If you were starting your own business, what would you choose for cost and reliability

[Josh138]

Greetings,

I've built a few pcs but I'm looking to get more into it and possibly doing some work regarding recommendations and building. Motherboard choices are my weakest area so this is the first topic I really need to research. People are always looking for something reliable but not necessarily top of the line. What mobo brands have worked well for you in regards to reliability, drivers, and price? While I run driver booster 2 to keep my drivers up to date, most people don't so choosing manufacturers that have a solid reputation for putting out reliable drivers would be a key consideration (at least I think so).

Please leave any comments you think would be related to getting started in knowing a lot more about motherboards. I know how they work, and I even got my A+ for the hell of it, but there is so much to know about these key pieces of hardware!

 

[boosted1g]

Here is my motherboard brand tier list

1) ASUS
2) Tie between ASRock and Gigabyte (ASRock for budget, Gigabyte for higher end)
3) MSI

Anything else I would not get.

For the average user, there is not a need to update drivers unless it fixes or enhances a problem they have.
No reason to have a program looking for new drivers that are buggy or are a solution to a problem they don't have.

It can be a battle with some customers to pay for quality, but if the junk part they requested dies it will still be you that they are upset with and calling to fix it. For small businesses it is usually a easy argument to get them to spend an extra $10-20 for something that will be reliable and more efficient vs the cost of the computer being down.

Make sure to do your research on items as it looks very bad on you if you make in incompatible recommendation (like a motherboard that cant support their cpu without a bios update).