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Rumor: Asus Making Offer to Acquire ASRock Mobo Division

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I'm not sure how I feel about this. I went ASRock over Asus for my P67 build (due to some apparent issues with Asus's P67 offerings) and I don't have any regrets about the decision. I sort of feel like ASRock is doing okay the way they are.
 
Meh, don't really like Asus that much, I tried them out a while ago and the mobo came missing resistors. Don't want to buy another Asus mobo, I have an ASRock Mobo, and have had no problems with it, I think they are fine one there own.
 
I didn't know ASRock is an independant company. I still thought they were a subsidiary of ASUS. Sort of like Lincoln Mercury to Ford.
 
I found Asus to be a great MB maker. The last 6 computers I built used Asus with no issue. My last ASRock however blew up when I upgraded the power supply. POP! There go half the capacitors. Other experiences of ASRock have not been so bad. I always thought of them as the “cheaper” version of Asus as I find Asus boards tend to come at a premium over many other brands.
 
My current and previous mobo were ASRock. I've also built a couple of friends' systems with ASRock mobos (except theirs were cheap with onboard video and the like). All systems are still running, haven't had a single problem with them. Same can't be said of my experience with Asus.
 
[citation][nom]puddleglum[/nom]I didn't know ASRock is an independant company. I still thought they were a subsidiary of ASUS. Sort of like Lincoln Mercury to Ford.[/citation]

they are independant for a car analogy think 1990's mazda to ford relationship, they share components and even some designs but are different companies and final products, like the ford probe and mazda mx-6 same engine/transmission little different style
 
I don't know how I feel about this, like many other commenters on here. I have had both Asus and ASrock boards. I've had all good experiences with ASrock, my current number 1 desktop is ASrock Extreme 4 Z68 which I really like. I've had mostly good experiences with Asus also, but a few bad ones too. Overall I think it's bad. But if it does happen, maybe Asus will be smart and kind of leave them alone and let them do their own thing. If it has to go down, the dynamic I would like to see would be ASrock for the low and mid range ATX and Micro ATX boards, have them do the mini ITX boards, then have Asus concentrate and make the ROG super high end boards. But mostly if it happens I hope Asus leaves them alone and realizes they have a winning business model and lets them do what they want.
 
I had a really bad experience with ASUS a couple of builds ago - a motherboard that would overvolt the RAM, destroying it after a few months and causing random crashes - so I've been avoiding them now. It wasn't an issue unique to my board; I learned it was a known issue with the board a couple years later, and after going through several sets of RAM sticks.

They may have been synonymous with premium quality at one time, but I feel like that isn't the case anymore. It'd be a shame to see ASRock go away, because they'd been making some pretty good stuff.
 
personally i prefer gigabyte so .. this really has no impact on me .. how ever it would or could possibly increase prices or allow one of the lessor board makers take up some of those sales .. that is saying that they completely stop selling Asrock boards
 
[citation][nom]puddleglum[/nom]I didn't know ASRock is an independant company. I still thought they were a subsidiary of ASUS. Sort of like Lincoln Mercury to Ford.[/citation]
+1 i thought the same
 
ASRock left the fold once ASUS spun off their manufacturing division into Pegatron (which owns ASRock and continues to manufacture their boards).

Supposedly, these moves were largely political.
 
I've tried Gigabyte, Asus and ASRock and I have to say two Gigabytes died, one Asus and one ASRock.

Both Gigabyte Boards likely succumbed to heat, one Asus board to heat as well but I'm not sure why the ASRock died.

In saying all of that, through my own experiences I believe that these three mobo makers (excluding others since I haven't tried them) are pretty damn good.
 
Since I started building my own PCs back in 2004, I have always used ASRock due to the exceptional value you get for what you pay. Starting with the 939Dual-SATA2, then the NF6G-VSTA, followed by the M3A770DE, and lastly with my current Extreme3 Gen3, I have yet to have one die on me. So I am conflicted about this rumored merger. :/
 
ASRock has been doing very well recently. They offer great bang for the buck, and they're bound to get better. ASUS knows that ASRock might eclipse them soon if they don't do anything. If this true, I hope it's like when Google bought Motorola. They just become a subsidiary and ASRock just keeps doing what they do.
 
Is this like a return to the mothership move for AsRock? This would be a shame if the deal went through. AsRock just started recently putting out some really quality motherboards with some innovative features. The oddity is about the time they broke major independence from Asus, it was not too long after that they started becoming a premier manufacturer - coincidence?
 
[citation][nom]Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer[/nom]I'm not sure how I feel about this. I went ASRock over Asus for my P67 build (due to some apparent issues with Asus's P67 offerings) and I don't have any regrets about the decision. I sort of feel like ASRock is doing okay the way they are.[/citation]


If only I did the same. I went ASUS and now, my motherboard is RMA and I think it took my i5 2500k with it. ASUS made bad P67 motherboard.
 
I've only had Asus boards for the 3 systems I built for myself, 939 socket A8N-Sli Deluxe, AM2+ M3A32-MVP Deluxe & the most recent Z77 Sabertooth. So naturally I stick with them because I haven't had any problems with any of them and if I did I would most likely give them another chance until I switched brands just because it is a piece of technology and bad things are bound to happen on occasion.
 
[citation][nom]master_chen[/nom]B-B-B-but, AsRock already belongs to Anus! They are basically the same company![/citation]
ASRock has never belonged to Asus. Pegatron is an independent company. The ASRock brand originated within Pegatron back in 2002 when Pegatron was originally spun-off from Asus to operate as an independent subsidiary of Asus. Since then Pegatron has become a completely independent company with no ties to Asus at all aside from manufacturing roughly 30% of the Asus motherboards on the market.

[citation][nom]matt_b[/nom]Is this like a return to the mothership move for AsRock? This would be a shame if the deal went through. AsRock just started recently putting out some really quality motherboards with some innovative features. The oddity is about the time they broke major independence from Asus, it was not too long after that they started becoming a premier manufacturer - coincidence?[/citation]
ASRock was originally the OEM leg of Asus. They didn't become a retail brand until Pegatron as initially spun-off from Asus. When Pegatron was spun-off, they took the ASRock brand with them.
 
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