Which motherboard for 8700K ?

[dj-electric]

I dont get the recommendations for Z370 boards,
Z390 boards are better engineered by design per segment. It would be sorta silly to me to do this

 

[Vayra86]

I dont get the recommendations for Z370 boards,
Z390 boards are better engineered by design per segment. It would be sorta silly to me to do this

Better engineered what?? Its a refresh and a very minor one at that. There is literally no new feature to be found, mostly its just a third party providing it on z370. As for VRM, with an 8700K its a complete non issue (and often even identical to z370 too)

Then there is availability and price as well. Z390 isnt cheaper atm... at equal price, ofc its a nobrainer.

 

[dj-electric]

VRM systems are upgraded, that's what i meant. Z390 boards can be had for cheap. Its a nobrainer.

 

[Vayra86]

VRM systems are upgraded, that's what i meant. Z390 boards can be had for cheap. Its a nobrainer.

Looking at the Taichi and Im seeing an identical VRM.... 8+4

 

[dj-electric]

I aint talking about the fancier Taichi (which also have more of an 4+2 phase, but that's for another topic)
Maxing out an 8700K can be now done on 125$ boards, as opposed to much more expensive boards that were available when it came out.
If i was in OP's situation i would go for a 150-175$ range Z390 board. He does not need to spent an extra penny for anything else.

 

[OutThereSomewhere]

Yah. My long lost i7-8700k overclocked to 5.1GHz on an Asus Prime Z370-A with no issues.
I can't see any Z390 board however cheap having any overclocking issues. Most are within the OP's budget.
Not sure about the difference in features among them as I've not looked recently.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Enthusiast level / top end OC capability: AsRock Taichi ($250 or less)

That is what I was coming in to recommend!

 

[Solid State Soul ( SSS )]

Buy the Asrock Extreme 4. It has excellent VRM ( dual stack mosfests, 60 amps inductors and 12k capacitors )

Clean neutral audio

Runs on Intel specified peramets for stable out of the box performance ( no funky auto OC going in behind the scenes at " stock" settings like Asus boards

Has all the connectivity you'd need

AL of that for a budget price

 

[Vlada011]

Maximus XI Gene, Queen of the Night.
High end mATX Motherboard, same class as Formula only smaller mobo.
Ideal option for mainstream processors with Internal GPU.

 

[vonKoga]

Thank you for your answers, you've been helpful, as always.
I was going for AsRock Taichi Z390, but i got really good price for Maximus X Hero (around 60% of the Taichi price), so we'll see how it'll go.

 

[HUSKIE]

Z370/90 chipset.

 

[vonKoga]

I bought Maximus X Hero WiFi. Can anyone tell me if I should remove sticky material from M.2 cover? There is some sort of sticker above it, but i can't find anything regarding this in the manual.

 

[cucker tarlson]

I bought Maximus X Hero WiFi. Can anyone tell me if I should remove sticky material from M.2 cover? There is some sort of sticker above it, but i can't find anything regarding this in the manual.

thermal pads for dissipating heat. remove the sticker, the pad should stick to the ssd drive.

 

[vonKoga]

Thanks!