Z270 board for a white build?

[TomR]

I'm looking to update my build with a 7700k and a ATX Z270 board that will look nice in my white S340 elite. I'm curious on your motherboard suggestions, but please say why

 

Here's a pic of what it looks like now with a 6500, m-atx board, single fan GTX 1060 6GB, and a Kraken x42 that will all be recycled into a HTPC. I plan on getting a white ASUS GTX 1070 and Kraken x62 for my main rig. I'm also open to suggestions on a very small case that would fit my m-atx board and single fan 1060.

 

thanks for your opinions, for reference I'm in the US and prefer to order off Newegg since they're located down the street from me.

[TomR]

2 minutes ago, TomR said:

I'm looking to update my build with a 7700k and a ATX Z270 board that will look nice in my white S340 elite. I'm curious on your motherboard suggestions, but please say why

 

Here's a pic of what it looks like now with a 6500, m-atx board, single fan GTX 1060 6GB, and a Kraken x42 that will all be recycled into a HTPC. I plan on getting a white ASUS GTX 1070 and Kraken x62 for this rig. I'm also open to suggestions on a very small case that would fit my m-atx board and single fan 1060.

 

thanks for your opinions, for reference I'm in the US and prefer to order off Newegg since they're located down the street from me.

 

[App4that]

Not really a white motherboard yet, tons of white and black though. 

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5 minutes ago, TomR said:

I'm looking to update my build with a 7700k and a ATX Z270 board that will look nice in my white S340 elite. I'm curious on your motherboard suggestions, but please say why

 

Here's a pic of what it looks like now with a 6500, m-atx board, single fan GTX 1060 6GB, and a Kraken x42 that will all be recycled into a HTPC. I plan on getting a white ASUS GTX 1070 and Kraken x62 for my main rig. I'm also open to suggestions on a very small case that would fit my m-atx board and single fan 1060.

 

thanks for your opinions, for reference I'm in the US and prefer to order off Newegg since they're located down the street from me.

 

Get a white Z170 and do a BIOS  update?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Not really a white motherboard yet, tons of white and black though. 

Prime A and Krait Gaming is really close

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as well as ASRock Killer

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[App4that]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Get a white Z170 and do a BIOS  update?

And lose out on features? Might as well stay with Skylake then. 

 

The Krait looks so 80's, almost want it LOL

[Morgan MLGman]

ASRock Z270 Extreme4? I've got the Z170 variant of it as I wanted a black&white build and it looks dope. The Z270 one arguably looks even better.

 

 

[TomR]

4 minutes ago, App4that said:

Not really a white motherboard yet, tons of white and black though. 

 It doesn't have to be all white, just something that would look nice. The ASUS Prime board looks nice, as does the MSI Xpower Titanium.

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, TomR said:

 It doesn't have to be all white, just something that would look nice. The ASUS Prime board looks nice, as does the MSI Xpower Titanium.

[TomR]

My current board is an ASRock. My only grief with them is their website was a pain in the ass to navigate for the drivers. That board does look nice though, is the blue changeable or just blue?

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, TomR said:

My current board is an ASRock. My only grief with them is their website was a pain in the ass to navigate for the drivers. That board does look nice though.

I've had 3 ASRock boards so far, all can be called higher-end as they were 990FX Killer, X99X Killer and the Z170 Extreme4, and I had no issues finding anything, the UEFI is amazingly clear (I've used Gigabyte and MSI boards in the past, none can compare imho) and they were rock-solid stable offering high overclocking results, so I can fully recommend grabbing that board if you like the looks.

[TomR]

 

2 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

I've had 3 ASRock boards so far, all can be called higher-end as they were 990FX Killer, X99X Killer and the Z170 Extreme4, and I had no issues finding anything, the UEFI is amazingly clear (I've used Gigabyte and MSI boards in the past, none can compare imho) and they were rock-solid stable offering high overclocking results, so I can fully recommend grabbing that board if you like the looks.

Thanks I'll definitely keep that board in mind. Also keen to hear any other other suggestions on what I can do to clean it up. It's my first build I just completed Yeah I know the Kraken is mounted upside down in this pic and the the LED strip at the top is peeling off a little, lol.

[TomR]