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Alex_Mat94
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2 minutes ago, Alex_Mat94 said:

Hy everyone, in bulding a new pc, and I'm stuck whit the motherboard. I don't know if the maximus viii hero is going to be better then the z170-a for my i5-6600K, and my ASUS strix gtx1060. I Will do overclock. Can someone help me. Thanks ?

Unless you have an I7, you don't need a Maximus board.

They are just a gimmick for people with lots of money.

Really, the ASUS Z-170A will overclock just as well as their most expensive Z170 board.

 

Ive built 3 high end PC's, one even reaching $2300, and ive still always used the Z170-A. Its such a great board

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Hy everyone, in bulding a new pc, and I'm stuck whit the motherboard. I don't know if the maximus viii hero is going to be better then the z170-a for my i5-6600K, and my ASUS strix gtx1060. I Will do overclock. Can someone help me. Thanks ?

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both are solid imo each will do the job well. id go with which ever you like the look of best

Main system:

i7 6700k @4.8ghz 1.45v

ROG Maximus Hero VIII

Gigabyte G1 980ti Sli @1500 ghz

Samsung 950 pro 512gb

16gb G.Skill Ripjawz V @3400mhz 

Corsair H115i 280mm AIO

Corsair 400c Case

Corsair RM1000i

 

Backup/Older/Toys:

Intel i3 6100 @4.6ghz 1.52v

Asrock B150M Pro4/Hyper

Intel 750 series 400gb

Radeon Rx 470 XFX

Thermaltake Water 3.0 360mm AIO 

inWin 303 case

 

AMD Phenom II x4 940 @3.9ghz 1.65v

Gigabyte 780g mobo

Corsair H100 240mm AIO

Corsair Dominiator 8gb DDR2 @1066

Evga GTX 750ti FTW @1450mhz

Thermaltake Matrix case (modded)

 

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Hy everyone, in bulding a new pc, and I'm stuck whit the motherboard. I don't know if the maximus viii hero is going to be better then the z170-a for my i5-6600K, and my ASUS strix gtx1060. I Will do overclock. Can someone help me. Thanks ?

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In this case it doesn't really matter. You will be able to reach the same frequencies with both mobo's. I would suggest to go for z170 & save some money. 

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2 minutes ago, Alex_Mat94 said:

Hy everyone, in bulding a new pc, and I'm stuck whit the motherboard. I don't know if the maximus viii hero is going to be better then the z170-a for my i5-6600K, and my ASUS strix gtx1060. I Will do overclock. Can someone help me. Thanks ?

Unless you have an I7, you don't need a Maximus board.

They are just a gimmick for people with lots of money.

Really, the ASUS Z-170A will overclock just as well as their most expensive Z170 board.

 

Ive built 3 high end PC's, one even reaching $2300, and ive still always used the Z170-A. Its such a great board

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The Maximus Hero basicly has a better vrm.

And if you are realy a overclocker who likes to fine tune overclocks, you will get better experiance with it.

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4 hours ago, UberGamerKing said:

Unless you have an I7, you don't need a Maximus board.

They are just a gimmick for people with lots of money.

Really, the ASUS Z-170A will overclock just as well as their most expensive Z170 board.

 

Ive built 3 high end PC's, one even reaching $2300, and ive still always used the Z170-A. Its such a great board

Is there any difference between the z170-a and the z170 Pro. Not pro gaming.

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Hy everyone, is there any difference between the z170-a and z170 PRO WHIT a i5-6600K, and ASUS strix gtx1060. I Will do overclock. Can someone help me. Thanks ?. 

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