Choosing the right mother board

[RealMike01]

Hi

I am building my new rig with i5 6600k, gtx 980ti. I am wondering between ASUS Viii Hero and Gigabyte Gaming 7, which one is better and why.

 

[jbaker22]

The Gigabyte seems nicer that it has the dual bios switch. That means if one of the bios becomes corrupted, you just have to flip a switch to make it work. Here is a list of compatible motherboards. You will not get better performance for a more expensive motherboard, but it will have better features. What features do you want?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=z170&N=-1&isNodeId=1

 

[Tradesman1]

I went with the Hero and love it, great mobo, and has taken all I throw at it which is a lot more than most. Runs cool, OCs well, great BIOS. Have had a half dozen different coolers on it, multiple sets of DRAM and configs, about a dozen different GPUs up through 290X XFire, 980 SLI and to current 980Ti (a Strix OC)