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Which Z370 Motherboard to choose?

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Well all the motherboards will use the same Intel chipset however the software to run this chipset, the UEFI/BIOS is of each manufacturer responsibility to come up with and Asus engineering team that works on their BIOS simply does a better job at it... like it will handle the IMC better allowing more safe memory overclocking and simply stability as a whole.

 

Asus is still the strongest brand when it comes down to motherboards as well so it'll hold a better resell value or at least be more desired by those buying second hand... it just seems the safer bet... the Strix-F has it all for a steady 5ghz overclock on that i7 8700k with the appropriated cooling as well so it simply is a can't go wrong purchase.

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Hi guys,

Please can you give me your amazing advice.

So I am running the following specs:

Intel Core i7-8700K
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 16GB RAM 3200MHz C14
GTX 1080Ti 

However, now I am at an absolute loss as to which of the following 3 MOBO's I should buy.

I would like to Overclock eventually, however I am looking more at long-term value where my PC will last me a good couple to several years as well as I will be able to sell it when i decide to upgrade in the late future.

1. MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
2. MSI Z370 Gaming M5
3. ASUS Rog Strix Z370-F Gaming

When you suggest the MOBO, please also tell me why you chose that one please.

The MOBO is the only part of Hardware I'm really scratching my brain trying to decide on.

Thank you so much guys.

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Well I would go Asus simply for their superior BIOS.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Well I would go Asus simply for their superior BIOS.

Hi Princess Cadence,

 

I have heard a lot of people mention ASUS BIOS, excuse my ignorance but why is the ASUS BIOS so superior to all the other brands? What does it offer that the other brands don't?

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Just now, reDDevilza said:

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Well all the motherboards will use the same Intel chipset however the software to run this chipset, the UEFI/BIOS is of each manufacturer responsibility to come up with and Asus engineering team that works on their BIOS simply does a better job at it... like it will handle the IMC better allowing more safe memory overclocking and simply stability as a whole.

 

Asus is still the strongest brand when it comes down to motherboards as well so it'll hold a better resell value or at least be more desired by those buying second hand... it just seems the safer bet... the Strix-F has it all for a steady 5ghz overclock on that i7 8700k with the appropriated cooling as well so it simply is a can't go wrong purchase.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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17 hours ago, BaronButtsie said:

I would personally vouch for an AsRock motherboard, but yea from the choices you've listed, i would go with the ASUS board. Probably the easiest BIOS to navigate

I recommend Asrock as well

just got a Z370 Extreme 4 and am totally blown away by the stability of this board - easy OC to 5ghz - completely stable on 4.7 with 1.235 v  24/7  operation -

Had it running stable for 2 weeks -  ZERO issues so far -

Only thing I did is update the bios  to ver 1.80 as soon as I got it

Asrock Z370 Extreme 4 is probably the best value for money Z370 board out there at the moment - and its easily one of the best Overclocking boards - Bar non - at any price -

I7 8700K - 4.7 OC , Asrock Z370 Extreme4 MB, MSI GTX 970 ,  NZXT H440 , Corsair H110 , 16gig Balistix ram  , Razer Huntsman Elite - Razer Purple Opto-Mechanical Key Switches  -   , Logitech G502 , Samsung 850 Pro bootup drive, Antec Edge 750 modular PSU

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Asrock Z370 Extreme4 for has got some really excellent revies for many different youtube reviewers -  Very happy with the Z370 Extreme 4 so far - easy bios and very easy and stable OC -

I7 8700K - 4.7 OC , Asrock Z370 Extreme4 MB, MSI GTX 970 ,  NZXT H440 , Corsair H110 , 16gig Balistix ram  , Razer Huntsman Elite - Razer Purple Opto-Mechanical Key Switches  -   , Logitech G502 , Samsung 850 Pro bootup drive, Antec Edge 750 modular PSU

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