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To overlock my i5 6600k i will be needing a good Z170 motherboard the price should be between 99$ or cheaper up to 150$ i can't pay more than 150$ so i have to choose the best one what do you think about these 2?

ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

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ASUS Z170-A LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


and if you have a better Motherboard please do suggest your ideas it will help and i will be really thankful :) 

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I'd go with the Z170- A. It's a rock solid board.

 

EDIT: I generally stay away from stuff marketed as "Gaming". You often overpay and get a worse product just for the name or some cheesy gimmick. Don't get me wrong, sometimes stuff like that is great, but just be careful and take the name with a grain of salt.

CPU: i7 6700k (4.7 GHz) | GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 FTW (OC) | Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z170 S | Cooling: Corsair H110i GTX | Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB WD Black | RAM: 16GB (2x8) Corsair Vengeance LED (White) 3000MHz | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX | PSU: Corsair RM850i | WiFi Card: TPLink Archer T9E | Case Fans: Noctua iPPC-2000 PWM (3x 120mm in), 2x Noctua NF-A14 PWM 140mm (radiator, painted black), Fractal Venturi HP-14 (1x 140mm out)  | OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

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Id go for the pro gaming since more I/O and better on board audio solution.

|Casual Rig| CPU: i5-6600k |MoBo: ROG Gene  |GPU: Asus 670 Direct CU2 |RAM: RipJaws 2400MHz 2x8GB DDR4 |Heatsink: H100i |Boot Drive: Samsung Evo SSD 240GB|Chassis:BitFenix Prodigy |Peripherals| Keyboard:DasKeyboard, Cherry MX Blue Switches,|Mouse: Corsair M40

|Server Specs| CPU: i7-3770k [OC'd @ 4.1GHz] |MoBo: Sabertooth Z77 |RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 2x8GB |Boot Drive: Samsung 840 SSD 128GB|Storage Drive: 4 WD 3TB Red Drives Raid 5 |Chassis:Corsair 600t 

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48 minutes ago, Zoshino said:

To overlock my i5 6600k i will be needing a good Z170 motherboard the price should be between 99$ or cheaper up to 150$ i can't pay more than 150$ so i have to choose the best one what do you think about these 2?

ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Vs.

ASUS Z170-A LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


and if you have a better Motherboard please do suggest you're ideas it will help and i will be really thankful :) 

Go with gigabyte k3  not much around 100$

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2 hours ago, Zoshino said:

To overlock my i5 6600k i will be needing a good Z170 motherboard the price should be between 99$ or cheaper up to 150$ i can't pay more than 150$ so i have to choose the best one what do you think about these 2?

ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Vs.

ASUS Z170-A LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


and if you have a better Motherboard please do suggest you're ideas it will help and i will be really thankful :) 

 

If your goal is the best overclocking board out there, there's no better brand than Asrock, they build extremely solid boards with really good overclock features.

They actually started to be known for it's overclocking records...

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