In terms of aesthetics: what you like/suits your theme future-proofing or durability: Definitely the Asus TUF
For overclocking some reviews (sourced from PCPartPicker only) said for the MSI board: "Really great looking BIOS and extremely east to overclock! IT also comes with a program called command center that lets you overclock your system from the actual OS! IT also has the super easy switch that has preset OC settings for people who don't want to mess with the bios!" and has "lots of overclocking options and a lot of control. It also features easy overclocking options via software and with a hardware dial as well."
For the Gigabyte board: "has a lot of built in overclocking profiles. well worth...
What about Asus? I know asus has a 12 point power phase, which from my understanding should be better at overclocking than gigabyte's and MSI's 11 point power phase. If I'm completely wrong please correct me.
In terms of aesthetics: what you like/suits your theme future-proofing or durability: Definitely the Asus TUF
For overclocking some reviews (sourced from PCPartPicker only) said for the MSI board: "Really great looking BIOS and extremely east to overclock! IT also comes with a program called command center that lets you overclock your system from the actual OS! IT also has the super easy switch that has preset OC settings for people who don't want to mess with the bios!" and has "lots of overclocking options and a lot of control. It also features easy overclocking options via software and with a hardware dial as well."
For the Gigabyte board: "has a lot of built in overclocking profiles. well worth the price."
For the Asus board: https://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/11/09/asus_sabertooth_z170_mark_1_lga_1151_review/7