Which MOBO is better?

[Gamman]

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128871&cm_re=GA-H170n-_-13-128-871-_-Product

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132685&cm_re=h17oi-_-13-132-685-_-Product

[dantayy]

I personally prefer the asus board

[Gamman]

Just now, Ernest_L said:

I personally prefer the asus board

yeah, but the gigabyte board has "Dual-Bios", but is it worth it?

 

 

[dantayy]

15 minutes ago, Gamman said:

yeah, but the gigabyte board has "Dual-Bios", but is it worth it?

It just means that there is two bios so in case if one of them has a problem, the other one can take over. It's not really that important unless you like to mess with the bios

[Gamman]

Just now, Ernest_L said:

It just means that there is two bios so in case if one of them has a problem, the other one can take over. It's not really that important unless you like to mess with the bios

oh, okay so thank you i will pick the asus one

PS. asus mobo has better pcb layout

[dantayy]

Yup, plus the asus board has more usb and sata ports. It even supports sata express

[zMeul]

two things that stands out with the GigaByte board

• dual Intel NICs; if you're actually gonna need them
• USB type C

the ASUS board has more power phases but, since it's not a OC board ... why?!?! I'm not even sure you can mess with the Vcore

[dantayy]

20 minutes ago, zMeul said:

two things that stands out with the GigaByte board

• dual Intel NICs; if you're actually gonna need them
• USB type C

the ASUS board has more power phases but, since it's not a OC board ... why?!?! I'm not even sure you can mess with the Vcore

He probably won't be doing alot of overclocking on a ITX board, as for USB type C it is a 5gbps type C port not those fancy thunderbolt supported ones so I don't really see the advantage of the gigabyte one, not to mention its slightly more expensive

[zMeul]

4 hours ago, Ernest_L said:

He probably won't be doing alot of overclocking on a ITX board, as for USB type C it is a 5gbps type C port not those fancy thunderbolt supported ones so I don't really see the advantage of the gigabyte one, not to mention its slightly more expensive

I wanted to reply a while back but LTT forum maintenance ate my reply

 

he won't be doing any OCing, since it's not a Z chipset

 

the ~10$ price diff ... yes, I would pay for the 2 NICs and the type C (even if it might not carry TB) - a certified USB type A to type C cable is ~10$

[Donci]

Asus just has higher quality, so i would go with that one