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Samaritans

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So, I just started to try to pick out parts for my first ever PC (been using MAC forever, thought try something new) I am almost done choosing stuff. But I am hesitant on my motherboard. It came down to either a Gigabyte: GA-Z170X Gaming 3. OR MSI: MSI Z170A Gaming Pro.
Read a bunch of reviews, both have pros and cons, anyone please compare them for me?

EDIT:
For Gigabyte, I see a lot of reviews saying bad BIO and missing 2 screws to the case.

For MSI: mainly that there's 4? Of the SATA ports may be blocked if you have 2 GPUs

That's my build, first build, looking for suggestions
 
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Personally i'd go with ASUS Z170-A instead, Asus makes solid boards and i had a good experience with them. Bios is easy and nice.
Also, i'd change the PSU and get a tier 1,2 Quality 550w PSU.

Jonas Dixon

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As a pretty experienced pc builder i would definetaly recommend the MSI motherboard. Iv'e had 3 gigabyte motherboards and 2 MSI ones and out of the 3 gigabyte boards 2 have given me a bunch of problems, even chrashing my 150$ SSD at one time. The MSI motherboards have however never given me any problems and i'm currently using the z97 SLI Krait and i love it! I've probobly just been really unlucky with the Gigabyte boards but i will never buy one again and i really dont recommend you to buy it.

Hope this helps you making your choice! :)
 

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Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $69.99
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