Which motherboard?

[ivryk]

Good morning/afternoon/night ( depending on your time zone ), hope you are having a great day.

 

So recently i got my i7 7700k, i was wondering which Z270 board should I go for, the price range is around the 140~175ish bucks, I am mainly looking for a "hassle free" board, that i don't have to update the bios for 3200mhz ram to work.

[samcool55]

Just take the one that looks the best or from a brand that you prefer.

At that price tag there is basically no bad option. Every motherboard should do those ram speeds easily if the ram itself is fast enough.

[genexis_x]

Any Z270 mobo will do. I prefer Asus or Gigabyte.

[bgibbz]

Asus Prime z270a is a nice board

 

got a color scheme in mind?

 

 

heres a list that matches your criteria - 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#m=8,18,27&f=2&c=119&X=0,17500

[DocSwag]

A slightly more budget option would be the MSI SLI Plus, which I've seen really good reviews of. If you want RGB, I'd suggest the Gaming Pro Carbon, or if you want a good all arounder the prime z270a from asus is also pretty good.

[ivryk]

12 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

Asus Prime z270a is a nice board

 

got a color scheme in mind?

 

 

heres a list that matches your criteria - 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#m=8,18,27&f=2&c=119&X=0,17500

I initially tried purchasing the z270a, but then i kept on reading the reviews and some say that its has compatibility problems with ram and that sometimes even the i7-7700k doesnt work, that i needs  abios update, so i cancelled the order.

 

14 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Any Z270 mobo will do. I prefer Asus or Gigabyte.

I was looking at the Aorus gaming k5, but i've never tried Gigabyte, are they good?

 

 

[genexis_x]

6 minutes ago, ivryk said:

I initially tried purchasing the z270a, but then i kept on reading the reviews and some say that its has compatibility problems with ram and that sometimes even the i7-7700k doesnt work, that i needs  abios update, so i cancelled the order.

 

I was looking at the Aorus gaming k5, but i've never tried Gigabyte, are they good?

Every brand is good. Get ATX mobo as more components can be fitted into the mobo, thus result in more power phases=stabler OC

[ivryk]

8 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Every brand is good. Get ATX mobo as more components can be fitted into the mobo, thus result in more power phases=stabler OC

Thank you for your suggestion. Are 8 phases enough? 

[genexis_x]

4 minutes ago, ivryk said:

Thank you for your suggestion. Are 8 phases enough? 

Yes. Perfect for light and moderate OC. (Even heavy OC if the CPU condition is excellent for OC)

[ivryk]

Just now, ZM Fong said:

Yes. Perfect for light and moderate OC.

Awesome, thanks!, ill go with the Aorus Gaming k5.

[bgibbz]

22 minutes ago, ivryk said:

I initially tried purchasing the z270a, but then i kept on reading the reviews and some say that its has compatibility problems with ram and that sometimes even the i7-7700k doesnt work, that i needs  abios update, so i cancelled the order.

I believe you are getting the z270a and the z170a confused. The z270 Prime a ( as linked below) will work the i7 7700k and to my knowledge has no compatibility issue (it shouldn't, as CPU and RAM compatibility is determined by the chipset).

 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7VZ2FT/asus-prime-z270-a-atx-lga1151-motherboard-prime-z270-a

[ivryk]

2 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

I believe you are getting the z270a and the z170a confused. The z270 Prime a ( as liked below) will work the i7 7700k and to my knowledge has no compatibility issue (it shouldn't, as CPU and RAM compatibility is determined by the chipset).

 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7VZ2FT/asus-prime-z270-a-atx-lga1151-motherboard-prime-z270-a

I thought same at first, however the Amazon review said "Prime z270a", saw the same for few Msi pro carbon's, i guess there was a bad batch.

[Spuriae]

11 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Yes. Perfect for light and moderate OC. (Even heavy OC if the CPU condition is excellent for OC)

The number of phases isn't everything though; for instance, the "10 phases" on the MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon are far, far worse than the "8+2" on the Maximus Impact. This is because the Gaming Pro Carbon only has three true phases to the the Impact's eight true phases, on top of a PWM frequency of only 600kHz to the Impact's 2Mhz. In absolute power cleanliness terms, we're left with 3*600,000 pulses per second for the Gaming Pro Carbon against 8*2,000,000 on the Impact, making the VRM on the Impact "almost 9X better". Add to that a much higher maximum wattage, digital vs analog, and other things. Of course the real effect of regulation doesn't scale linearly like that, but it's still a significant difference.

 

 

[genexis_x]

9 hours ago, Nimrodor said:

The number of phases isn't everything though; for instance, the "10 phases" on the MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon are far, far worse than the "8+2" on the Maximus Impact. This is because the Gaming Pro Carbon only has three true phases to the the Impact's eight true phases, on top of a PWM frequency of only 600kHz to the Impact's 2Mhz. In absolute power cleanliness terms, we're left with 3*600,000 pulses per second for the Gaming Pro Carbon against 8*2,000,000 on the Impact, making the VRM on the Impact "almost 9X better". Add to that a much higher maximum wattage, digital vs analog, and other things. Of course the real effect of regulation doesn't scale linearly like that, but it's still a significant difference.

 I've heard that before. That's why I didn't recommend MSI boards. Thanks for your elaboration!