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is Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 3 good motherboard for 8700k

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Em building a gaming pc for my friend in motherboard choices I don't know which way should it go he wants to overclock it to 4.8 or 4.9 and he wants to use Corsair Hydro Series H45 120mm Liquid CPU Cooler which he already has budgeted for motherboard is 150 to 200$ I want to know can it do the job if not then then which motherboard should i pick

1 important note in my country there only 2 option for the Z370 motherboard that is Gigabyte or ASUS
 
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Processor i7 8700k 4.6Ghz @ 1.24V
Motherboard AsRock Fatal1ty K6 Z370
Cooling beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200/C16
Video Card(s) ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming
Storage Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 830 256GB + Crucial BX100 250GB + Toshiba 1TB HDD
Display(s) Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440)
Case Fractal Design Define R5
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Keyboard Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II
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Gigabyte midrange isnt great. But it will do the job for regular air or water OCs.

Better options:
Asrock K6, Extreme4, or going higher, Taichi.
Asus Prime-A.
MSI Gaming pro carbon

All good VRM boards, while Gigabyte only offers great VRM on the Gaming 7.
 
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