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welcome back to harbor unboxed today we're checking out my top-five best value Intel B 360 motherboard picks for this one it's pretty simple the boards must feature some form of erm cooling to be considered and of course the price is very key here spending over $100 US on a B 360 motherboard is ill-advised I strongly suggest you target something more like $80 u.s. unless there's some sort of special requirement with that said let's get to it des rock be 360m pro for tix more boxes than any other be 360 board in my opinion and I reckon most of you will agree with me on this one it is really one of the best be 360 motherboards available right now as far as B 360 pricing goes the asrock board offers great value without $85 us I had hoped these budget Intel coffee-like boards would be a little more competitively priced in any case what you get with the B 360 M profile is a well laid out motherboard with all the features you could really hope for at this price point it also doesn't hurt that the board looks great as well and the board packs a solid verum with premium 45 amp chokes on a high-density glass fabric PCB as rock advertisers support for 95 watt processes so it really shouldn't have an issue getting the most out of a core i7 8,700 for example a bonus here that really should not be overlooked is the fact that the board packs four dimm slots and this makes future memory upgrades a lot more cost-effective as you just add more ddr4 modules you also get decent audio and networking along with 6 SATA 6 gigabits of second ports and a pair of m2 slots over all the asrock B 360m pro 4 is a great quality B 360 motherboard that can't be beat at this price point the asou stuff be 360m a gaming is another quality micro-atx be 360 motherboard though it does come up short in a few areas when compared to the asrock model we just checked out most notably of which is the lack of DIMM slots you do just get two dims meeting upgrading from say 8 gigabytes to 16 gigabytes in the future will mean that you have to get rid of the 8 gigabyte chip all original in you gotta sell that on the second-hand market or whatever it's just a bit more of a hassle much more convenient to just be able to buy 2 more 4 gigabyte sticks to expand your memory capacity 16 gigabytes that way the board looks quite good and it's very game rush and aggressive as you'd probably expect from Anasuya stuff motherboard but the layout does leave a bit to be desired I would have preferred that a sous leave enough room in a better position the SATA ports then create that aggressive cut out looking type PCB edge as it is the SATA port to just spread out all over the place which is a bit disappointing I feel still with few good well-priced to be 360 but such is from the tough be 360m gaming still manages to make the list despite those shortcomings overall quality is good making it a worthy alternative to the Azeroth be 360m perform another alternative worth checking out if you can't get your hands on the as rock board is the gigabyte B 360 m d3h a lot of B 360 M boards here I priced at $80 us it is a little cheaper than the two micro ATX boards we've already looked at like the asou smaadahl this gigabyte board does look very solid though like this board there are a few interesting choices here as well a gigabyte has decided to include a number of legacy items such as a PCI slot and it was a bit of a blaster pass and I haven't seen any new motherboard for some time and even more ancient is the parallel port header for those of you that still have your printer from the 90s this could come in very handy still it's not just the classics that you'll find on this board a gigabyte has also included a USB 3.1 gen2 type so there is just a single one of those and you also get an m2 slot that's pretty basic board but it's also the cheapest B 360 board that we've come across that features any form of erm cooling and this means it should be right to get the most out of a core i7 8,700 and it will certainly be the perfect pairing for a Core i5 a 400 if you're after a full sized ATX board then there's just too cost-effective options to choose from in the B 360 range and now the asrock be 360 pro 4 and MSI B 360 a pro who both look very good though the asrock model is slightly cheaper and slightly better equipped and therefore it gets my pick as you might have expected it's basically an ATX version of the micro ATX model that we've already looked at and although the best value ATX board on the market you might as well just get the micro ATX version the stretched-out ATX model cost $10 more and apart from a bit of extra PCB real estate and a bigger chipset heatsink you really don't get much for that extra investment in fact there's only one extra PCIe x 1 slot and that's it as I see it the only reason you'd buy this version over the b-36 TM pro 4 that is the micro ATX version is because you have a standard ATX case and you want to fill that thing out how micro ATX boards tend to look a little silly in mid towers for those of you who want to build a compact little PC you'll most likely be after something like a mini ITX motherboard and right now that does limit you to less than half a dozen options it's well worth noting that the z3 17 Mini ITX models start at 135 dollars us though most cost 170 to 180 dollars us that being the case you can write off the Isuzu ROG Strix be 360 I'd gaming at 160 dollars us tell them they're dreaming picking between the asrock be 360 MITx AC and MSI be 360 IDE gaming Pro ac it really wasn't that easy to be honest and I could have justified going with the MSI model it looks like the better board of the two and it clearly offers a superior varium calling but other than that they are much the same and with the asrock board coming in around $20 US cheaper at the moment it is hard to ignore that saving if you can snag the MSI model for only 5 to 10 dollars more then it's probably the way I'd go but for $20 u.s. it really is hard to justify that added cost particularly given these are B 360 models for $95 us the asrock board offers a single pcie 3.0 x 16 slot for SATA ports for USB 3.0 reports at the rear intel 802 11 AC Wi-Fi plus bluetooth 4.2 and you're also get an ultra m2 slot I can imagine this thing inside the Silverstone SG 13 with a core i5 8400 and that's a nice cost-effective mini PC right there I have to say it seems absolutely crazy to me that so many be 360 motherboards are priced over $100 u.s. I was at 370 boards still available for that price and there are a heap of them for around 120 dollars u.s. you have to wonder why anyone would spend that kind of money on an inferior be 360 board for example the msi be 360 gaming plus that I checked out only launch day and that costs a hundred and ten dollars u.s. the gigabyte be 360 or is gaming 3 and the asrock be 360 gaming k4 they both cost 120 dollars u.s. unbelievably the Asuza ROG Strix be 360 F comes in 135 dollars us oh and there is the B 3 6 th Gary model for a hundred and fifty five dollars us so I suppose you get that if you're completely bonkers it is worth noting the cheapest models still cost $70 u.s. and well who do leave a lot to be desired the $80 to $85 micro-atx models featured in this video really as good as it gets in my opinion I recommend these motherboards for those of you buying some like a locked core i5 processor they are you 480 500 even 3600 but those of you picking up the $300 u.s. core i7 8700 you really should pony up the extra $20 also for is ed 370 boy in my opinion as for the H 310 models they're certainly better suited to core i3 in lower parts but honestly with prices starting at $60 u.s. you really have to question why they even exist at all anyway if you're after a good value B 360 board then I hope this video has helped to narrow your search as always if you enjoyed the video be sure to hit the like button subscribe for more content if I appreciate the work we do here at Harbor unbox then consider supporting us on patreon I'm your host Steve I'll see you again next time