Trying to Decide Which Board To Buy

[watain89]

I've decided to go with Intel's Coffee Lake for my 1080p gaming/photo editing build, specifically the i5 8600K. I'm trying to decide which Board I should get. I will be doing some overclocking, but nothing extreme. I currently own two ASUS pre built's(one is a laptop with a Skylake i5) that I love. But with Z370 there are more attractive options in my price range from other companies besides ASUS. I've used ASRock in past builds and was always happy with them. Gigabyte has a really nice Aorus board, however I've never used Gigabyte products before.

Heres the list I've compiled with current prices on NewEgg.

Asus Z370-A Prime $174.99

ASRock Z370 Extreme 4 $164.99

Gigabyte Z370 Ultra Gaming. $169.99

Future specs:
i5 8600k, Cryorig H7

16gb DDR4 3200mhz(Corsair or G. Skill)

128gb OCZ SATA SSD, and 1tb WD Blue hard drive.

Asus Dual GTX 1060 6GB

Corsair TX550M PSU

Its all going in a blue Fractal Design Focus G case, I'm kind of going with a blue and white theme for my build.

Thanks

 

[vapour]

8400 is close performance but much cheaper, 128 gb ssd too small. 1060 6gb can be better with 1070, psu can be cheaper.
My edits:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($156.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card ($439.89 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1178.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-01 21:25 EDT-0400

 

[vapour]

Or this Ryzen with 1080:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.67 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card ($532.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1177.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-01 21:26 EDT-0400

 

[watain89]

Or this Ryzen with 1080:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.67 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card ($532.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1177.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-01 21:26 EDT-0400

Thank you! I've been slowly acquiring parts over the past couple of months, I already have the PSU and SSD. I picked up both on a really good sale. I wanted a 250gb M.2 SSD originally but I ended up finding the OCZ for $40 new. I do intend to do some upgrading down the road at some point as my needs progress.

 

[MadOver]

8400 is close performance but much cheaper, 128 gb ssd too small. 1060 6gb can be better with 1070, psu can be cheaper.
My edits:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($156.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card ($439.89 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1178.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-01 21:25 EDT-0400

Probably a better choice if your gaming as well.
Both good builds but I would go with this one.