Best z170 Motherboard for new to overclocking?

Ryokoshii · Apr 25, 2016

Current parts -Thermaltake Chaser Series Chaser MK-I (VN300M1W2N) Black SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case
-CORSAIR Hydro Series H110 Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 280mm
--G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel Z170
-EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 06G-P4-4996-KR 6GB FTW GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics
-Intel 6700k Processor.
-Rosewill Capstone-G1000, Capstone G Series 1000W Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS Gold Certified

Honestly just looking for the best motherboard with my build, not too worried about price i wouldnt mind staying under 300 but if I dont have a choice its cool.
I have been trying to research what I could but I havent had much luck, so keeping in mind im new to overclocking ( learning) what has a decent bios to learn with/OCs the best?

lepermessiah · Apr 25, 2016

Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 or Gaming G1

Ryokoshii · Apr 26, 2016

So this are decent? Only other recommendations I have gotten have been an msi M7 and an Maximus hero viii

lepermessiah · Apr 26, 2016

Ryokoshii :

Here's some reviews of the Gaming 7, which I own. It's more than decent.

Tradesman1 · Apr 26, 2016

I'd go the Asus Hero, love mine, best Z170 I've worked with, their Z170 Pro Gamer is another good one.

Mohd Mamat · Apr 27, 2016

Get the ASUS Z170 Pro Gamer, wallet friendly and offers a lot of high end features while allowing stable OC's up to 4.7 without adjusting any voltage.

Ryokoshii · Apr 27, 2016

Dont see the reviews for the one you said,
heard about the hero it was one of the ones I was looking at along with the MSI M7,
I will take a look at the pro gamer,

. Since the motherboard is all I have left along with my 6700k to buy i wasnt sure whats a New to OC friendly board.

( i wont ever Overclock a graphics card again after I screwed up once on my old r9 300 series card), really need to find myself more guides, plus I probably wont need to OC my 980 ti
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Tradesman1 · Apr 27, 2016

980Ti should keep you happy for awhile, when/if you OC it, go slowly, check for stability and monitor temps - when you get an OC on it, run it for awhile like that, before going up further

Ryokoshii · Apr 27, 2016

Yea I realized this, on my R series card I didnt really find much guides or info for AMD cards at the time and I ended up blue screening or my display would flicker so it was bad and a moment of idiocy. I found a really good video awhile ago that explained alot with after burner by upping power limit to max and just testing by small increments on memory till instability then core till instability

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So for CPU overclocking what motherboard would you reccommend? Also quick question is my power supply good enough? Someone told me its a tier 2 but

lepermessiah · Apr 27, 2016

Hmmm... guess I didn't post it. Anyways: http://www.techspot.com/bestof/motherboards/
and: http://www.techspot.com/products/motherboards/gigabyte-ga-z170x-gaming-7.121598/

And it's really easy to overclock safely. There is automatic overclocking, some built in presets, and a good Windows based OC utility.

I do a preset 4.4 ghz oc. Just set it and forget it.

Ryokoshii · Apr 27, 2016

OK ill take a look at it

Ryokoshii · Apr 27, 2016

So i think between the Gigabyte Gaming 7 and the asus Maximus hero VIII, i realized I have had too much bad luck with MSI products lol. and I dont mind paying a little extra. The only thing im worried about is how well the bios are set up for newcomers, if its easyy to learn no biggie

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someone reccommended the asrock z170 extreme 7+ too but idk about tha tboard much

Tradesman1 · Apr 27, 2016

I like the Asus BIOS, it's actually relatively easy, but if you want to get into depth with it, can do that also

Ryokoshii · Apr 27, 2016

Alright, Maybe ill go with the Maximus Hero VIII

. Does my power supply look decent?
JUst wanna make sure i got my bases covered

Tradesman1 · Apr 27, 2016

Should be good to go

Ryokoshii · Apr 28, 2016

Tradesman1 :

ok cool didnt want my pwoer supply to throttle my stuff

. Know of any guides for OCing on that mother board for my 6700k? definitely wanna push it to at least 4.5-4.6 ( if thats good enough)

Tradesman1 · Apr 28, 2016

Can set it to say 4.5 (all cores) and add a + 0.15 offset to the CPU voltage and prob be up and running. When you get ready to go give me a shout or PM and can get into detail

Ryokoshii · Apr 28, 2016

will do thanks ^_^ it might be a little while longer ( saving money for it and all ) but when im ready I will give you a shout

Tradesman1 · Apr 28, 2016

I 'll be around

Ryokoshii · Apr 28, 2016

awesome, other thing ima have to do is relearn seating the CPU for this one sounds silly but i wanna be careful lol

Tradesman1 · Apr 28, 2016

No worries

lepermessiah · Apr 28, 2016

Reading the reviews for the Hero VIII on Newegg. Yikes!

Tradesman1 · Apr 28, 2016

Yes, but most people having problems are inexperienced and the 'problems' in part are do to new chipset, new CPUs, new DRAM, new OS, etc. Many easily solved by a BIOS update that many are scared to do or don't even know about...and a big thing on the inexperienced, they are buying the Hero based on the earlier models and their popularity. The reviews by publications and web sites are all positive, but they tend to know what they are doing also, and do basics like get the latest BIOS and the latest mobo drivers

I worked on 4 seperate ones and not w whit of a problem with a diverse group of other components

lepermessiah · Apr 28, 2016

So, this is a board best suited for experienced users?

Tradesman1 · Apr 28, 2016

Not overly, but it's nice to either have a basic knowledge and/or not be afraid to ask questions. I know I've helped a number of relatively new to computers folks get set up and running (OCed in a relatively few posts and post backs right here in the forums on numerous mobos from a variety of manufacturers. And the Hero is easier than many

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