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Ziga Stupar

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Greeitngs,

im thinking about buying new PC and i have a dilema should i buy cheap Asus Z170-A or go for expensive Asus ROG MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA. My friends advised me too goo for cheaper one becouse expensive just empties your wallet, but im under impresion that more expensive Formula is better quality and more durable so whats your opinion i need motherboard that is reliable and will last minimum 6years.

so whats your advice and/or opinion?
 
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For most people either will last till it get's too slow for you. The Formula is designed asa workstation type mobo so it's a little more durable overall, I've looked at them each of my 3 last builds for me and each time ended up dropping down a notch or so to the Hero, and I put y rigs to the test, I'm constantly testing different components on them. My newest has already had 8 different CPU coolers on it and over a dozen each GPUs and sets of DRAM in it. I fully expect it to be running far into the future. My primary socket 775 rigs going back to 2007 are still running as are both my primary 1155 ones (and those were both highly OCed and still running at 4.8 (2500K) and 4.7 (3570K) respectfully
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Unless you are going to be doing (extreme) overclocking or need some of the bells and whistles attached to high-end motherboards, there is little point in buying premium boards. For remotely normal use at stock clocks and voltages, even a $80 H170 motherboard from any of the major aftermarket brands will usually last 10+ years.
 
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For most people either will last till it get's too slow for you. The Formula is designed asa workstation type mobo so it's a little more durable overall, I've looked at them each of my 3 last builds for me and each time ended up dropping down a notch or so to the Hero, and I put y rigs to the test, I'm constantly testing different components on them. My newest has already had 8 different CPU coolers on it and over a dozen each GPUs and sets of DRAM in it. I fully expect it to be running far into the future. My primary socket 775 rigs going back to 2007 are still running as are both my primary 1155 ones (and those were both highly OCed and still running at 4.8 (2500K) and 4.7 (3570K) respectfully
 
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