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Best replacement for a ASUS Prime z390-a?

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Recently fried my motherboard and am searching for a replacement, should I just buy a new one or are options like the ROG Z390F worth it, and is there any substantial difference between Z390 and Z370? Currently I have a 1070 and a i7 8700k

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4 minutes ago, Pancakewagon26 said:

Z390 and Z370

USB support is different, otherwise nothing limited by the chipset

 

4 minutes ago, Pancakewagon26 said:

i7 8700k

Gigabyte Aorus boards are definitely much stronger in power delivery than even the Z390-F, while Asrock Phantom 6 gives better troubleshooting features (post code display). Dont see the point of going Asus on Z370 nor Z390 (except the Apex and Gene)

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Gigabyte has a nice lineup. Generally good power delivery and VRM cooling, along with some solid aesthetics. Z370 would be easier on the wallet without sacrificing much.

"uhhhhhhhhhh yeah id go with the 2600 its a good value for the money"

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48 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

USB support is different, otherwise nothing limited by the chipset

 

Gigabyte Aorus boards are definitely much stronger in power delivery than even the Z390-F, while Asrock Phantom 6 gives better troubleshooting features (post code display). Dont see the point of going Asus on Z370 nor Z390 (except the Apex and Gene)

Thanks! I will look into it.

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7 hours ago, Pancakewagon26 said:

Recently fried my motherboard and am searching for a replacement, should I just buy a new one or are options like the ROG Z390F worth it, and is there any substantial difference between Z390 and Z370? Currently I have a 1070 and a i7 8700k

I upgraded my Z370-H to a Z390-F when I OCed my 8600k.

Before I changed my mobo I had trouble going over 4.8ghz due to unstable power delivery from the Z370-H.

I could achieve a higher overclock with less voltage on the Z390-F. 

 

The Z390-F is definitely a good mobo and a solid match for the 8700k (especially if you want to OC) but there are plenty of other good mobo as well.

CPU: i9 9900K   Cooler: NH-D15   RAM: Kingston Fury 4 x 8GB 3600MHz CL17   Mobo: ASUS ROG Strix Z390-F   GPU: ASUS 3080 TUF   Case: In Win D-Frame   PSU: Corsair HX850i   Storage: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (OS), 500GB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (Games), 2TB Crucial BX500 SSD (Storage)   Monitor: Samsung Odyssey Neo G9. 

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