Pijmzhchus :
I cant decide which I should go for. I'm choosing between ASUS TUF Z370-PRO GAMING and MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING. Should I pay more and get Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming?
Also will all of these boards support 3200Mhz DDR4 Ram?
There are several differences among these 3 motherboards you are considering. Here's a comparison table where I will mark the best/favorable specs in
Blue, the worst/unfavorable specs in
Red, and leave unmarked the other specs that is "okay" or not much significant difference (or just equal to) compared to the other mobos' features, so you can make an informed decision on which motherboard is best for your priorities and money:
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║ ║B║ POWER |MOS| 2- ║ RAM ║SATA3║M.2[KEY-M]║ PCI-E 3.0 x16 |ADD'L║PCI| ║W|RJ45@REAR║VIDEO H║ AUDIO SP|J║BUTTONS║P║ USB @ REAR U║HEADERS @ MIDBOARD|RGB LED║ARMOR║SIZE║PCB &║
║ BRAND / ║I╟-----┬---┤FET|DIGIT║Q┌---╫-----╫------┬---╢Q┌---┬-----------┬---┴-┐GPU║-E |P║I├---------╢ |V|D|D║ @REAR |D|A║ @REAR ║S╟---┬---┬---┐S║USB|USB|USB| |FAN/| STRIP ║ @ ║Ht.x║ACCNT║
║ MODEL ║O║PHASE|ATX|HT.|DEBUG║T|RE-║(Qty.║ QTY. |HT.║T|RE-|Max. Speeds|Multi|12V║3.0|C║F| LAN ║D|G|V|M╟-------┤I|C║CL FLSH║/║TOT|3.1|3.0|B║3.1|3.0|2.0|T|PUMP|HEADERS║I/O &║Wdth║+ LED║REF.
║ ║S║(VCC)|12V|SNK| CODE║Y|INF║@90°)║3.0 x4|SNK║Y|INF| | GPU |PWR║ x1|I║I|CNTROLLER║P|A|I|I║ CODEC |F|K║CMOS BK║2║QTY|C|A|C|A|2║ C |19p|9-p|B|4pin|12v|+5v║AUDIO║(mm)║COLOR║LINKS:
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║
Asus TUF Z370 ║
1║
6 |1x8|ALL|*
LEDs║4|
? ║ 6 ║ 2x | X ║3|
1/3|x16/-/
x2, |
2wSLI| - ║ 3 |-║-|1x I219V ║-|-|1|1║
ALC887|1|5║ - | - ║1║ 8x|0|2|0|4|2║
0 |
2 | 2 |-|
5x |
1 | - ║
I/O ║305x║BK/YW║
Asus TUF Z370-Pro Gaming
║
Pro Gaming ║ ║(
4+2)| | |
only║ | ║(
4/6)║ | ║ | |x8/x8/
x2 |
2w-CF| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║ | | ║ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║ | | | | | | ║
only║ 244║ - ║
WEBSITE |
MANUAL (E13395 1st Ed. Aug.2017, 2017/09/19 update)
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Msi Z370 ║ ║
10 | | | ║ | ║ 6 ║ | ║ | |x16/-/x4, |
2wSLI| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║
Dual: | | ║ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║ |
2*| | | | | ║ ║ ATX║BK/WH║
Msi Z370 Krait Gaming
║
Krait Gaming ║
1║(
4*2 |1x8|ALL|*
LEDs║4|
X ║(
ALL)║ 2x | X ║3|
2/3|x8/x8/x4 | or | - ║ 3 |-║-|1x I219V ║-|-|1|1║
ALC1220|1|5║ - | - ║1║ 8x|1|1|0|4|2║
0 |*
1@| 2 |-|
6x |
1 | - ║
I/O ║305x║ + ║
WEBSITE
║ ║ ║+1+1)| | |
only║ | ║ ║ | ║ | | |
3w-CF| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║ | | ║ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║ |
90°| | | | | ║
only║ 244║
RGB ║
MANUAL (E7B46v1.0, 2017/08, 1st release)
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Gigabyte ║ ║
7 | | | ║ | ║ 6 ║ | ║ | |x16/-/x4, |
2wSLI| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║ | | ║ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║
1**| | | | | |
2*║ ║ ATX║BK/GY║
Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming
║
Z370 Aorus ║
2║(
4+3)|1x8|ALL|*
LEDs║4|
YES║(
4/6)║ 2x | X ║3|
2/3|x8/x8/x4 | or | - ║ 3 |-║-|1x I219V ║-|-|1|1║
ALC1220|1|5║ - | - ║1║ 8x|1|1|0|4|2║**
v|
1 | 2 |Y|
6x |
2 |
5V/║
I/O ║305x║ + ║
WEBSITE
║
Ultra Gaming ║ ║ | | |
only║ | ║ ║ | ║ | | |
3w-CF| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║ | | ║ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║
3.0| | | | | |
12V║
only║ 244║
RGB ║
MANUAL (12ME-Z37AULG-1002R, 2017/09/25)
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The above comparison shows that the
best features of the
Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming are: Dual BIOS, Reinforced RAM slots, Reinforced PCIe slots, supports up to 3-way AMD CrossFire, latest audio codec, high number of fan headers and RGB LED strip headers. It also has RGB LED lighting. It's
drawback is that it only has 1x USB3.0 internal header and only has a 1x USB3.0 (not USB3.1) Type-C internal header.
The
Msi Z370 Krait Gaming's
best features are: high number of power phases (better/cleaner voltage regulation in OC), all of its SATA ports are oriented in 90-degree layout (better cable routing), Reinforced PCIe slots, supports up to 3-way AMD CrossFire, has Dual Audio with the latest codec, has 2x USB3.0 internal header (with 1x oriented in 90-degree layout for better cable management), and high number of fan headers. It also has RGB LED lighting. It's
drawback is it's lack of USB3.1 internal header (similar with the other motherboards being compared).
The
Asus TUF Z370-Pro Gaming has the
least features among the 3 motherboards. Though it also supports 2-way SLI, the 3rd PCIe slot only runs up to a max. of x2 speeds, therefore, can only do up to 3-way CrossFire (not 3-way). Only one of the PCIe x16 slot is reinforced while the two are not. It also has a slightly lower version of the Audio Codec (using Realtek ALC887 instead of the ALC1220). It lacks the USB3.1 internal header (like the 2 other boards) but has 2x USB3.0 internal header (but none are oriented in 90-degree layout, unlike in Msi).
Among the three mobos, I would categorize the
Msi Z370 Krait Gaming and the
Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming as
higher-tiered (
Mainstream), while the
Asus TUF Z370-Pro Gaming as
lower-tiered (
Value). As to which specific motherboard model you will choose among the three, entirely depends on which ports, connections, and features you want and need. Aesthetics (color of the mobo) also play into your decision if that is one of your priorities.
All these motherboards support 3200MHz DDR4 RAM (up to 4000+MHz actually) and supports XMP, refer to manual links at the above tables.
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