ASUS Z370 F/E VS ASROCK K6

[The Torrent]

As the title says, narrowed down the two motherboards down to these two. I like the more RGB on the K6 and the debug light but have been told ASROCK aren’t as reliable as ASUS and have been told ASUS make the best motherboards around. 

 

8700k, may change when 9 gen is out roumered 1st August, planning on overclocking it just enough to keep it up to date for the next 8 ish, maybe more years if it lasts, so will gradually increase the overclock as the years pass.

 

I look forward to your replies

TT

[jiyeon]

Asus have the best motherboards around, just go for a Strix Z370-F/E, overclocks will be easy.

 

Also, to me, Asus BIOS(es) look so much nicer than ASRock ones, just a bonus.

[Jurrunio]

All big brand names in motherboards are equally durable. It's the brand names you have never heard of that needs extra care on durability.

 

Asus's main advantage is their BIOS, which works properly all the time. That's unfortunately the worst thing on Asrock boards, you need to get used to it and still get annoyed at times. For example, if I want to change memory settings, I have to reset CMOS first. However, if you only do basic overclocking (so not touching memory timings, AVX offset etc), Asrock's BIOS is good enough.

 

Asus also gets RGB sync with their graphics cards, something Asrock doesnt have (Asrock cards dont have RGB).

 

Asrock's advantage is giving a full feature set and hardware at a lower price. K6 has dual BIOS, post code display and overkill VRMs for 8700k (should handle 9th ge 8 core, if legit, just fine when overclocked, it's that overkill) while Z370-E/F lack dual BIOS, use basic debug LEDs, and VRMs that are good for 8700k but worrying for the new 8 core when overclocked, yet still charge you more.