Asus Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1 vs Asus Maximus VIII Hero?

[O_Bedstew]

I'm gonna build a new Gaming rig soon (and mild editing.) 

 

I will repurpose my old GTX 960, and i'll buy a 6600K and some RAM.

 

What i'm wondering is, should i get the Sabertooth for it's warranty and cooling, or the Hero for it's overclocking? 

(keep in mind i'm not a fantastic overclocker)

 

The other specs are below V.

[Morgan MLGman]

You should save your money and get an i7-6700 if you can't afford the K version. i7-6700 > 6600K and the build cost is around the same unless you buy a very expensive cooler & mobo for the 6600k

[Lord Nicoll]

17 minutes ago, O_Bedstew said:

I'm gonna build a new Gaming rig soon (and mild editing.) 

 

I will repurpose my old GTX 960, and i'll buy a 6600K and some RAM.

 

What i'm wondering is, should i get the Sabertooth for it's warranty and cooling, or the Hero for it's overclocking? 

(keep in mind i'm not a fantastic overclocker)

 

The other specs are below V.

I think the ROG board is higher class as only their WS boards are close, ROG, even the cheap ones, are leaps and bounds ahead of their offerings in terms of features, and the components are also pretty decent, great VRMs too. Both have awesome cooling, 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

1 hour ago, O_Bedstew said:

I'm gonna build a new Gaming rig soon (and mild editing.) 

 

I will repurpose my old GTX 960, and i'll buy a 6600K and some RAM.

 

What i'm wondering is, should i get the Sabertooth for it's warranty and cooling, or the Hero for it's overclocking? 

(keep in mind i'm not a fantastic overclocker)

 

The other specs are below V.

 

Both these board have very similar vrms so that's not an issue. 

 

But the Hero differs from the sabertooth as it offers more overclocking features. Like that post code LED. A good feature for overclocking but its missing on the Sabertooth. 

[O_Bedstew]

1 minute ago, Pohernori said:

 

Both these board have very similar vrms so that's not an issue. 

 

But the Hero differs from the sabertooth as it offers more overclocking features. Like that post code LED. A good feature for overclocking but its missing on the Sabertooth. 

the postcode is making me think the ROG, but the fans are making me think sabertooth. do the mobo fans actually help?

[O_Bedstew]

2 hours ago, Morgan MLGman said:

You should save your money and get an i7-6700 if you can't afford the K version. i7-6700 > 6600K and the build cost is around the same unless you buy a very expensive cooler & mobo for the 6600k

i dont need the power of the 6700K (but if i can afford it i'll probably get it)

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Just now, O_Bedstew said:

the postcode is making me think the ROG, but the fans are making me think sabertooth. do the mobo fans actually help?

 

Yea, moving air across components always keeps them cooler. But its fine for either boards with or without fans since they have excellent circuitry. 

[Morgan MLGman]

5 minutes ago, O_Bedstew said:

i dont need the power of the 6700K (but if i can afford it i'll probably get it)

Get the i7-6700 + H170/B150 board instead, you'll pay the same as for the 6600K system and you'll have a faster CPU.

[O_Bedstew]

15 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Get the i7-6700 + H170/B150 board instead, you'll pay the same as for the 6600K system and you'll have a faster CPU.

after a bit of thinking, i'll probably get the Maximus.