Question Avoid Z370 for i7-8700K ?

[Titanion]

Looking for a used motherboard for an i7-8700K. Should I avoid Z370 altogether and hold out for a Z390? I read that they are harder to cool and that the improvements on the Z390 are superior.

But are there some Z370 motherboards that would just be too good to pass up a deal on?

Thanks

 

[Darkbreeze]

It really shouldn't matter so long as you don't buy some bottom of the barrel model and make sure the BIOS is fully up to date. Plenty of people still running perfectly fine using Z370 with both 8th and 9th Gen parts, with no problems.

Honestly though, at this point, it SHOULD be just as easy to find a Z390 board for within the same neighborhood as a Z370 board since both have been out of production for a number of years. I'd go with whichever you can find a decent model on, for a price you can live with, but most importantly, from a seller with a high number of sales and a very high satisfaction feedback rating. I wouldn't buy anything from any seller with less than 1000 sales or a rating of less than say around 96% at minimum if buying from Ebay.

If buying used through Amazon, make sure there is some kind of warranty at least.

 

[Titanion]

Thanks. Good advice. You are right about not seeing too many z370s, or rather, lots of z390s. I thought the VRMs were warmer or harder to cool on z370s.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I've never heard anything provable to that effect. I believe Z390 has some features not present on Z370 and I'm sure there ARE some VRM improvements for some models, but I wouldn't count on it for all them. Every gen has cheap options in addition to top shelf models. If you choose a board that had good VRM configuration to start with, then it won't be an issue.

 

[Titanion]

Thanks. 😀