Help me choosing motherboard

[RazerMan Saint]

Im going to build my PC the CPU will be either 6600k or 7600k and i will be overclocking the CPU.

I'm finding a motherboard for my build and yeah it must be z170 or z270
what board should i get BUDGET for board not more than 200$
are these boards good ?
ASUS z270-a
ASUS z270 strix z170f
MSI z270 gaming pro carbon
MSI z270 Krait
MSI gaming m5
Which ? and Why ?
you can recommend me other board aswell.

EDIT : add GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 in the list

 

[The Paladin]

I will ask what Ram speed did you have in mind to use?

 

[RazerMan Saint]

I will ask what Ram speed did you have in mind to use?

2133-2666 I think it will be something like this

 

[The Paladin]

Firstly, If your ram Choice was to be 2666mhz then your choices are self restricting to only Asus PRIME Z270-A & Asus STRIX Z270F
All the other board support DDR4-2133 / 2400 / 2800 / 3000 / 3200 / 3600 / 3800
All boards support 2400 Ram though

Assuming if your going to be using a 6600K or 7600 K with 2400 Mhz Ram or 2133

Asus PRIME Z270-A
Asus STRIX Z270F
MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON
MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING
MSI Z270 GAMING M5

all pretty equivalent boards to be honest, personally I am an Asus guys, never seem to be lucky with quality of MSI boards being DOA or DOA after a month...

I like my boards to be rugged and last me 4-7 years
so since your prioce range is about 200$ I would go for the
Asus TUF 270 MARK 1

and hard to beat the look

 

[RazerMan Saint]

Firstly, If your ram Choice was to be 2666mhz then your choices are self restricting to only Asus PRIME Z270-A & Asus STRIX Z270F
All the other board support DDR4-2133 / 2400 / 2800 / 3000 / 3200 / 3600 / 3800
All boards support 2400 Ram though

Assuming if your going to be using a 6600K or 7600 K with 2400 Mhz Ram or 2133

Asus PRIME Z270-A
Asus STRIX Z270F
MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON
MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING
MSI Z270 GAMING M5

all pretty equivalent boards to be honest, personally I am an Asus guys, never seem to be lucky with quality of MSI boards being DOA or DOA after a month...

I like my boards to be rugged and last me 4-7 years
so since your prioce range is about 200$ I would go for the
Asus TUF 270 MARK 1

and hard to beat the look

I have a tight budget MARK 1 is a bit too expensive for me( z20F in my country is like 210 and MARK 1 is like 310)
So i think i will go with z20f it should be good right

 

[geofelt]

I5-7600K is likely to overclock much higher than a I5-6600K.
As of 1/13/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.1 28%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%
By comparison :
I5-6600K
5.2 <1% delidded
4.9 14%
4.8 38%
4.7 67%
4.6 87%

I would go with the latest gen Z270 motherboards.
All will be able to OC decently.
The plus is that you will get support for Optane, whatever that turns out to be.
I see the Z270 motherboards as costing no more.
You may find that M-ATX will be cheaper.
Really, do you need more than 4 expansion slots?

 

[RazerMan Saint]

I5-7600K is likely to overclock much higher than a I5-6600K.
As of 1/13/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.1 28%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%
By comparison :
I5-6600K
5.2 <1% delidded
4.9 14%
4.8 38%
4.7 67%
4.6 87%

I would go with the latest gen Z270 motherboards.
All will be able to OC decently.
The plus is that you will get support for Optane, whatever that turns out to be.
I see the Z270 motherboards as costing no more.
You may find that M-ATX will be cheaper.
Really, do you need more than 4 expansion slots?

Which M-ATX board should i get

 

[The Paladin]

well considering the cheapest M-ATX is 20$ more than a standard ATX board. (Here in USA) and considering prices are even higher in Razerman's Country
then I would say the : MSI Z270-A PRO is a good choice.

 

[jay_rogers]

I5-7600K is likely to overclock much higher than a I5-6600K.
As of 1/13/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.1 28%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%
By comparison :
I5-6600K
5.2 <1% delidded
4.9 14%
4.8 38%
4.7 67%
4.6 87%

I would go with the latest gen Z270 motherboards.
All will be able to OC decently.
The plus is that you will get support for Optane, whatever that turns out to be.
I see the Z270 motherboards as costing no more.
You may find that M-ATX will be cheaper.
Really, do you need more than 4 expansion slots?

Which M-ATX board should i get

Here is a list of M-ATX motherboard. You can check and compare the prices and choose one. http://motherboards.specout.com/d/a/Micro-ATX

 

[geofelt]

Most any Z270 motherboard will do.
Here is an ASRock Fatal1ty H270M for $99.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157744

There are some more expensive motherboards that support dual graphics cards.
On a budget, I would pass them up unless you need graphics power that a single card like Titan X can not supply