ASUS PRIME B360M-A vs MSI B365M PRO-VH. What's the difference?

[Faustasz610]

I realised there are little differences between these 2 motherboards, which is more worth it?
Intel i7 8700 (non K)
RTX 2060
2666MHz RAM

[Fasauceome]

 Neither of these has a vrm heat sink, so dropping clocks on a 6 core i7 would not be surprising. You may want to spend a bit more on the motherboard.

[Faustasz610]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

 Neither of these has a vrm heat sink, so dropping clocks on a 6 core i7 would not be surprising. You may want to spend a bit more on the motherboard.

I've heard that the heatsinks are mainly needed for overclocking? And with my components I can't do it

 

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Faustasz610 said:

I've heard that the heatsinks are mainly needed for overclocking? And with my components I can't do it

 

You also need heat sinks for stable power delivery on demanding CPUs. The 8700 does require a fair amount of power, with a boost clock of 4.3 on all cores.

[Faustasz610]

13 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

You also need heat sinks for stable power delivery on demanding CPUs. The 8700 does require a fair amount of power, with a boost clock of 4.3 on all cores.

Fair enough, I understand. I am currently looking at this one - https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASROCK-B365M-PRO4-1151-DVI-D/dp/B07MW7ZT1J/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=B365M+Pro4&qid=1588529071&s=computers&sr=1-1

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Faustasz610 said:

Fair enough, I understand. I am currently looking at this one - https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASROCK-B365M-PRO4-1151-DVI-D/dp/B07MW7ZT1J/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=B365M+Pro4&qid=1588529071&s=computers&sr=1-1

With a nice large heat sink, as well as more vrm phases, it already looks like a better choice

[Faustasz610]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

With a nice large heat sink, as well as more vrm phases, it already looks like a better choice

Good sign then haha, I will be looking into it. Thank you man