ASUS Z170 Skylake Boards Comparison

OJROUFC

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Been looking at Asus Z170 boards and originally chose Z170-A, as I love its slick white design, as the board for my Skylake i5 gaming build. However, I searched Z170 into Amazon UK and I found two very similar boards to my 70-A, considering they are very similarly priced, I cannot seem to find the difference between the three boards.

Anyone able to see a differentiation and a recommendation for which board I should choose would be a great help.

Boards in question:

ASUS Z170-A: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Z170--Skylake-CrossFire-Motherboard/dp/B0126R2LBK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1472512594&sr=8-4&keywords=z170

ASUS Z170 Pro: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Z170-Motherboard-Socket-S-ATA-SupremeFX/dp/B016ADLARW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1472512594&sr=8-5&keywords=z170

ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Z170-Pro-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B0126R3QPA/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1472512594&sr=8-6&keywords=z170


 
Solution
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170-A/specifications/
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170-PRO/specifications/
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170-PRO-GAMING/specifications/

Max RAM O.C. speed, # SATA connections, internal and back panel I/O ports

There are relatively minor difference in some chips: the audio chip (Realtek ALC892 for A, ALC1150 for Pro and SupremeFX audio for the Pro Gamer). Also I noted different USB 3.1 chipsets. The essential specs appear similar otherwise. If you need a lot of SATA support, either of the "PRO" boards offer more ports (6 vs 4).
 
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170-A/specifications/
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170-PRO/specifications/
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170-PRO-GAMING/specifications/

Max RAM O.C. speed, # SATA connections, internal and back panel I/O ports

 
Solution

OJROUFC

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Aug 12, 2016
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I'm planning to overclock, but nothing crazy. Only looking to push my 6600k to a stable OC to around 4 GHz, maybe just slightly higher if it stays stable. Would rather stick to a white board as it will fit nicely with my build.