Z170 budget

[JimStas]

I'm on a tight budget to build a system and need a relatively cheap but capable mobo.
Those two are the only reasonable options in my country.

 

http://www.msi.com/product/motherboard/Z170A-GAMING-M3.html#hero-overview
http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/Z170%20Extreme4/

https://www.asus.com/gr/Motherboards/Z170-PRO-GAMING/

http://www.msi.com/product/motherboard/Z170-KRAIT-GAMING.html#hero-overview

 

The asrock has 3 pcie x16 ports (msi has 2) but with z170's 20 and 3-way cfx not being efficient lanes they seem useless.
The msi on the other hand has 6 USB 3.1 (asrock has 2 + 6 usb 3.0) which is great plus i trust msi more. . .

the msi krait is beautiful and somewhere in between in features

and the asus is the most praised one

What are the differences on build quality?
Any opinions / experience on the boards?

[Imakuni]

Knock away MSI's. Only 8 power phases.

 

Between Asus' and Asrock's, I'd go with Asrock, it offers a superior feature set. And IMO it's a gorgeous mobo, but that's subjective.

[JimStas]

Knock away MSI's. Only 8 power phases.

 

Between Asus' and Asrock's, I'd go with Asrock, it offers a superior feature set. And IMO it's a gorgeous mobo, but that's subjective.

Yes it's a very beautiful Mobo why superior feature set ?

the extra pcie x16 as i said is useless

i had trouble with asrock boads in similar budgets in the past and so thats the only i haven't reached to a conclusion yet as it seemed the best to me too. . .

i think that asrock attracts customers with specs and does not conpensate with durability and longevity

just like buying chinese phone vs a korean one (and im talking on a tight budget as on high end devices the differences fade)

[Imakuni]

Yes it's a very beautiful Mobo why superior feature set ?

the extra pcie x16 as i said is useless

i had trouble with asrock boads in similar budgets in the past and so thats the only i haven't reached to a conclusion yet as it seemed the best to me too. . .

i think that asrock attracts customers with specs and does not conpensate with durability and longevity

just like buying chinese phone vs a korean one (and im talking on a tight budget as on high end devices the differences fade)

For example:

1. A superior clock generator (capable of smaller steps than 1mhz).
2. More USB 3.0
3. Power and RESET buttons on mobo.
4. Clear_cmos button.
5. Debug LED
6. Dual Bios.