Motherboard recommendations?

[Docretier]

I plan on upgrading into the ryzen family, probably the ryzen 5 1600x because of the price drop. I’ve been looking for a good motherboard and ive narrowed it down to three different boards, the GA-AX370-GAMING K5, the GA-AX370-GAMING 3, or the GA-AB350-GAMING. All by gigabyte. Gigabyte seems to offer good price to performance/features ratio, but I would like to know peoples opinions on overclocking with these boards. Things like quality of vrm and stuff like that. Tell me what you guys think of these boards and whether or not I should go for one, and which would be best. If you disagree with my options then give me a suggestion around a 160 USD budget for the board. Also I would prefer not MSI, I’ve had the absolute worst experience with there RMA service and would like to avoid them if possible. 

[germgoatz]

I have the Gaming K7, and I haven't had any problems except that I can't clock my 3200 memory to 3200, only 3066, but I think that't just a bios issue and I need to update. You get pretty decent overclocks with it, although that's true for all X370 boards.

[Guest savagepain]

14 minutes ago, Docretier said:

I plan on upgrading into the ryzen family, probably the ryzen 5 1600x because of the price drop. I’ve been looking for a good motherboard and ive narrowed it down to three different boards, the GA-AX370-GAMING K5, the GA-AX370-GAMING 3, or the GA-AB350-GAMING. All by gigabyte. Gigabyte seems to offer good price to performance/features ratio, but I would like to know peoples opinions on overclocking with these boards. Things like quality of vrm and stuff like that. Tell me what you guys think of these boards and whether or not I should go for one, and which would be best. If you disagree with my options then give me a suggestion around a 160 USD budget for the board. Also I would prefer not MSI, I’ve had the absolute worst experience with there RMA service and would like to avoid them if possible. 

msi b350 tomahawk great board 

[Rappalores]

I would tend to get an Asus board, maybe something like the Prime X370? ~140€

 

I only made good experiences with Asus, and I think their prices are fair too.

[PopsicleHustler]

Do you need B350 or X370? 

I'm using Asus ROG Strix B350-F in my new Ryzen 5 1600 build and it works great, I've always used Asus motherboards and never had any issues with them. I've heard that Gigabyte boards have crap VRMs for overclocking, but don't quote me on that.