Z170 recommendations

CaptainShiznit · 24 Oct 2016 at 06:49

I'm looking for a recommendations for a new Z170 1151 board with SLI and M.2 support and good overclocking features.

I'm iffy about getting another Asus as I've had past problems. I've had my eye on the Gigabyte Gaming 7 but I'm a little wary of the sound problems that seem quite widespread. Looking to spend under £200 and the Gigabyte is still top of the list but looking for alternatives due to the sound problems.

IvanDobskey · 24 Oct 2016 at 09:27

I've been looking at that gigabyte and the Asus hero along with the asrock extreme 6.

But now thinking I'll hang on for the z270 boards just around the corner.

Smffy · 24 Oct 2016 at 16:47

Just gonna throw it in here but i'm really happy with my past two Asus boards, my Z170 Deluxe has been and continues to be great.

bfar · 24 Oct 2016 at 20:48

Very pleased with the maximus ranger viii. Pretty much everything you could possibly want without getting too frivolous.

CaptainShiznit · 25 Oct 2016 at 05:03

I was originally looking at the ranger and hero. I know problems are rare but my confidence is a bit shaken in Asus. I suppose I would still consider an Asus, especially considering the problems I've read about with the Gigabyte.

stulid · 25 Oct 2016 at 17:42

Gigabyte Gaming7.

No sound problems here.

CaptainShiznit · 26 Oct 2016 at 13:43

stulid said:
Gigabyte Gaming7.

No sound problems here.

Excellent thanks. You using on board sound I take it?

WYNIR0 · 26 Oct 2016 at 15:45

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-54c-gi.html

Got one of these last month, very, very pleased.

stulid · 26 Oct 2016 at 18:21

CaptainShiznit said:
Excellent thanks. You using on board sound I take it?

Yes, never had an issue with the sound.

djimty · 26 Oct 2016 at 22:13

I have a Gigabyte Gaming 7 for nearly a year now, not a had a problem at all.

mrk · 27 Oct 2016 at 00:39

I have the Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 5 (cheaper by £50, but still has all the important features). Seems to be a great board, although not fully set it all up yet. It's running 3000MHz RAM and a 6700K. I quite like a lot of the features of it really, especially the DAC-UP USB ports at the top, which have isolated power channels and are designed to be used by external DAC amps, performance keyboards and the like, so perfect for me

Gigabyte are the only manufacturer that actively has a dual BIOS set-up on all their boards,whereas other makers tend to only have such a luxury on their higher end boards only.

CaptainShiznit · 27 Oct 2016 at 06:26

I noticed the dual BIOS and was impressed. I've pulled the trigger and ordered one. I've watched the prices creep up over £200 on lots of other sites so overclockers is the cheapest right now.

clone · 28 Oct 2016 at 13:12

I'm running the ASUS Sabertooth mark 1 and I'm loving it so many features and clocks my 6700k to 4.5ghz with cpu volt @ 1.28v and it has a five year warrany as well.

Cortex_Killer · 6 Nov 2016 at 21:49

Been looking at the Gigabyte Gaming 7 myself and at that price point it seems tough to make great distinctions between the boards. Reviews of the onboard sound seem good but I have seen user comments cross the net that mention sound issues but I've not seen anything resembling "proof" of such.