WHICH Z370 MOTHERBOARD ARE YOU CHOOSING AND WHY?

Bullshark · 6 Oct 2017 at 10:26

Thought it would be cool to get a list of peoples choices of motherboard for z370 and find out why they chose them.

TJM · 6 Oct 2017 at 10:47

The Asrock Extreme4 has every feature I need at a reasonable price. I'm not bothered if it isn't the best overclocker as the Digital Foundry review shows the performance gains of 4.7->5GHz are minimal.

Bullshark · 6 Oct 2017 at 10:51

Awesome I like the look of the asrock boards and they're known for their durability

TrickyTris · 6 Oct 2017 at 10:59

Asus Maximus Hero X.

Has everything I need and more. Really like the RGB customisation and the fact I can 3D print some parts for it!

Bullshark · 6 Oct 2017 at 11:19

TrickyTris said:
Asus Maximus Hero X.

Has everything I need and more. Really like the RGB customisation and the fact I can 3D print some parts for it!

I really like the maximus x formula but I don't think I can wait so will probably end up getting the hero as well.

Dr_Watson · 6 Oct 2017 at 13:38

Asus Maximus Hero X.

Probably the highest spec series board I have ever bought (current board is P8P67 deluxe). I plan to keep my PC as long as I kept my Sandy, so nearly 7 years, so the extra cost of a Asus gaming is hardly anything for the lifetime. It it supposed to have better onboard sound, I guess OC could be more stable. I have the board at home, opened it up after I picked it up to find hardly anything it it, plastic tray with pockets but parts missing, no foam inside. Checked online and this seems to be normal for this series, man, not building in 7 years, you fall behind with tech, my last build was with IDE drives! , plan to start a build in Nov once I finish other build (and find a 8600k). I actually have a gaming F too (bought it thinking MB might be short stock like CPUs, but they weren't), so sending it back, tbh, I'm sure it's a perfect board too, probably wouldn't notice much difference.
I really felt like trying MSI, AsRock or Giga, but I like to follow OC guides online and there always seems to be many more ASUS guides available. Seems there BIOS is updated regularly enough, and since they are the most popular, you get a bit of security that any issues might get resolved faster, but this isn't such a big deal.

Asus STRIX I (ITX).

Bought to build my Dad a new PC, his Sandy 2500k is showing it's age, every time I disturb anything on the inside of the PC, strange things happen to the PC, wifi etc, time for a change. Was going to build him a 7600 ITX, he plays flight sims where high clock speeds are important, so now building a 8350k system. Two builds in a few months, happy days. Oh, why did I buy ASUS, can't really go wrong with this for ITX, the z270 got a good name, the Asrock ITX is nowhere to be seen, there was a MSI ITX for sale, at £400!

Cheers

Dr Delphi · 6 Oct 2017 at 23:41

I went for the Gigabyte Aurus Gaming 7 paired with my 8600k that arrived today. I chose it as I currently like the look of the board, with all the RGB etc, and this will be the first time I've gone for a high end motherboard with lots of features.

Simon Belmont · 7 Oct 2017 at 06:45

I can't decide.

Asus Maximus Hero X

or

Gigabyte Aourus Gaming 7

I know everyone will say Hero and while hero probably is the better board the Gigabyte is no slouch either. Like the rgb lighting as well. I'll make a decision by monday

RichardH754 · 7 Oct 2017 at 14:43

Went with the Gaming 7, found out now you can get £40 steam vouchers back too!

jrwagh333 · 7 Oct 2017 at 15:26

It's a shame that there are so little USB ports on the majority of boards

Simon Belmont · 7 Oct 2017 at 15:32

jrwagh333 said:
It's a shame that there are so little USB ports on the majority of boards

Agree. I don't know why that is?

southernorth · 7 Oct 2017 at 15:44

For an i5-8400 which is the better choice:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-15p-ak.html

or

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-32j-ms.html

Thanks. I am aware that the 8400 is a locked chip, but have read that Z370 motherboards allow for higher all-core boost frequencies.

Bullshark · 7 Oct 2017 at 15:49

Simon Belmont said:
I can't decide.

Asus Maximus Hero X

or

Gigabyte Aourus Gaming 7

I know everyone will say Hero and while hero probably is the better board the Gigabyte is no slouch either. Like the rgb lighting as well. I'll make a decision by monday

I like both but I really want the Asus formula. My 8700k isn't here till 1st of Nov which is when I hope the formula will be out!

jrwagh333 · 7 Oct 2017 at 15:49

Simon Belmont said:
Agree. I don't know why that is?

It's strange though because if you look at the TUF boards, they have a lot more
I'm leaning more towards the Asrock boards tbh...

_Jimlad_ · 8 Oct 2017 at 21:42

Sorry to highjack. Which memory are people going for with the hero ?

Bullshark · 9 Oct 2017 at 14:49

_Jimlad_ said:
Sorry to highjack. Which memory are people going for with the hero ?

I currently have kingston savage 3000mhz ddr4 no frills but decent quality as far as I can tell. I may buy some trident z rgb in the near future depending how the build looks with the black sticks.

orbitalwalsh · 9 Oct 2017 at 15:21

Simon Belmont said:
I can't decide.

Asus Maximus Hero X

or

Gigabyte Aourus Gaming 7

I know everyone will say Hero and while hero probably is the better board the Gigabyte is no slouch either. Like the rgb lighting as well. I'll make a decision by monday

Gaming 7 has better audio, only ROG Zenith matches it- so maybe then might roll that out if they do Code/extreme version of the board - steam voucher helps

Asus bios does have slight edge for ease of use IMO

Bullshark · 9 Oct 2017 at 15:23

orbitalwalsh said:
Gaming 7 has better audio, only ROG Zenith matches it- so maybe then might roll that out if they do Code/extreme version of the board - steam voucher helps
Asus bios does have slight edge for ease of use IMO

Thanks for the insight I hadn't picked up on the better sound on the gaming 7.

I've always wondered why people have a bad opinion of gigabyte boards. They seem to look great and have good stats but other peoples opinions of them have put me off buying one at the moment.

Simon Belmont · 9 Oct 2017 at 15:29

orbitalwalsh said:
Gaming 7 has better audio, only ROG Zenith matches it- so maybe then might roll that out if they do Code/extreme version of the board - steam voucher helps
Asus bios does have slight edge for ease of use IMO

I find Gigabyte bios just as easy as Asus. The last 2 gens I've been on Gigabyte and have use Asus as well. Asus is slightly better. You know I still don't know which one? Leaning more toward Gaming 7 mostly because of aesthetics it looks beautiful and I have to admit that £40 voucher can't hurt either lol

orbitalwalsh · 9 Oct 2017 at 15:30

Bullshark said:
Thanks for the insight I hadn't picked up on the better sound on the gaming 7.

I've always wondered why people have a bad opinion of gigabyte boards. They seem to look great and have good stats but other peoples opinions of them have put me off buying one at the moment.

Like them for fact of UK RMA center and rep on here if you need help- but if going via OCUK rma shouldnt really need them - think its the fact they stood idle for a while z87/z97 whilst ASRock and ASUS came out with guns loaded! Wasnt till the released Z170 Gaming 7 and G1 right at the end of Skylake life that they went for change. Z370 might be seen as a refresh over z270 so everyones stuck with same design but they did go opposite and seems its worked out- took me a while to warm up to it.
BIOS could use a more friendly approach though- for me asus has this nailed , and MSI having the worst fan profile in BIOS known to man haha

as for the sound, took a while to do research! you'll see Hero uses a newer serial number for DACs- giving impression its better- but once you do research and also see the zenith board, you know its the weaker option

Simon Belmont said:
I find Gigabyte bios just as easy as Asus. The last 2 gens I've been on Gigabyte and have use Asus as well. Asus is slightly better. You know I still don't know which one? Leaning more toward Gaming 7 mostly because of aesthetics it looks beautiful and I have to admit that £40 voucher can't hurt either lol

honestly hated it at first and loved the lighter gaming 5, but yeah- has grown on me lots - might take the pull on it