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welcome back to our unboxed today we're checking out my favorite is edit 370 motherboards so it's another top 5 video and the categories this time include a best entry-level best of valuable all-rounder best of the best best micro-atx and the best mini ITX motherboard there's loads of boards to go over and we have multiple options from the likes of a soos asrock msi gigabyte supermicro and EVGA so let's get into it shall we first up we have my entry-level board you guys trying to save every last dollar for the GPU there are a few candidates here and they're all priced between 120 and 130 dollars u.s. there's the asrock zed 370 pro for msi zen 370 a pro gigabyte a Zed 370 horas gaming Wi-Fi and their sous Prime is at 370 P the sous prime is at 370 P well that board looks ok it's not great but a decent offering that said though we're gonna swipe left on that one I swear a sous is completely incapable of competitively pricing their motherboards 140 dollars us for a ball with budget audio and networking and super underwhelming storage options for $10 less the gigabyte Z 370 Ora scamming Wi-Fi is an attractive option with its Intel gigabit networking creative core 3d audio six SATA ports and a wireless networking with Bluetooth you can also get the asrock Zed 370 pro 4 at the same price and while that board has a better vrm it does away with the Wi-Fi support in office a cheaper audio solution then we have the cheapest board and arguably the best to the MSI Zed 370 a pro now this unassuming Zed 370 mother bought over clocks like a champ pushing both 8th gen CPUs and ddr4 memory to the max the feature set won't blow your socks off but overall a high quality board that can't be beat at this price point so MSI's z 370 a pro wins my best entry-level board award coming in second I organized over the as rocker Zed 370 profile and gigabyte Zed 370 horas gaming Wi-Fi both are selling for a hundred and thirty dollars us right now the asrock board is arguably a better overclocker but the Auris gaming is no slouch either for me the gigabyte board is the more well rounded offering and its really it offers an unbeatable feature set at this price point so it's my well deserved runner for those willing to spend a little more there's no shortage of options the standouts for me include the assist primes at 370 a MSI Z 370 gaming m5 the gigabyte Zed 370 horas ultra gaming and finally at the asrock is ed 370 extreme for again their soos board it's very solid but sadly overpriced at 175 dollars u.s. for me it feels more like a hundred and forty ish dollar motherboard there are three boards though they're very evenly matched and that makes picking one very difficult that being the case though I don't think you can really go too wrong having said that though the gigabyte Zed 370 or ultra gaming that has suffered a few reports of high vrm temps I've noticed quite mixed user reviews online particularly at newegg.com so with possible issues there I would look to either the MSI 370 gaming m5 or the asrock zed 370 extreme 4 for me though the asrock Z 370 extreme port is the winner here the board is not just the cheapest of the bunch but it offers a great feature set and a very solid VRM the user reviews for this one are also overwhelmingly positive everywhere you look I'd also like to add that the asrock UEFI is incredibly easy to navigate and overclocking is a breeze even for novice users still if you can't get a Zed 370 extreme for then a worthy alternative would be MSI's Zed 370 gaming m5 it's also a very awesome looking another board as well right so you want the best of the best and you don't care if your mother would cost more than your CPU you've got money to burn well in that case you can skip over gigabyte now zarach at least for now both are far too reserved for the likes of you $220 per gigabytes gaming 7 or as rocks Taichi you don't have time for that mainstream rubbish a Seuss also offers a number of high end balls like the ROG Maximus X apex an interesting looking board for $350 u.s. the focus for the apex is on overclocking and that comes with a number of compromises making this specialist motherboard a bit too focus for this category then there's the Maximus X formula now a Seuss's K - that one in what they call thermal armor I believe it's just plastic I've got an older z77 board with the same sort of stuff this one does look actually worse but even so I feel like that kind of plastic shroud design it's just a bit tacky and probably out of place on a motherboard costing $450 u.s. that's just my opinion anyway there's also the MSI XIII 70 godlike at an insane $500 u.s. but it's a pretty awesome motherboard that one still MSI is gone a bit overboard on the plastic bits here as well and for reasons I'll never understand they've shielded vrm heat sinks from airflow using plastic covers they've got RGB though so worth it am i right seriously though I can't really give MSI too much of a hard time over that the Zed 370 godlike is an amazing motherboard I've been able to reach an incredible 5.3 gigahertz overclock with the 87 okay and that is something that no other Zed 370 board that I've tested yet can replicate despite the plastic shrouds though the vrm temp under full load remains surprisingly low we're talking around 70 degrees here which is most impressive so a well-deserved win here for MSI even if the board does cost $500 u.s. though the feature set is unlike anything reform if you've got twenty four point four by twenty four point four centimeters worth of motherboard trader Phil which is at 370 motherboard should you get well your options are extremely limited unfortunately there are just three ways to go that I'm aware of and just one of them makes sense the asrock said 370 m pro 4 is the obvious choice here and it's the micro ATX version of this similar-sounding is M 370 pro for that we looked at earlier price to $130 us you get a very solid VRM four dimm slots six SATA ports intel gigabit lan and two pcie 3.0 x 16 slots though of course the second slot is only wired for x for bandwidth for considerably more we once again find in a seuss motherboard this time the ROG Strix Zed 370 jjigae me that can be had for $185 us but he will be hard-pressed to work out what you're getting for that extra $55 a soos does offer a better audio solution you also get wireless networking with a few extra USB ports that said you also get tightly packed PCIe x 16 slots and verum heat sinks without proper fins then there's the insanely underwhelming EVGA z3 7121 KS e 375 kr you have to wonder what it is about the model names of monitors that made EVGA think hey that's pretty slick let's do the same for our motherboards anyway horrible naming aside seriously put that right out of your mind because you're gonna need all the available processing power to tackle the price it's $200 u.s. yep $200 u.s. and you get nothing more than a single Intel gigabit network connection no wireless networking basic Realtek ALC 12:20 codec standard storage configuration and a basic USB configuration I do mean basic there is no type-c so at that price point I think we can just skip that one all together so as rockin there practical little zip 370 m pro 4 wins this category almost by default now I know what you're thinking micro ATX motherboards and they're pretty big but don't worry we do have something smaller there are quite a few nice mini ITX said 370 motherboards on offer and these three most expensive and best include the isuzu ROG Strix z3 78 gaming for $190 us as well as the asrock fatalities at 370 gaming ITX / AC and the MSI z3 70 id gaming Pro carbon a see both of those cost $180 us of those three boards I don't think you can really go to wrong I do like the a drop board though for its plethora of USB 3.0 ports including a type C on the i/o panel it also offers all six SATA ports along with an m2 port on the back of the board the VRM is solid and you get Thunderbolt 3 Intel wired and wireless networking along with a nice audio solution the MSI model lacks the same degree of USB 3.0 support it does drop two of the SATA ports and of the four that remain they are very poorly positioned in my opinion so of the two I am leaning towards the asrock model then there's your soos ROG Strix Zed 370 I gaming which does only cost $10 more and arguably is the best looking board in terms of aesthetics it does also offer true m dot 2 ports though it does only support four SATA ports the vrm on this one looks great so for me I would be tossing up between this a sous model and the fatalities at 317 gaming ITX AC I have to admit I'm not really a fan of the gigabyte Zed 370 and Wi-Fi 160 dollars u.s. it is a good bit cheaper than the other two models we just discussed that the vrm isn't nearly as impressive that said though the rest of the feature set is pretty solid however you can get a similar level of features from the $135 us as rockers at 370 m ITX AC so if I was after an affordable Zed 370 Mini ITX motherboard that's what I would go with so for this category I'm going to call it a tie between the asrock and a soos boards because I honestly can't pick a winner here it'll really come down to which one you prefer the look of and how they're priced in your region anyway I make up the rules and I say this category can have two there's already loads of great said 370 motherboards to choose from pricing starts at a little over $100 us a sous asrock MSI an gigabyte have all done a great job with their boards and as I said earlier for the most part you really can't go wrong anyway I hope these picks have helped you out and if you happen to agree or disagree with me feel free to jump down the comment section below and let us know about it thanks for watching I'm your host Steve see you again next time