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Hi, I need a quick comparison between these two motherboards-which is better quality, more suitable for overclocking, future-proof etc. Which would you purchase and why?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157633&cm_re=asrock_z170-_-13-157-633-_-Product- (asrock extreme 4)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128840&cm_re=gigabyte_z170-_-13-128-840-_-Product (gigabyte ud3)

Seems to me that the asrock is better suited for future set ups but the gigabyte is better for overclocking, though really not sure.
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Both will be great for overclocking, and both are very good boards.

Here are the main differences between the two:

- The ASrock can officially support a bit faster OC RAM frequency, but you would really be pushing it to reach those levels so it's not really a big factor

-The Gigabyte has one more M.2 Socket 3 connector, which might actually be a big deal depending on if you're looking at getting M.2 SSD drives

- The Gigabyte I/O features older video interface options (like VGA) and is missing more recent ones (like displayport). It also included USB 2.0 connections...which isn't that fantastic for a premium board.

- The ASRock I/O features more USB 3.0 plugs than the Gigabyte, as well as more recent video interface options...
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Both will be great for overclocking, and both are very good boards.

Here are the main differences between the two:

- The ASrock can officially support a bit faster OC RAM frequency, but you would really be pushing it to reach those levels so it's not really a big factor

-The Gigabyte has one more M.2 Socket 3 connector, which might actually be a big deal depending on if you're looking at getting M.2 SSD drives

- The Gigabyte I/O features older video interface options (like VGA) and is missing more recent ones (like displayport). It also included USB 2.0 connections...which isn't that fantastic for a premium board.

- The ASRock I/O features more USB 3.0 plugs than the Gigabyte, as well as more recent video interface options like Displayport

They are very similar boards. Between the two I would probably choose the Gigabyte, mainly because of the second M.2 socket it has available.
 
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For the asrock extreme 4:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9485/intel-skylake-z170-motherboards-asrock-asus-gigabyte-msi-ecs-evga-supermicro/3

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/423604-asrock-z170-extreme4-intel-lga-1151-motherboard-review/

For the gigabyte ud3: I don't find anything which is not really bad or good. It just means that either no one finds anything new/different enough about it from it's performance on the 1150 Z97 platform or it could mean that it's just not on many peoples radar.. sorry, I could have sworn there was a review done here at Tom's but it must have been for the Z97 flavor :(

Here's some people discussing this here at Tom's back in august (if you're interested) : http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2784046/asus-z170-gigabyte-z170x-ud3-gaming.html

and here's some people over at anandtech (the people discussing the ud3 are further down in the thread): http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2439156&page=3
 
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What about the support for extra output options on the asrock, like DisplayPort? If I ever wanted to play at 60fps on 4k in a few years time would that be useful or are there ways around not having the extra options? The Gigabyte only has support for DVI-D and HDMI 1.4.
 
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