Best mobo for the price to overclock a 9600k or 9700k

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My poor 4670k just died and I'm planning the upgrade now. I'm still torn between the 8600k/8700k/9600/9700k but what I can nail down for now is the mobo I want to aim for but I have been so out of the loop I have no idea where to look.

Budget is a big factor for me, my main goal is over clocking to hopefully 5ghz or higher using my custom wc loop. I have very little need for fluff features like wifi, Bluetooth or high end integrated sound as I hardwire my PC in and use a receiver so HDMI does all my audio. The biggest factor is good power distribution for steady high overclocks, but if it's the difference of a $100 I'll sacrifice the potential for that last 1-2ghz of OC lol.

Keeping price in mind what's some good choices? Build will be 95% gaming if that makes a difference with zero interest in workstation or streaming.
 
If you are looking at Z390 boards, the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro has a great VRM for the price point, better than most if not all the competition at its price point.
 
If you are looking at Z390 boards, the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro has a great VRM for the price point, better than most if not all the competition at its price point.
That was the one I was eyeing up lol, just read some more reviews and I think it's exactly what i was looking for, thanks!
 
If you are looking at Z390 boards, the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro has a great VRM for the price point, better than most if not all the competition at its price point.

Yeah I was shopping Z390 boards recently and it seems like Gigabyte variants are pretty beefy with at least a 12+1 digital vrm config which should work nicely with these 9th gen cpus. When I am ready to pull the trigger I am looking at the master with 12+2 phase IR and a sabre dac for audio. At the price point I think the Pro is for sure the best also.
 
Yeah I was shopping Z390 boards recently and it seems like Gigabyte variants are pretty beefy with at least a 12+1 digital vrm config which should work nicely with these 9th gen cpus. When I am ready to pull the trigger I am looking at the master with 12+2 phase IR and a sabre dac for audio. At the price point I think the Pro is for sure the best also.
I actually just finished building my new rig, grabbed the aorus pro and a 9600k and it's awesome so far. 9600k is running at 5ghz easy and stable, games run so much better on this new CPU lol
 
I actually just finished building my new rig, grabbed the aorus pro and a 9600k and it's awesome so far. 9600k is running at 5ghz easy and stable, games run so much better on this new CPU lol
Bro, I was going to start my own new thread on this very topic. Was gravitating towards Asus, but i have had a good experience with Gigabyte in the past too. leaning towards 9700k, wanting to get to 5gh, no need for wifi or creation. mostly wow gamer. coming form my aging 2600k in sig. still works, but, Its time for something new
 
Bro, I was going to start my own new thread on this very topic. Was gravitating towards Asus, but i have had a good experience with Gigabyte in the past too. leaning towards 9700k, wanting to get to 5gh, no need for wifi or creation. mostly wow gamer. coming form my aging 2600k in sig. still works, but, Its time for something new
do it, so far I have had zero complaints about my aorus pro and judging from the reviews its good for overclocking right up to the 9900k so your 9700k wont be an issue ;)
 
I have the wifi version of that board and no complaints running a 9700k on it. I stopped at 4.8ghz all-cores mainly because of heat and wanting to keep my fans at 5V. If you use any of the overclocking guides for the board, ignore the recommendations to use Turbo LLC though unless you want to smell electronics - normal or standard LLC setting is fine. Also update the BIOS first-thing as the F6+ BIOS revisions vastly improved on the release revisions for these boards.
 
I have the wifi version of that board and no complaints running a 9700k on it. I stopped at 4.8ghz all-cores mainly because of heat and wanting to keep my fans at 5V. If you use any of the overclocking guides for the board, ignore the recommendations to use Turbo LLC though unless you want to smell electronics - normal or standard LLC setting is fine. Also update the BIOS first-thing as the F6+ BIOS revisions vastly improved on the release revisions for these boards.
I noticed that, turbo was bringing my 3.5vcore as high as 4V during heavy load and honestly scared me lol
 
I noticed that, turbo was bringing my 3.5vcore as high as 4V during heavy load and honestly scared me lol

On the Z370 variants of these boards turbo was the closest to 1:1 Vcore setting you could get. Gumperfish is right though if you're not going to max your CPU OC out then you certainly don't need to set LLC that high.
 
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