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I like the deluxe for the onboard wifi, I didn't seem to find any cheaper board with that built in. The gigbyte has solid audio, and I like the op-amp gimmick, even if it's just that, as for the Asrock, I have had good expericences with them in the past. I wanted to splurge a little, and get something worthy of a 6700k, and it may sound vain, but they all meet my top requirment of not being hideous ROG red and black. I guess what I really need is a solid board for overclocking/gaming that supposrts 2x M.2, at least 2 way SLI, and is ATX. Wifi would be really really nice to have but isn't a requirement, they all mostly seem to have some kind of bios recover or dual bios so that's not a problem. A PS2 port is always welcome.

well, at least you have reasons. but, interestingly enough, the Deluxe, despite it's price still only has 1 M.2 slot. So i guess it comes down to what's more important to you. I'd take the Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 because it's price disparity is enough to get a really good PCI or USB wireless adapter for the same price as a Deluxe

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All of those are really, REALLY, unnecessarily expensive. What comic sans said. But you never need to spend this much on a motherboard.

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All of those are really, REALLY, unnecessarily expensive. What comic sans said. But you never need to spend this much on a motherboard.

Wow that's rich coming from you xD, and why does your signature say I5?

 

 

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All of those are really, REALLY, unnecessarily expensive. What comic sans said. But you never need to spend this much on a motherboard.

Unless they offer a specific feature that a cheaper board doesn't offer

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Wow that's rich coming from you xD, and why does your signature say I5?

 

 

Edit oh your not the randomness... sorry Im friends with him he has the same profile pic xD sorry (Facepalm)

yea, it's been an amusing week with both of us around. He has the Sabretooth doesn't he, I kinda consider that a bit of an outlier, because most seem to get it for the "thermal armour"

 

 

Unless they offer a specific feature that a cheaper board doesn't offer

which applies to very few individuals, the more budget options like the ASUS A/AR/P/K/Pro Gaming, and MSI Krait/Gaming M3/Gaming Pro, Asrock Pro4/Extreme 4, Gigabyte Gaming 3/D3H/SLI. Will have all the features 95% of people need at anywhere between 1/2-2/3rds the price

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I like the deluxe for the onboard wifi, I didn't seem to find any cheaper board with that built in. The gigbyte has solid audio, and I like the op-amp gimmick, even if it's just that, as for the Asrock, I have had good expericences with them in the past. I wanted to splurge a little, and get something worthy of a 6700k, and it may sound vain, but they all meet my top requirment of not being hideous ROG red and black. I guess what I really need is a solid board for overclocking/gaming that supposrts 2x M.2, at least 2 way SLI, and is ATX. Wifi would be really really nice to have but isn't a requirement, they all mostly seem to have some kind of bios recover or dual bios so that's not a problem. A PS2 port is always welcome.

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I like the deluxe for the onboard wifi, I didn't seem to find any cheaper board with that built in. The gigbyte has solid audio, and I like the op-amp gimmick, even if it's just that, as for the Asrock, I have had good expericences with them in the past. I wanted to splurge a little, and get something worthy of a 6700k, and it may sound vain, but they all meet my top requirment of not being hideous ROG red and black. I guess what I really need is a solid board for overclocking/gaming that supposrts 2x M.2, at least 2 way SLI, and is ATX. Wifi would be really really nice to have but isn't a requirement, they all mostly seem to have some kind of bios recover or dual bios so that's not a problem. A PS2 port is always welcome.

well, at least you have reasons. but, interestingly enough, the Deluxe, despite it's price still only has 1 M.2 slot. So i guess it comes down to what's more important to you. I'd take the Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 because it's price disparity is enough to get a really good PCI or USB wireless adapter for the same price as a Deluxe

Aftermarket 980Ti >= Fury X >= Reference 980Ti > Fury > 980 > 390X > 390 >= 970 > 380X > 380 >= 960 > 950 >= 370 > 750Ti = 360

"The Orange Box" || CPU: i5 4690k || RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB || Case: Aerocool DS200 (Orange) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate || Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB + WD Black 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM750 || Mobo: ASUS Z97-A || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

"Unnamed Form Factor Switch" || CPU: i7 6700K || RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Mini ITX (White) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate (Green Cover) || Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB || PSU: XFX XTR 550W || Mobo: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

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