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I'm stuck choosing between two motherboards so if anyone could help it would be really appreciated! (i do plan on overclocking)

 

MSI z270 PC Matte

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Gigabyte z270-HD3

 

My full build - https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/4fTLD2

 

Or if anyone has any other motherboard suggestions please do tell

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Already bought the CPU? Never expect to see Kaby Lake still being bought new.

 

Asus Z270-F is what I'd pick, for RGB sync.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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I would choose gigabyte over msi, but that’s because of my own atrocious experience with them. The gigabyte board has the dual bios which will allow you to keep your bios up to date without risk of bricking the board, where as msi’s single bios runs the risk of bricking it if you update. Not that bios updates are entirely necessary, they are just to increase stability in certain areas and possibly add new features. But if you have no intention on updating bios, the msi board would be fine. I’d personally go with the gigabyte board, but pick the board that fits your needs. What exactly do you need out of your motherboard?

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