does anyone know the best Z170 board

[107x]

im going to be doing mostly gaming that is why i chose this series

-thank you

[Skiiwee29]

There is no one "best" board tbh. You can only determine that as everyones needs on the board are different. Are you going to use m.2, RGB LED strips, what CPU do you have, are you going to overclock, what form factor do you need, mITX, mATX, ATX? These are really questions you need to answer. Then next, what is your theme, color scheme etc... 

[iiNNeX]

You don't need the best board if all you do is game. You will be wasting a lot of features. A good board that is up there is the Asus Hero VIII, and it's also not that pricey. Looks damn good too, had it in my old system.

[107x]

3 hours ago, legacy99 said:

There is no one "best" board tbh. You can only determine that as everyones needs on the board are different. Are you going to use m.2, RGB LED strips, what CPU do you have, are you going to overclock, what form factor do you need, mITX, mATX, ATX? These are really questions you need to answer. Then next, what is your theme, color scheme etc... 

 

3 hours ago, iiNNeX said:

You don't need the best board if all you do is game. You will be wasting a lot of features. A good board that is up there is the Asus Hero VIII, and it's also not that pricey. Looks damn good too, had it in my old system.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/9ZvfPs if you cant tell im going for red and black theme yes will be doing rgb lighting atx MOBO and possibly a ssd in m.2

[107x]

3 hours ago, legacy99 said:

There is no one "best" board tbh. You can only determine that as everyones needs on the board are different. Are you going to use m.2, RGB LED strips, what CPU do you have, are you going to overclock, what form factor do you need, mITX, mATX, ATX? These are really questions you need to answer. Then next, what is your theme, color scheme etc... 

also definetly going to overclock cpu and gpu

[iiNNeX]

1 minute ago, 107x said:

also definetly going to overclock cpu and gpu

This is my previous build with the motherboard I suggested. Red and black also.

 

[Castdeath97]

5 minutes ago, 107x said:

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/9ZvfPs if you cant tell im going for red and black theme yes will be doing rgb lighting atx MOBO and possibly a ssd in m.2

The gaming M5 from msi is decent. Has the red looks but it does lack RGB (you do get red lights though).

[107x]

3 hours ago, iiNNeX said:

This is my previous build with the motherboard I suggested. Red and black also.

 

very nice

 

[Skiiwee29]

Alright, with RGB you have 2 options, you can have an external controller, or you can get an ASUS motherboard which has an RGB header on it that you can plug into and control them via the ASUS aura software. 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813132699

[107x]

3 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

The gaming M5 from msi is decent. Has the red looks but it does lack RGB (you do get red lights though).

i was looking at the m7 which i did get attracted to i mean the rgb wouldnt matter much as its not a needed feature for me

[107x]

3 hours ago, legacy99 said:

Alright, with RGB you have 2 options, you can have an external controller, or you can get an ASUS motherboard which has an RGB header on it that you can plug into and control them via the ASUS aura software. 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813132699

i see this board does support sli which later down the road i would definitely do is this a reliiable and safe board for sli config maybe 2 1080

[Castdeath97]

1 minute ago, 107x said:

i see this board does support sli which later down the road i would definitely do is this a reliiable and safe board for sli config maybe 2 1080

A lot of boards 100 USD plus boards support SLI.

[107x]

3 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

A lot of boards 100 USD plus boards support SLI.

 

3 hours ago, legacy99 said:

Alright, with RGB you have 2 options, you can have an external controller, or you can get an ASUS motherboard which has an RGB header on it that you can plug into and control them via the ASUS aura software. 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813132699

would this be a good board for overclocking?

 

[Skiiwee29]

Yes. 

[Castdeath97]

3 minutes ago, 107x said:

 

would this be a good board for overclocking?

 

Are you going to do automatic or manual overclocking?

[107x]

3 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

Are you going to do automatic or manual overclocking?

manual

 

[107x]

3 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

Are you going to do automatic or manual overclocking?

 

3 hours ago, legacy99 said:

Yes. 

thoughts on the Formula? www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813132265

[Castdeath97]

2 minutes ago, 107x said:

manual

 

Well this widens the selection. Take a look at the MSI m5 and m7 and the Asus pro gaming and Maximus hero VIII. There a lot of personal choice with motherboards so try to find some YouTube reviews that take a look on the boards and pick it yourself.

[Castdeath97]

2 minutes ago, 107x said:

 

thoughts on the Formula? www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813132265

Pretty pricey! I would go with the hero instead since it still looks as great and probably has a load of Overclocking features anyway.