MSi Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon vs GIGABYTE AORUS Z370 ULTRA GAMING?

[infern027]

MSi Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon vs GIGABYTE AORUS Z370 ULTRA GAMING?

[Master Disaster]

MSI.

 

I'm going to get flak for this but I don't care, Gigabyte are trash and have been since Z270 launched. Something changed at Gigabyte during the transition between Z170 & Z270, the issues started manifesting themselves on the lower end boards at first but in the last 6 to 9 months it seems like buying anything from them is a crapshoot.

 

Heat issues

power delivery issues

incompatibility issues

Instability issues

UEFI updates that break more than they fix

 

I wouldn't take a Gigabyte board if it was given to me.

[seon123]

The Aorus Ultra is complete crap, the Carbon isn't

[infern027]

41 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

MSI.

 

I'm going to get flak for this but I don't care, Gigabyte are trash and have been since Z270 launched. Something changed at Gigabyte during the transition between Z170 & Z270, the issues started manifesting themselves on the lower end boards at first but in the last 6 to 9 months it seems like buying anything from them is a crapshoot.

 

Heat issues

power delivery issues

incompatibility issues

Instability issues

UEFI updates that break more than they fix

 

I wouldn't take a Gigabyte board if it was given to me.

Yup, the aorus sure has some VRM heat issues.

Do you think I will be able to hit 5ghz with my i7 8700K with MSi board?

[00RaZoR11]

On 2018. 01. 07. at 11:30 AM, Master Disaster said:

I'm going to get flak for this but I don't care, Gigabyte are trash and have been since Z270 launched. Something changed at Gigabyte during the transition between Z170 & Z270, the issues started manifesting themselves on the lower end boards at first but in the last 6 to 9 months it seems like buying anything from them is a crapshoot.

I can back this up. The latest bios version on my gigabyte z270 broke overclocking. The settings don't take effect, no matter what. I tried cold start, capacitor draining, numerous restarts, removing all dimms to "force it to reconfigure itself" I don't even know... Their software utility worked for a while, but now it just locks up the system. I rolled back to the earliest possible version, and I'm hoping overclocking will work with that.
This is a low end board (z270 hd3p), so I'm looking at midrange MSI and Asrock boards now (MSI Krait, pro carbon, m3, m5; Asrock extreme4; ASUS prime A). I just don't know how their VRMs are set up. I bet the 8+4 on the asrock extreme4 is doubled, but I don't know if the 6+4 phases on MSI boards are 6 real + 2 doubled, or 3+2 doubled.
Any suggestions, please?

[Bhav]

Back when I had an MSI Godlike Gaming X99 board, there were loads of issues across their entire range of boards with high rates of failures. Mine failed and I got a DOA replacement with the same issue, and their forums were full of people having the same failures and error messages on the post LEDs. I dont know if they've fixed this yet, but I would honestly say neither and to go for either Asus or Asrock.