MSI or Asrock

Hello
I am building a new computer, but I don't know what motherboar i should buy.
The motherboards are:

MSI h170m-a pro : https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/H170M-A-PRO.html#hero-overview

Asrock h170m pro 4 : http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H170M Pro4/

Also the bedroom where the computer is going to stay have a relative humidity of 50-60%

The specs of the computer:

- i7-6700,
- 8gb RAM 2133,
- AMD RX460,
-Antec HCG620

Thank you so much for your response.
Marco.

 

Are those the specs of the computer already? What matters would be how you cool it and what if your doing SLI/Crossfire. Also Are you doing water cooling or Fan cooling? MSI doesn't say if it is SLI or Crossfire that should be something you should check on. Asrock is only Crossfire so no SLI is possible unless it says SLI/Crossfire then either card would work. So you need to check what are the specs your looking to get from the motherboard and that will tell you which one you need. If you need ports look for one with enough Sata ports and also consider a M.2 slot to use it as your Main so you can have faster boot times. So you need to print out and compare the specs next to each other and then decide this will give me more options then you will know which one you need. And look at what you expect to get out of the board as well.

 

I am going to use a Corsair H110i GT.
The SSD is a 850 Evo 120 Gb
I don't have any plan to do an crossfire or SLI because the purpose of this computer is to work with virtual machines and electronic progras like as Orcad.
Maybe in the future i upgrade it with an M2, but i don't know yet.
Than you

 

I've had a Msi mobo and no problems since the launch of z77, seams happy & stable

ASRsrock I believe they have gotten much better & recently a lot of world OC records have been set on their motherboards. Unfortunately, I have had no experience with ASRock

 

Asrock is best if you're looking for the highest clocks in everything

but only on the OC Formula board

CPU/RAM

Gskill never released that 4333 kit that is made to work only on that board.

 

If you're not planning on having multiple GPUs nor plan on overclocking, board choice doesn't really matter too much. In that case, I'd go for a board based on user reviews and price.

 

I've had MSI and Asrock boards, despite my personal preference for MSI they're really quite similar in quality.

 

I just completed a build with a Z87 Anniversary ASRock board for my roommate the other day and other than the fact it didn't want to boot from a USB key using GPT to install Windows in EFI and rather required MBR which took a few tries to figure out, it was a rather easy setup and their EFI is pretty exceptional. I'm personally an ASUS guy but after seeing how nice that board is, my next build may well be with an ASRock board. I have no experience with MSI but plenty seem to like them.

 

MSI is not bad as long you plan not to unplug anything off their boards except for replacement.

Their gaming class motherboards connectors can easily snap off if you need to remove something.
Oddly, far easier than other brands i worked on

 

Odd, I haven't had any issues plugging and unplugging stuff off my server's MSi board.

 

I have an X99X AsRock board and it's been going strong for almost 2 years now and haven't had a single issue. Rock solid.

Brother put together a Z170 6700k build with an AsRock board and it's been a great build too. Overclocks like a cheap and perfectly stable with no issues to report.