as well. 

Asrock tends to do pretty well with bios updates. It's got the best vrms of any board out there right now (6+2 with doublers for 12+4, K7 and K5 are 6+2 without doublers and crosshair vi hero is 4+2 with doublers to make it 8+2, the xpower titanium is so garbage it shouldn't be considered :P), which is usually the reason it gets recommended. It also has tons of sata ports and stuff, and everything is really just high quality.

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On June 19, 2017 at 6:55 AM, elKz said:

I'm just finalising the last few components of a new Ryzen 1700 build and I'm having trouble both deciding on a motherboard and also telling the difference spec-wise. One must have is 8+ USB ports as I'm currently using the only 6 I have on this system and will likely add to it in the future.

 

ASUS Crosshair VI

Gigabyte K5

 

I'm not sure if one brand is better than another but I'm aware one is £60 more expensive so it must have some features that the other doesn't? Not sure If I'm being completely blind here or not.

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Hands down get the ch6 man 

there like a bios every few weeks crammed with new features 

its just a kick ass board with everything on it 

shit ton of power phases and looks insanely good 

 

best mobo Iv ever had 

 

i got both my ryzen chips to 4 Ghz on it 

and my Hynix ram is 3200 stable with the 1006 agesa beta bios 

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1.c6h if u have so much money

2. X370 taichi  

no kxxx  

no b350xxx

 

no ausu prime pro

x370 taichi exterior and bios 

 

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2 hours ago, jjohnthedon1 said:

Hands down get the ch6 man 

there like a bios every few weeks crammed with new features 

its just a kick ass board with everything on it 

shit ton of power phases and looks insanely good 

 

best mobo Iv ever had 

 

i got both my ryzen chips to 4 Ghz on it 

and my Hynix ram is 3200 stable with the 1006 agesa beta bios 

Won silicon lottery plus amazing motherboard equals amazing glory

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

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