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Hello!
Straight to the point, my question is which mATX motherboard to buy, considering only the options I can buy here in Brazil.
I was determined to buy the Z370-G Strix, but after watching a video of Buildzoid criticizing this card a lot (https://youtu.be/cA2NQsgrJPk) I was afraid I could not keep at least 5Ghz on my 8086K with it.

As a designer, my main goal is work (Premiere, After Effects, Blender, Photoshop, etc.) and a few games in 1080p at the moment, my 4K monitor is just for work.

The options I can buy immediately here in Brazil are the below, in order of price converted to dollars. (Yes, prices in Brazil are absurd!!!)

- MSI Z370M Gaming Pro AC (Wi-Fi)
$ 398.92
Website: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z370M-GAMING-PRO-AC[/URL]
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- Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (Wi-Fi)
$ 236.79
Website: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z370-G-GAMING/overview/
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- MSI Z370M Mortar
$ 185.39
Website: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z370M-MORTAR
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- ASROCK Z370M PRO 4
$ 180.02
Site: https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/Z370M%20Pro4/index.asp
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- Gigabyte Z370M AORUS Gaming
$ 169.28
Website: https://www.gigabyte.com/Method/Z370M-AORUS-Gaming-rev-10#kf
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My configuration so far, just missing the motherboard to finish:
i7 8086K (Long story short: A friend was going to bring the 8700K from the United States, but went out of stock the day I went to buy, and the price of 8086K on Amazon was still cheaper than buying 8700K here in Brazil.)
GTX 1070 TI ROG STRIX ADVANCED
NZXT H400i
NZXT KRAKEN X62
CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3000MHz
Samsung 960 EVO Series - 500GB NVMe
Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND
Corsair HX750 Platinum

If anyone can help, thank you very much !!!

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Evga’s motherboards are the best for overclocking. Their atx z370 FTW has 11 power phases with a finned heatsink, not some giant slab of metal. Cough cough ASUS, and has more power phases then the asus maximus apex (500$ https://pcpartpicker.com/product/R2gPxr/asus-rog-maximus-x-apex-eatx-lga1151-motherboard-maximus-x-apex). All for 120$ on certain sites.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HrHRsY/evga-z370-ftw-atx-lga1151-motherboard-134-ks-e377-kr

 

micro atx option would be this board. Cheap and wrecks the competition.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tmF48d/evga-z370-micro-atx-micro-atx-lga1151-motherboard-121-ks-e375-kr

pick what retailer you want.

 

TL:DR asus is shit, buy evga mobos.

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Thanks for the help, but as I mentioned in the post above, I can only buy the models that I listed, since they are the ones I can buy here in Brazil at the moment.

 

6 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

Evga’s motherboards are the best for overclocking. Their atx z370 FTW has 11 power phases with a finned heatsink, not some giant slab of metal. Cough cough ASUS, and has more power phases then the asus maximus apex (500$ https://pcpartpicker.com/product/R2gPxr/asus-rog-maximus-x-apex-eatx-lga1151-motherboard-maximus-x-apex). All for 120$ on certain sites.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HrHRsY/evga-z370-ftw-atx-lga1151-motherboard-134-ks-e377-kr

 

micro atx option would be this board. Cheap and wrecks the competition.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tmF48d/evga-z370-micro-atx-micro-atx-lga1151-motherboard-121-ks-e375-kr

pick what retailer you want.

 

TL:DR asus is shit, buy evga mobos.

 

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The Strix-G

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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