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Hello

I'm going to build my first pc and I chose all my components but the only thing I don't know yet is which moherboard I should get..

The two I'm looking at are:
MSI B150M PRO-VDH
Or
ASUS H110M-PLUS
These are both 80€. I think asus has better build quality and msi has more 'features' but I really don't know... I'm on a really tight budget so please don't suggest more expensive motherboards.. If there is a cheaper one with same quality/features that's better!
I like the asus more because of the 2 usb3.1 gen2 usb ports and I think that would be relevant in the future, or not?

Other pc components are:
I5 6600
Msi geforce gtx 950 gaming 2g
Hyperx fury 8gb ram stick
Wd blue 2tb
seasonic s12ii 520w

I know some people will say that my system is unblanced, but I was thinking it would be better to go with a good cpu so that I can upgrade my gpu later when I have the money and still have a good system overall then because of the 'good' cpu. And also with the new gpus coming from AMD and Nvidia I think it's not worth it to buy now a high end gpu that might be not so high end anymore in the near future.

Thanks in advance!
 
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I'm with you the MSI has cooler features.
here is the thing about picking one neat feature that has the possibility to be used in the future vs getting a few features you
could possibly use now. There is the possibility you won't use either of those features.

When looking at motherboards the only feature i have ever been worried about as far as future possibilities was the socket. You know in case i just wanted to get a slightly faster cpu later without doing a whole cpu build. USB Hubs, and cheap usb controller cards, and sata cards pretty much made me having to have a motherboard with MANY MANY ports a non issue.

My personal Problem was I almost never just bought a cpu so it was always pointless down the line.

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I'm with you the MSI has cooler features.
here is the thing about picking one neat feature that has the possibility to be used in the future vs getting a few features you
could possibly use now. There is the possibility you won't use either of those features.

When looking at motherboards the only feature i have ever been worried about as far as future possibilities was the socket. You know in case i just wanted to get a slightly faster cpu later without doing a whole cpu build. USB Hubs, and cheap usb controller cards, and sata cards pretty much made me having to have a motherboard with MANY MANY ports a non issue.

My personal Problem was I almost never just bought a cpu so it was always pointless down the line.

So to answer the question I like the MSI, plus I like their included software package for their motherboards. If it came down to it later if you really needed USB 3.0gen 2 (Type C connectors) You could always buy a USB 3.0 gen2 controller card. Right now even with it being extremely new the controller cards can be found new for $30 and slightly less. A year or two from now they will be dirt cheap just like USB 3.0 gen 1 controller cards. (You can get four port gen 1 cards for under $10)
 
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Thanks for the reply!
I was wondering, I saw that asus has a very neat bios with good fan control and such.. Does msi have these features also? And how does sound quality compare to each other ? I mostly play cs go, so sound is a little important too :)
And then the asus has h110 chipset and msi b150.. I understand the b stands for business, but is there an importnt difference between these chipsets? I can't find much about it on google except this site but I don't understand much of it :/
http://www.techspot.com/article/1088-Intel-100-series-chipset-family-detailed/
But maybe I shouldn't worry about chipsets?
 
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