GigaByte z170-hd3 or Asus z170-k?

[gilead7]

I've narrowed it down to these two boards. The GB board got a stellar review from Tom's hardware, so that was my initial choice. Unfortunately, the reviews on both NewEgg and Amazon show lots of failures and DOAs so I found the asus board which seems to have the same features that I'm looking for plus it has 2 ps2 jacks which is a good selling point for me. This one too has its problems and similar issues. I wanted to see the two boards square off to see which one is better. Alas I couldn't find any. So I'm asking you guys, which one is better as far as quality, craftsmanship, reliability, and stability. Not planning to overclock much, maybe .5 to get the cpu from 4.0 to 4.5ghtz. Thanks!

 

[Tradesman1]

Most of the Z170s will come with a lot of negative personal reviews, have to keep in mind it's a new chipset, new CPUs, new DRAM and for many a new OS, so many newer builders are going in blind and many haven't even built before. Of the two think I'd go the Asus, but either should be fine

 

[jay_rogers]

Depending on your specific requirement you can go with one. z170 comes with an negative feedback but again it can vary person to person.