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I have always wanted an answer to this.
Is a good brand (Asus, Abit gigabyte) more reliable than the newbies (ASRock)?

If so are they worth the money?

What i think is that the more money you spend the better mobo you would get, however, i am not finding this now! Because my Asus 266VM 18 month old has just broke down!



I love my pc
but my pc hates me...
 
Usually cheapo board have less features in BIOS or on-board. If you run at stock speed a cheapo mobo, it will probably run fine but may be a bit slower than high-quality MB. You might also have some memory compatibility issue. Cheapo mobo oftenuse less advance chipset.

If you only build a system for internet/office apps most cheapo mobo will get the job done.

The other side of the story is that some company ask too much because of their brand name. I personnaly think that ASUS ask too much for their mobo. Of course they are reliable, but their "deluxe" version often cost more than other company "deluxe" version. More money in their pocket! :smile:

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Lookin' to fill that <font color=blue>GOD</font color=blue> shape hole!
 
Asrock SiS based boards are great! actually asrock is part of asus i think....i run alot of asrock boards, no problems here, loaded with features as well!, sata raid, onboard lan, sound, 6 usb, usb 2.0......you get the idea:)

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They are the "Top" caz they started earlier than the ones that just starting up, will see in a few years (I wish I'll stik around THAT long) who'l gonna be the "Top".

..this is very useful and helpful place for information...
 
new board companies don't have much business with the retail end till they are around for some time. personally, i'd never buy a board that doesn't give me control over the components.

making a mobo isn't too hard these days. the chipset which is the most important part part, isn't made by a mobo manufacturer and as long as they use quality parts on the mobo, you will end up with a reliable board. the reason why new mobo manufacturers don't give you all the options one such as abit does is because they use cheap transistors, capacitors, diodes, ICs, and so on.

once they become well known and enthusiasts start buying their mobos, you will start seeing them use more expensive parts and sell the mobo for more. since most of their business is usually with OEM or tier one OEM, there really is no need to use expensive parts. that why we tell you no to buy a dell, not because the mobo is going to die on you, but because its performance isn't as high as a mobo you would buy from abit or such.


a good example is my system. you wouldn't be able to do that with an oem board that doesn't give you options to raise the vcore because the transistors and capacitors they use are cheap and can't handle the higher voltages.

</font color=red><b><font color=orange>my sys:
mobo: Abit AN7 @ 442 FSB
CPU: AXPm 2600+ @ 4100+
ram: corsair xms @ 1:1 running 2.5-3-3-6
HDD: two raptors on raid 0
vid: 9800pro @ 467mhz GPU and 834mhz ram<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by scamtrOn on 05/14/04 04:12 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
 
You're right. ASRock is part of Asus. Actually, it is the low-end of the company. Asus fights against Abit, MSI, Gigabyte while ASRock is aiming the same market as ECS and Powercolor. Of course, the are different entities just like Linksys is the lower-end of Cisco.


Past does not guarantee futur. This is rational but not reasonable. What are you?
 
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