Gigabyte B360 Aorus Gaming 3 or ASRock B360M Pro4

Aug 29, 2018
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I am going to build a gaming PC and I wonder which motherboard should I use.

I am going to run i5 8400 along with Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8GB
The Gigabyte motherboard costs about $136 and the ASRock one cost about $93 in my country. Is there any trade-offs if I go with the ASRock motherboard?
Thanks.
 
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Trade-offs if you choose the Asrock B360M Pro4 over the Gigabyte Aorus B360 Gaming 3:

You get a shorter but wider PCB (mATX form factor of 244 x 244mm) instead of taller but narrower (ATX 305 x 225mm).
You lose the RGB lighting, RGB Sync, and RGB headers.
You lose DualBIOS.
You lose Diagnostic Indicator LEDs for CPU, DRAM, VGA, and BOOT.
You lose a reinforced PCIe x16 slot.
You lose one PCIe x16 slot (that only runs in x1).
You...


Trade-offs if you choose the Asrock B360M Pro4 over the Gigabyte Aorus B360 Gaming 3:

You get a shorter but wider PCB (mATX form factor of 244 x 244mm) instead of taller but narrower (ATX 305 x 225mm).
You lose the RGB lighting, RGB Sync, and RGB headers.
You lose DualBIOS.
You lose Diagnostic Indicator LEDs for CPU, DRAM, VGA, and BOOT.
You lose a reinforced PCIe x16 slot.
You lose one PCIe x16 slot (that only runs in x1).
You gain two additional SATA ports that are oriented in a 90-degree layout.
You lose SATA-based support on the top M.2 slot.
You will have a slower PCIe3.0 x1 speed on the bottom M.2 slot (instead of PCIe3.0 x2 on the Gaming 3).
You gain either a PCIe/CNVi-based M.2 Key-E slot for an optional Wi-Fi module (Gaming 3 only supports CNVi).
You lose 3x audio jacks (Gaming 3 has 6x).
You lose 2x USB2.0 ports.
You gain 1x USB3.1 Gen2 Type-C port.
You gain an additional PS/2 slot.
You gain an additional half (5-pin) USB2.0 internal header (supports 1x USB2.0 port).
You lose 1x 4-pin fan header.
You gain 3x fan headers that can support up to 2A fans or pumps.
You lose a Thunderbolt 5-pin AIC connector.
You lose an S/PDIF Out internal connector.
You save $43.

For more info, see here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3546694/z370-motherboards-lga1151v2-comparison-tables.html
 
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