which motherboard is better for gaming and overclocking and why ?

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Hassan Shahid

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i am just upgrading my pc to 6th generation skylake processor but i am just a little bit confused about these new z170 chipset motherboards i am a hardcore gamer and i want a best motherboard for gaming,overclocking and for best lan i have 3 options 1st is Asus Maximus Hero viii 2nd is Msi Z170A GAMING M7 and 3rd is Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 so which is better overall
 
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for overclocking you should go for a z97 motherboard its an intel chipset officially for overclocking by intel these motherboards have extreme overclocking features for overclockers like oc buttons on motherboard.

For gaming u can choose any motherboard, gaming motherboards usually features

- 2000 mgz of ram support,
- 10 gb/s or 12 gb/s of sata and sata express slot,
- 4x or 5x SLI support

but in releaty u dont need that much of specs on a mother board

- 6 gb/s is enough for killer speed, just use a ssd and it will boost up ur system like a supercar
- and 4x or 5x sli is just for shit,the supply's are very expensive for this setup, and in benchmarks two gpu's perform better than 4 or 5
- and if ur using a 2100 mhz, this is...
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if you can find reviews which tell you about their VRM's. For overclocking generally more and higher quality VRM's mean higher more stable OC's. It is just a rule of thumb. Personally I generally prefer Gigabyte as I have had a better history with them in terms of resilience. I have had 2 asus boards go kaput, MSI I haven't used really and Gigabyte boards that keep chugging after 5+ years (passed onto friends etc. that are still running them).
 
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for overclocking you should go for a z97 motherboard its an intel chipset officially for overclocking by intel these motherboards have extreme overclocking features for overclockers like oc buttons on motherboard.

For gaming u can choose any motherboard, gaming motherboards usually features

- 2000 mgz of ram support,
- 10 gb/s or 12 gb/s of sata and sata express slot,
- 4x or 5x SLI support

but in releaty u dont need that much of specs on a mother board

- 6 gb/s is enough for killer speed, just use a ssd and it will boost up ur system like a supercar
- and 4x or 5x sli is just for shit,the supply's are very expensive for this setup, and in benchmarks two gpu's perform better than 4 or 5
- and if ur using a 2100 mhz, this is just for waste of money in gaming benchmarks 1333 mhz and 2100 mhz just cause half or 1 fps frame drop with 1333 mhz

So in the end if ur oc'ing then go for a z97 motherboard not a super cheap one, but good quality motherboard in the mid range like 70$ to 100$ they will not feature u features like overclocking buttons

For gaming also go for a mid range but good quality motherboard like 70$ to 100$

And for ram 1600 is more than enough
 
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