mobo best choice

[ahmedjomaa001]

what the best choice going for
ASUS TUF H310-PLUS GAMING
OR
Z370PD3 Gigabyte
it s the same price in my country
and for cpu i am going for i3 8100 and then upgrade to i5 8400

 

[zyh1987]

z370 hd3p, more features and much more stronger vrm.
tuf looks like a 3+2 vrm, where are giga uses a 4+3 vrm, plus memory overcloking, more pci-e lanes. if they cost the same, go with the gigabyte board.

 

[manddy123]

Same price? Really?

Nevertheless, the Z370 is much better as its a premium motherboard meant for overclocking and has more and richer features... Kinda worries me the fact they're the same price...

Even tho you won't be able to overlock either of those CPUs, not reason to get a worse mobo just for the sake of it. Performance wise, they'll be the same in either mobo, but if in the future you'll be able to overlock a new K-series CPU.

So, IMHO, definitely get the Z370

 

[DRagor]

Probably some discount on HD3P. Seen that already in my country, some shops selling it at -15% price sometimes, not sure why, but it does happen.

 

[ahmedjomaa001]

z370 hd3p, more features and much more stronger vrm.
tuf looks like a 3+2 vrm, where are giga uses a 4+3 vrm, plus memory overcloking, more pci-e lanes. if they cost the same, go with the gigabyte board.

sorry it's my fault the mobo is Z370PD3 Gigabyte

 

[ahmedjomaa001]

Same price? Really?

Nevertheless, the Z370 is much better as its a premium motherboard meant for overclocking and has more and richer features... Kinda worries me the fact they're the same price...

Even tho you won't be able to overlock either of those CPUs, not reason to get a worse mobo just for the sake of it. Performance wise, they'll be the same in either mobo, but if in the future you'll be able to overlock a new K-series CPU.

So, IMHO, definitely get the Z370

sorry it's my fault the mobo is Z370PD3 Gigabyte

 

[ahmedjomaa001]

Probably some discount on HD3P. Seen that already in my country, some shops selling it at -15% price sometimes, not sure why, but it does happen.

sorry it's my fault the mobo is Z370PD3 Gigabyte

 

[zyh1987]

still better than h310, z370 is capable of running 8700k oc with little issue, as long as there is good airflow.

here is a review:
https://nl.hardware.info/reviews/7935/goedkope-z370-moederborden-asrock-z370-pro4-a-gigabyte-z370p-d3-review

 

[manddy123]

sorry it's my fault the mobo is Z370PD3 Gigabyte

No problem friend, its still a much better motherboard than the H310

 

[ahmedjomaa001]

ok tnx all ^^
cause someone said that Z370PD3 Gigabyte has some problems like sound card ...

 

[DRagor]

ok tnx all ^^
cause someone said that Z370PD3 Gigabyte has some problems like sound card ...

It's not 'problem', it's just it has a very basic sound card, much worse then other motherboards have. One of the reasons it's cheap - many of it's components are lower quality.

 

[ahmedjomaa001]

ok tnx all ^^
cause someone said that Z370PD3 Gigabyte has some problems like sound card ...

It's not 'problem', it's just it has a very basic sound card, much worse then other motherboards have. One of the reasons it's cheap - many of it's components are lower quality.

so worth to go with it or not ?
i don t need to spand too much money on mobo ..

 

[zyh1987]

for your case, z370 will be a much better choice. major determining factor in the mobo is chipset, vrm delivery. sound chip are all pretty budget in motherboard under $150 USD, and should not be the determining factor.

 

[manddy123]

so worth to go with it or not ?
i don t need to spand too much money on mobo ..

Of course you should go with it.
They are both the same price while the Z370 has much better features. Perhaps the audio chipset may be equally bad as the H310, but that does not invalidate all the other advantages...

 

[DRagor]

One thing I personally don't like about that D3 motherboard is lack of DualBIOS. Of course that TUF one does not have it either, so no advantage here for any board. It just makes me worried about the quality of that board, but looking at chipset abilities alone, Z370 beats H310 quite heavily.