ASUS Z170-A

[Imabigmac]

So I'm about to pull the trigger and order one of these boards. Just curious if anyone on here has an opinion on the board?  Like most Asus XXXX-A boards they seem pretty benchmark, but do get good reviews for reliability and features. But as always reviews are only so good, user thoughts can be very different and shine light on defects.... Anyway thoughts on this board? Also do you guys thinks its worth to spend the an extra $40 on the ASUS Z170-pro? (appears to just have a better Audio codec). 

 

This board, for anyone who is curious. (-A)https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Motherboards/Z170-A/

                    

 

Thanks. 

[Enderman]

if its got all the feature you need then get it, its good

[The Salt Is REAL]

They're pretty much the same thing but the Pro has "EMI protection cover" and "audio shielding" on the audio circuit (Crystal Sound 3). Whichever one is cheaper I would get.

 

[StareX]

Yup, it's got all the bells and whistles..

[Imabigmac]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

if its got all the feature you need then get it, its good

The things it lacks that I like is a matte PCB and it doesn't use the now "norm" ALC1150 Codec. But Ideally I should use a external sound solution. 

[daninthemix]

I just bought one. My only complaint is that XMP didn't work reliably for me (would not boot sometimes).

 

EDIT: the fan controls on this board are amazing.