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Asus Z170 A

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I intend to upgrade my system to a skylake i7-6700k

 

Can you guys suggest me a reputable Z170 chipset mobo that i can use.

 

I mainly do gaming on my system but sometimes video rendering and other things.

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Asus Z170 A

CPU:Intel Core i3 3210 Mobo:MSI B75MA-E33  GPU:Intel 2500 HD Graphics  SSD:Adata SP600 128gb  HDD:Seagate 1tb 7200rpm  

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one from asus

pick one that fits your budget and has the features you want

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one from asus

pick one that fits your budget and has the features you want

 

 

Asus Z170 A

Oh i forgot to mention it would be nice to have blue or black accents on it as that is the color scheme of my system

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https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z170mmortar

 

No need for full ATX, and no features lost from this board.

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hmm interesting and awesome choice, so this board will work fine with dual sli?

Yep,

 

EDIT: NOPE. This will work with 2x CF, but not 2x SLI. The last slot is 4x... darn.

 

 

In retrospect, that is annoying...

 

These three are basically all the same quality and price, with differing accents. Pick your poison:

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z170akraitgaming

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z170a

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z170agamingm5

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Yep,

 

EDIT: NOPE. This will work with 2x CF, but not 2x SLI. The last slot is 4x... darn.

Ah Cripe, thats unfortunate, hard to get a mobo that will match a blue+black+grey color scheme these days

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Ah Cripe, thats unfortunate, hard to get a mobo that will match a blue+black+grey color scheme these days

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170xpsli

 

This would work, but I generally don't recommend lower end gigabyte boards.

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This looks like the one tbh, but why do you not recommend low end gigabyte boards? Personal troubles?

 

I have a GA-G97-D3H in my system right now and its pretty damn solid

They just are not as good with making sure to use quality components in all their products as MSI has been for me. (their low end graphics coolers are notorious for this).

 

It's not necessarily bad, I just steer away from them on instinct.

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They just are not as good with making sure to use quality components in all their products as MSI has been for me. (their low end graphics coolers are notorious for this).

 

It's not necessarily bad, I just steer away from them on instinct.

Alright fair enough then

 

I really like the idea of the right angle MOLEX plug for this board, but i dont think $600+ aud is gonna make the cut for that :P

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_1780&products_id=33127

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Alright fair enough then

 

I really like the idea of the right angle MOLEX plug for this board, but i dont think $600+ aud is gonna make the cut for that :P

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_1780&products_id=33127

I mean you can go for it. With all likelihood you wont' have any issues at all.

 

Yea... EVGA mobos are stupid overpriced. I'd recommend the ftw but it has some truly insane compromises that make it worthless as a product imho.

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I mean you can go for it. With all likelihood you wont' have any issues at all.

 

Yea... EVGA mobos are stupid overpriced. I'd recommend the ftw but it has some truly insane compromises that make it worthless as a product imho.

Yeah im with you on the overpriced thing, who the heck pays for a $600 mobo (probably the people that buy it to keep it in stock i guess)

 

Anyways i think ive found a mobo with 3x 16x pci3 slots (no point in having 3 if i can't use one) and it has a lightening protector, good idea where i live haha

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=32868

 

Thanks for your help man i totally overlooked the lanes for each pci slot

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