Two ASUS Motherboards; £1 difference in price

OJROUFC

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Was browsing motherboards on Amazon and came across two motherboards where their white sleek designs caught my eye. I noticed there was only one pound difference in the price. I am looking to put one of these boards in my i5, GTX 1070 build, I am also planning to slightly overclock the i5 to around 4 - 4.5 GHz.

Can anyone find the difference between the two boards and give a recommendation as to which board to buy?

Two boards in question -

Z170-A: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Z170--Skylake-CrossFire-Motherboard/dp/B0126R2LBK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472652640&sr=8-1&keywords=z170a

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

Z170-PRO: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Z170-Motherboard-Socket-S-ATA-SupremeFX/dp/B016ADLARW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1472652640&sr=8-3&keywords=z170a

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

 
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The -A model has 4 more 2.0 AND 3.0 usb ports and Serial ATA-600 + Serial ATA headers, where the pro only has ATA-600. They are the only differences as far as i can see. The Z170-A is a better model.

EDIT: missed the fact that the A Model is VGA whereas the pro is HDMI (Shouldn't matter if you're using a GPU and not intergrated) and that the pro comes with windows 8 X64 I would go with the Z170 pro.
 

OJROUFC

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I think I will stick with the A, was going to pay for £20 for Win 10 anyway. The more ports on the A model might aswell be there, incase they ever needed use.
 

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Yeah i did think that the extra USB would be more of buying point though i also thought you might appreciate Windows 8 for a quid; windows 10 > windows 8 IMO so good decision :).
 
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