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http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z170apro

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z170apcmate

 

The name and Box are different obviously but what else? They are the same price, is there something small I am missing?

 

 

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SATA ports

Ahh there is one. So... what was the point of releasing two of nearly exact same boards?

 

 

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Pro has more audio options, and the PCIe layout is a bit different

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Regional? No idea. If it was EVGA there'd be 10 so I guess 2 isn't so bad. :lol:

Meh EVGA is a fantastic company lol, I've only ever seen them do that with GPUs. If I could I would greatly snag a EVGA z170 board though they don't have BCLK overclocking

 

 

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Meh EVGA is a fantastic company lol, I've only ever seen them do that with GPUs. If I could I would greatly snag a EVGA z170 board though they don't have BCLK overclocking

Pretty sexy though, but yeah I wish they had BCLK overclocking.

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the pro has a darker PCB than the mate

the mate has 4pin sys fan headers, the pro has 3pin

 

the mate has 2 usb3.1 gen2 (10GT/s) and 4 usb3.1 gen1 (5GT/s)

the pro has 0 usb3.1 gen 2 and 4 usb 3.1 gen1

edit: and the mate includes your 2 pci slots (Oshino mentioned that)

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Pretty sexy though, but yeah I wish they had BCLK overclocking.

Yeah and their cheapest board is $189.99 haha

 

 

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