is Biostar a good motherboard brand?

[fruitcakehater]

Hello so I plan on building a pc for gaming and general use and I'm on a tight budget and the motherboard I have picked is a Biostar A55MD2 and I was wondering if its a good brand. Also if you happen to have a biostar motherboard yourself then how is it working and what problems do you run into it?

 

[spooky2th]

Stick with Asus, Gigabyte or Asrock for better quality control and just all around less chances of compatibility issues and other problems.

 

[aonex]

I've used Biostar boards on 3 budget builds (gaming, HTPC use) and have never had any issues with them. That's actually the board I have on my HTPC.

 

[fruitcakehater]

Stick with Asus, Gigabyte or Asrock for better quality control and just all around less chances of compatibility issues and other problems.

ok, i think i'll go with the ASRock FM2A55M-DGS

 

[patrick47018]

No please !!!! NEVER BUY BIOSTAR, FOXCONN, OR ECS. Go with something good and reliable like ASRock or Gigabyte.

 

[fruitcakehater]

No please !!!! NEVER BUY BIOSTAR, FOXCONN, OR ECS. Go with something good and reliable like ASRock or Gigabyte.

alright thanks. i have my answer now

 

[patrick47018]

Sorry to sound so dramatic but they are serious junk

 

[Rupa Maitra]

Stick with Asus, Gigabyte or Asrock for better quality control and just all around less chances of compatibility issues and other problems.

I personally have used the Biostar Motherboard for gaming.They ar good and durable and has worked fine.

 

[spooky2th]

Stick with Asus, Gigabyte or Asrock for better quality control and just all around less chances of compatibility issues and other problems.

I personally have used the Biostar Motherboard for gaming.They ar good and durable and has worked fine.

Unfortunately there are a lot of others that cannot say the same. Way too many, others.....

 

[Berrset1]

Sorry to sound so dramatic but they are serious junk

What are you going off to say these boards are "serious junk"? The last 3 i have used in my builds worked great until i upgraded or sold the PC. The bandwagon of hate against biostar is ridiculous on Toms.

 

[patrick47018]

Sorry to sound so dramatic but they are serious junk

What are you going off to say these boards are "serious junk"? The last 3 i have used in my builds worked great until i upgraded or sold the PC. The bandwagon of hate against biostar is ridiculous on Toms.

When using Biostar, Foxconn, and ECS motherboards it is a luck of the draw sort of game you play. You may get a fine motherboard, or you may get one that will go bad on you rather quickly. I think I speak for most technology professionals when saying that it is preferred that people spend a little more on a motherboard from a company that has a little better quality control than the aforementioned brands. Sorry if we offended you but it is how we feel and have seen these brands perform in our jobs in IT.

 

[AMD builder]

Me and my gf both have biostar motherboards in our AMD builds and they work great. Both were super simple to install.I have noticed that there micro atx boards run a little warm we both have a BIOSTAR A780L3C AM3 Micro ATX with two extra case fans and under full load with cpu at or near full load they like to get close or just above 60 degrees celcius. Have been great though. I like there smart bios its just plug-N-play.

 

[livinginThailand]

No please !!!! NEVER BUY BIOSTAR, FOXCONN, OR ECS. Go with something good and reliable like ASRock or Gigabyte.

I have used ECS black series boards in an internet business now for almost five years and of 26 coms I have had 3 go bad in 5 years of being open 24 hours a day and average usage of 16 hours a day..thought I would put that out there. Had a whole job lot of bad AS rocks 7 years ago with Sia Chips and have new As rock boards in another shop and getting bios issues 1 year later....so not always the best it would seem..used a gigabyte for as a server 24 hours a day for 4 years, totally rock solid.

 

[neilmak]

No please !!!! NEVER BUY BIOSTAR, FOXCONN, OR ECS. Go with something good and reliable like ASRock or Gigabyte.

ASRock? You cannot be serious. Have had 2, one Intel based and one AMD, and they were both C-R-A-P: One DOA and the other failed within 4 weeks...

 

[Rexer]

Biostar.. only lasted 5 months. So I replaced it with a Foxcomm board. Lasted about a year. I don't know why the quality is so fickle on these boards.
Back in Feb 2009, I bought a refurbish Dell Studio xps 435mt with a Foxcomm board. It lasted 9 years. Changed everything else during this time but the Foxcomm motherboard and an Intel i7 920 processor. Some components I changed twice and 3 GPUs.
It ran beautifully flawless at least 300 days out of a year till last January, 2017 when it died. But other owners have not been so lucky or blessed. Working at a Computer Repair, I know this. Quality control I assume.