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Z170 or B150?, both are at the same price on Amazon

RRGT19
By RRGT19
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Hi,

First i wanted to build a Z170 gaming PC and i was waiting for the new asus B150i Aura board, but now the prices are almost identical.

 

B150

 

Z170

as you can see the prices are almost identical, i don't know why if the B170 is supposed to be cheaper.

 

What do you recommed me guys?, i don't know anything about overcloking.

I have chose Mini ITX because i have a Phanteks Mini ITX case already at home (empty by the way, was the first thing that i bought)

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I wouldn't call a $50 gap 'identical'.

 

Might as well go for the Z170 and 6700K.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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Just now, Dan Castellaneta said:

lol z170 ez fucking pz

what?

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Just now, Dan Castellaneta said:

Just go Z170. If your budget allows it and it's not much more, then there's no reason to downgrade unless it means sacrificing the quality of other parts.

i was hoping to get a cheap board and a cheap processor i7

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the Z170 board uses the Z170 chipset, which is the best/highest featured/most options/highest performance chipset for the current 6th gen Intel CPU's.

 

sooo... Z170 is the best choice if possible.

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Just now, RZeroX said:

Go Z170, if you can do it as that would allow for overclocking

 

Just now, Maxxtraxx said:

the Z170 board uses the Z170 chipset, which is the best/highest featured/most options/highest performance chipset for the current 6th gen Intel CPU's.

 

sooo... Z170 is the best choice if possible.

i have the budget right now but i was hoping to buy a cheap board and processor to play games, i won't overclock the cpu because i don't know how to do it and there is not any benefits in games, i guess....

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1 hour ago, Wouterrinos said:

@RGT Don't buy z170 if you aren't going to overclock!!!

that is why i wanted h170 or b180i but they are at the same price as the z170

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11 hours ago, RGT said:

that is why i wanted h170 or b180i but they are at the same price as the z170

Z170 is for your parts 62 dollars more, that isn't the same price. And if you're not going to overclock you're just throwing away 62 dollars.

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