Which motherboard should I get? Please help

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Hi All,

I greatly appreciate your help with this.

I'm not sure if I should go for Z370 or Z390. Also, I'm not sure if I should go with Gigabyte or Evga. I like Gigabyte because my Z68 treated me so well. I like Evga because I plan on getting an EVGA GPU and EVGA support can't be beat.

Motherboard audio is important to me because I don't want to buy an additional sound card. Also, I don't care about WiFi. I'd like to have the ability to overclock but I probably won't overclock right away.

Motherboard choices are below:

Z370
Z390

The motherboard will be for the build below:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vKztr6

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($375.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($218.50 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Pro 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($92.99 @ Newegg Business)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card ($804.98 @ Newegg Business)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.67 @ OutletPC)


Thanks so much for you help!

 
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From what I hear there really isn't much difference between z390 and z370 with the exception of a few more usb ports, and more beefy heat sinks to accommodate the new CPUs. Shouldn't make any difference for a 8700k.
 
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Ok thanks so much. Can you please tell me if they all have similar audio quality or is one much better than the others for audio?


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Question from JasonJJJ : "Z370 and Z390 motherboards with best on-board audio?"

Hi all,

I'm in the process of building a new comp. On-board audio is important to me. I don't care if it's RGB or not. I'd like to have the ability to overclock but I probably won't overclock right away.

Are any of the choices below good for on-board audio or is there a better option?


Z370
Z390

The motherboard will be for the build below:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wQnjLJ

Thanks so much for your help!



 
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Off the top of my head I'm not sure. What you can do is under the specifications for the motherboard you can look at what the audio card/driver is that the motherboard uses (a lot of them use the same one). Then, you can look for a review on that component and see if it's good or not and compare.

And don't think that the more expensive the mobo, the better the sound quality. I got a $600 asus rampage extreme board once and the audio quality was uh... bad.
 
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My apologies!




 
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