Best H170 Mini ITX motherboard?

[RRGT19]

Hi,

Which is the best H170 Mini ITX motherboard available right now?.

 

I can only find this two:

1. Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI  $113.99
2. MSI H170I Pro AC  $119.99

Any other option?....

I need a good motherboard for an i7-6700 non-K for my brother.

Thanks.

[aeroencychris]

Threw some H110 boards in there too since they'll work just as well

http://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#sort=d6&page=1&f=8&s=30&c=113,111

You have options. Since you're not overclocking get whatever is cheap and not trash

[RRGT19]

1 minute ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Threw some H110 boards in there too since they'll work just as well

http://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#sort=d6&page=1&f=8&s=30&c=113,111

You have options. Since you're not overclocking get whatever is cheap and not trash

What about the Asus B150i?, I like the design of them. Looks racing with that red on it.

But, I don't know anything about that chipset.

[aeroencychris]

Just now, RGT said:

What about the Asus B150i?, I like the design of them. Looks racing with that red on it.

But, I don't know anything about that chipset.

Looks fine, bit pricy for not Z170 but go for it

Chipsets don't mean much to me in non-overclocking situations. I changed the filter to just LGA 1151 which is all you need to choose from. If you find a good deal on a Z170 board, you might as well since it'll resell better.

http://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#sort=a8&page=1&f=8&s=30&qq=1

[RRGT19]

1 minute ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Looks fine, bit pricy for not Z170 but go for it

Chipsets don't mean much to me in non-overclocking situations. I changed the filter to just LGA 1151 which is all you need to choose from. If you find a good deal on a Z170 board, you might as well since it'll resell better.

http://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#sort=a8&page=1&f=8&s=30&qq=1

I have read that non-H170 motherboards have less PCI lanes which is bad for the performance of the GPU's.

Is that true?, I have a GTX1070..

[aeroencychris]

Just now, RGT said:

I have read that non-H170 motherboards have less PCI lanes which is bad for the performance of the GPU's.

Is that true?, I have a GTX1070..

I mean, yes, but not really relevant here. As long as you have a PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (which the ASRock H110M-ITX, the cheapest board on the list, had) you're fine. PCI lanes don't mean much in a single-gpu mini-itx scenario.

[RRGT19]

3 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

I mean, yes, but not really relevant here. As long as you have a PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (which the ASRock H110M-ITX, the cheapest board on the list, had) you're fine. PCI lanes don't mean much in a single-gpu mini-itx scenario.

The B150i one only has 8 pci lanes.

I will go for the H170 to be save...

I don't want to regret and get poor performance because of this.

 

One thing, the gigabyte h170 has a 6 pin CPU at the top, while my PSU has two 8-pin CPU, what can I do?, I can not split the cables, some power supply comes with that feature, but not main.

[aeroencychris]

1 minute ago, RGT said:

The B150i one only has 8 pci lanes.

I will go for the H170 to be save...

I don't want to regret and get poor performance because of this.

 

One thing, the gigabyte h170 has a 6 pin CPU at the top, while my PSU has two 8-pin CPU, what can I do?, I can not split the cables, some power supply comes with that feature, but not main.

Honestly do what you want but the PCI lanes thing is irrelevant here

Then get a different board?

[RRGT19]

2 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Honestly do what you want but the PCI lanes thing is irrelevant here

Then get a different board?

damn, I need a board with a 8-pin CPU connector.

 

 

let me look at them again.... the only one I see with that option is the B150i from Asus at $124.99

 

https://www.amazon.com/B150I-GAMING-WIFI-AURA-Motherboard/dp/B01AZ7N31A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473729673&sr=8-1&keywords=ASUS+B150I

Edited September 13, 2016 by RGT
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[aeroencychris]

You could probably use a 4 pin CPU header and be fine

[RRGT19]

9 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

You could probably use a 4 pin CPU header and be fine

I don't have one.

[aeroencychris]

1 minute ago, RGT said:

I don't have one.

Most 8 pin CPU connectors can break off into two 4 pins, I'd be surprised if yours couldn't. What PSU do you have?

[RRGT19]

52 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Most 8 pin CPU connectors can break off into two 4 pins, I'd be surprised if yours couldn't. What PSU do you have?

evga 650gs

[aeroencychris]

36 minutes ago, RGT said:

evga 650gs

"

1 x 24-Pin ATX EPS (CPU) 
1 x 8-Pin (4+4) + 8-Pin PCIE 
4 x 8-Pin (6+2)
8 x SATA
4 x FourPin Peripheral
1 x Floppy "

8-Pin (4+4) means your 8 pin CPU can split into two 4 pins

[asdf2061]

2 hours ago, RGT said:

I have read that non-H170 motherboards have less PCI lanes which is bad for the performance of the GPU's.

Is that true?, I have a GTX1070..

It has the same # of PCI-E connectors to the CPU but non connected to the chipset. It doesn't really matter anyways, since a ITX board only has 1 slot anyways. Your graphics card will still run at x16 speeds.