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I'm not sure why you would find it difficult because Z370-F is clearly better.

 

1. Gaming brand name on it (ROG Strix). Z370-F 1, Z370-P 0.

 

2. Greater number of inductors for CPU Vcore and soc. Z370-F 2, Z370-P 0

 

3. RGB. Z370-F 3, Z370-P 0.

 

Why does F have better performance than P? Because more sets of VRMs. The maximum amount of power the VRM can deliver depends on the mosfets. Z370-F simply has more of these goodies than Z370-P.  These mosfets are hidden underneath the VRM heatsinks at the left of the CPU btw.

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Hello, I am having difficult times choosing between

ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING

or

ASUS PRIME Z370-P.

I don’t care about the budget, in general which one is better for performance.

I’m going to use this pc for gaming.

Thank You.

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Those are in completely different price brackets. The Z370P is trash tier, the Z370F is really good. 

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I'm not sure why you would find it difficult because Z370-F is clearly better.

 

1. Gaming brand name on it (ROG Strix). Z370-F 1, Z370-P 0.

 

2. Greater number of inductors for CPU Vcore and soc. Z370-F 2, Z370-P 0

 

3. RGB. Z370-F 3, Z370-P 0.

 

Why does F have better performance than P? Because more sets of VRMs. The maximum amount of power the VRM can deliver depends on the mosfets. Z370-F simply has more of these goodies than Z370-P.  These mosfets are hidden underneath the VRM heatsinks at the left of the CPU btw.

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9 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I'm not sure why you would find it difficult because Z370-F is clearly better.

 

1. Gaming brand name on it (ROG Strix). Z370-F 1, Z370-P 0.

 

2. Greater number of inductors for CPU Vcore and soc. Z370-F 2, Z370-P 0

 

3. RGB. Z370-F 3, Z370-P 0.

 

Why does F have better performance than P? Because more sets of VRMs. The maximum amount of power the VRM can deliver depends on the mosfets. Z370-F simply has more of these goodies than Z370-P.  These mosfets are hidden underneath the VRM heatsinks at the left of the CPU btw.

well, i know nothing about computers and their hardware, and also that rgb point is sort of stupid, i dont care about rgb, i care about performance, just like linus, right?

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8 minutes ago, ericmeyer said:

well, i know nothing about computers and their hardware, and also that rgb point is sort of stupid, i dont care about rgb, i care about performance, just like linus, right?

Well linus doesn't really care about anything at this point, he's just gone nuts

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2 minutes ago, JDE said:

Well linus doesn't really care about anything at this point, he's just gone nuts

?? you just made my day, thank you

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