Asus prime Z270 p?

[samuelwright1]

I was going to buy a Z170-a until i made the decision to go from i5 6600k to the new i7 6700k kaby lake. Now i'm not sure what motherboard to get and i was thinking about getting the Asus prime z270 p I'm new to building pc's so any advice would be helpful, thanks!

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Prime Z270-A would be better for overclocking due to better power delivery circle.

 

[FD2Raptor]

Get the ASROCK Z270 Extreme4.

Z270-P 7 power phases, partly covered by heatsink.

Z270-A - 8 Power phases, fully covered by heatsink:
LegitReviews: i7-7700K to 5Ghz @ 1.408V

Z270 Extreme4 - 10 power phases, fully covered by heatsink and is also cheaper than the -A:
TweakTown : i7 7700k to 5Ghz @ 1.328V
TechPowerUp : i7 7700k to 5Ghz @ 1.312V
Eteknix : i7 7700k to 5Ghz @ 1.376V

 

[n0ns3ns3]

^ number of phases alone is meaningless.Especially when there is over 8 phases. Even 8 channel voltage controllers are expensive. not to mention that there are no controllers with over 8 phases. so best case, there are doublers, worst case, it acts like 4 phases.
do you know how they are splited between cores and iGPU ?
Do you know what mosfet are used on ASRock ? I mean what is their switching frequency, what is their current capability ?
ASRock is budget crap. don't bring it into the discussion about mid range and up. they simply lack a lot of what makes a product great for user.

 

[Shaad_99]

Get the ASROCK Z270 Extreme4.

Z270-P 7 power phases, partly covered by heatsink.

Z270-A - 8 Power phases, fully covered by heatsink:
LegitReviews: i7-7700K to 5Ghz @ 1.408V

Z270 Extreme4 - 10 power phases, fully covered by heatsink and is also cheaper than the -A:
TweakTown : i7 7700k to 5Ghz @ 1.328V
TechPowerUp : i7 7700k to 5Ghz @ 1.312V
Eteknix : i7 7700k to 5Ghz @ 1.376V

i already have asus prime z70-p was planing to overclock my 7700k on it would that be ok ? would like to know from you

 

[Stevoid6000]

Probably depends more on your CPU cooler and PSU...