Product Comparison: ASUS H170-PRO vs MSI H170A PC Mate

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ASUS H170-PRO Motherboard

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MSI H170A PC Mate ATX Motherboard

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General Specifications

Brand

ASUS

MSI

Model

H170-PRO

H170A PC Mate

Origin

China

About the Product

Industry-leading 5X Protection II employs the finest components, excellent circuit design, and exacting standards to guarantee quality and long-term durability of your motherboard with all-round protection.

Intel H170A is the latest chipset optimized for 6th Gen Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron processors in the LGA 1151 socket. It offers high stability, performance and bandwidth. Intel H170A supports M.2 and SATA Express interfaces and also allows the use of the processor's integrated graphics.

Key Specs

Form Factor

ATX

Socket

LGA1151

Chipset

Intel H170

Supported Processors

Supports 6th Gen Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Pentium / Celeron processors

Memory Slot Type

288 pin

What customers say about "Key Specs"

ASUS H170-PRO Motherboard

Coupled with intel i7 6700 without overclocking.
It's a motherboard for intel i3, i5, i7 socket 1151 skylake to I successfully mounted it on an i3-6100 and an i7-6700.
Excellent motherboard. Amazing socket type.
Purchased to assemble my new pc and combined with an I5 6500, it is really performance.

MSI H170A PC Mate ATX Motherboard

Loving it. Works perfect with my i5 6600k.
Put an i5 6400, it's fast and plenty of features.
It runs perfectly with my i5 6500 and GTX 960 4G.
Purchased to assemble a gaming pc with i5 6500 and gtx 1070. The quality of the materials is excellent.
Works great with Intel processors. A large list of supported processors.

Size & Weight

Height

12 in.

Width

8.8 in.

8.9 in.

Depth

1 in.

Weight

2.2 lbs.

1.4 lbs.

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MSI H170A PC Mate

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MSI H170A PC Mate

Memory

Memory Type

DDR4

Maximum Speed

2133 MHz

Number Of Memory Slots

Max. Memory Supported

64 GB

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MSI H170A PC Mate

What customers say about "Memory"

ASUS H170-PRO Motherboard

It has a good amount of ram, pci and pci express slots and also six sata ports.
Amazing memory support. Very beautiful also aesthetically and the bios very intuitive and easy to understand.
No installation problems with memory. All 4 slots worked.
Excellent performance, ease of setup. Supports up to 64GB of memory.
Two ram slots turned out to be non-functioning causing the system to crash which did not give any kind of output.

MSI H170A PC Mate ATX Motherboard

DDR4 memory at 2133 is already fast enough for most people.
There are four memory slots, allowing me to dual/quad channel up to 64GB of DDR4 ram.
More than enough RAM capabilities.
RAM speed is capped at 2133 MHz.
After 4 months it went bad stopped reading my memory, only 1 slot works for memory freezes and crashes.

Connectivity

PCI

PCI-E

2x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16, 2x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x1

2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 3x PCIe 3.0 x1

HDMI

USB

USB Type-C, 6x USB 3.1 Gen1, 6x USB 2.0/1.1

2x USB 3.1 Gen2, 6x USB 3.1 Gen1, 4x USB 2.0

SATA

Other Interfaces

M.2, 2x PS/2, DVI-D, VGA, RJ-45, 3x audio jacks

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MSI H170A PC Mate

What customers say about "Connectivity"

ASUS H170-PRO Motherboard

It has latest usb type c, good usb 3.0 and 2.0.
Excellent materials, excellent connectivity with USB Type-C ports, USB 3.0, M.2 slot, sata 3.2 and sata express ports.
Durable, solid and high performance. Enough ports.

MSI H170A PC Mate ATX Motherboard

It has space for up to 6 SATA slots, can support up to 1 cpu cooler along with 2 case fans.
Plenty of connections and really cool lighting effects!
Great item. Works well has a plenty of connections and was well packaged.
This motherboard works for first-time builders, all ports are labeled for easy plug-and -play.
The built in ports are enough for all of my other gear.

Features

Native Audio

Realtek ALC887

Additional Accessories Included

I/O Shield, 2x SATA cables, M.2 Screw, Driver disk

Extras

ASUS 5X Protection III, ASUS EPU, GPU Boost, AI Suite 3, Ai Charger, ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution, ASUS EZ DIY, ASUS Q-Design

DDR4 Boost, Turbo M.2, Multi-GPU, Supports AMD Crossfire, Audio Boost, Military Class 4, Improved Protection and Power Efficiency, EZ Debug LED, 4K UHD Support

What customers say about "Features"

ASUS H170-PRO Motherboard

Motherboard with excellent features and good expansion possibilities.
The BIOS is really good, you can control everything easily via mouse.
The motherboard is truly beautiful, full of functions and with a BIOS to make your breath cut.
It has 5 protections for the power stages to protect the components.
Excellent built-in audio, supports skylake processors and future architecture.

MSI H170A PC Mate ATX Motherboard

Gaming motherboard with M2 port for SSD.
Board offers many overclocking features.
Easy to set up, great bios, a lot of features for a budget price.
I was really excited about this motherboard, the price was nice and it had a lot of features.
Good integrated sound system which will be enough for most players.

Power

Power Connectors

24-pin EATX, 8-pin ATX 12V

24-pin ATX, 8-pin ATX 12V

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Certifications

CE, FCC

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