I also use EK water cooling, and I have few concerns with that.For me, i read Asus and didnt even care what the other board was. I would take Asus every day and twice on sunday. I've been using Asus boards since 2009 without any issues ( ived had 2 failed boards, 1 was to much voltage overclocking, the other was a leaking water block so no fault of Asus) and all of them have overclocked amazingly. Later this year when i build a new system, be it intel or amd ill be going with an Asus board.
Big brands always have high pricesI would take neither to be honest, as both have done me wrong over the years. I tried to get support on an Asus laptop, and they were useless. I ended up figuring out what I needed, myself, and had a local shop fix the broken component that need replacing. You know it's bad when jayztwocents drops them as a sponsor. Wish he had done that prior to building the system of his, that I won. My Z270 strix ITX was a terrible board. Buggiest board I have had in years. A fellow mod had to deal with their CS, for a motherboard RMA, and they sent him back a board that had a cracked I/O shroud. Their boards are typically overpriced, especially on the lower end of the spectrum. Skimp on features compared to say Gigabyte, at a given price point.
MSI's customer support has literally lied to me before.
My two oops were on an Asus rampage 3 extreme LGA 1366 motherboard. The first one was on full air and just pushed way to much voltage into the board killing it. I then rebought the board and installed from DangerDen a full motherboard block and cpu block, it lasted till around 2019 when one of the screws going into the motherboard block leaked killing the board. I then replaced it with a used one off ebay and its now running under full air as a make shift storage server.I also use EK water cooling, and I have few concerns with that.
Thanks for the reply.
Both Asus and Gigabyte have rubbed me the wrong way in the past. Never owned a MSI MB. Pick your poison.or
- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO
- MSI MEG Z790 ACE MAX
My two oops were on an Asus rampage 3 extreme LGA 1366 motherboard. The first one was on full air and just pushed way to much voltage into the board killing it. I then rebought the board and installed from DangerDen a full motherboard block and cpu block, it lasted till around 2019 when one of the screws going into the motherboard block leaked killing the board. I then replaced it with a used one off ebay and its now running under full air as a make shift storage server.
Ive had 7 different Asus intel build and one AMD over the last 15 years. I have the current one in my sig at home, an AMD one at work, and a Asus laptop. Every single one is still running weather it be by me or given to a family member.
Im not saying ASUS hasnt done some bad stuff over the years, i just have never had a issue with any of the boards i have bought or had to deal with their customer service. If an when that day comes that i feel they have done me wrong i'll move on.
At the moment I can't find anything on Gigabyte of this class in my country.Both Asus and Gigabyte have rubbed me the wrong way in the past. Pick your poison.
My current rig is a AMD 5950x and Asus a x570-Pro WiFi. Noting fancy but it works well.At the moment I can't find anything on Gigabyte of this class in my country.
As a design YES, ASUS has no competition in my opinion
But it is not important that it looks good, but that it works well.
I agree.My Rampage Formula III half died on me, but I think that was the result of too much memory voltage over many years.
I still have my Hero VI. It worked well enough, though the onboard audio picked up a lot of noise so I did end up installing a sound card. Hilariously an ASUS Xonar with third party drivers (never could get the 1st party drivers to work)
All of my Gigabyte and ASRock boards are still fully functional.
Just don't think there is any need to pay $300-400 for a board when a $200 one will work just the same.
Knowing where you are buying from would go a long way for people to make suggestions.At the moment I can't find anything on Gigabyte of this class in my country.
As a design YES, ASUS has no competition in my opinion
But it is not important that it looks good, but that it works well.
What is the price difference? That's all i care about these days as they all work more or less the same, just make sure whatever you get has the features you want. I've got some current beef with Asus since they refused to warranty a board i bought new from microcenter within their warranty period. The warranty was supposed to go by purchase date, not date of production, it failed 2 months after the production date hit 3 years, but one month before it had hit three years from date of purchase, they refused to warranty it. That said, if its cheap enough, i wouldn't care. Good companies can sometimes make bad products, and sometimes a company thats not known for good products can make something golden.or
- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO
- MSI MEG Z790 ACE MAX
To be honest, MSI is cheaperWhat is the price difference? That's all i care about these days as they all work more or less the same, just make sure whatever you get has the features you want. I've got some current beef with Asus since they refused to warranty a board i bought new from microcenter within their warranty period. The warranty was supposed to go by purchase date, not date of production, it failed 2 months after the production date hit 3 years, but one month before it had hit three years from date of purchase, they refused to warranty it. That said, if its cheap enough, i wouldn't care. Good companies can sometimes make bad products, and sometimes a company thats not known for good products can make something golden.
I have never used MSIAll of the higher end Z790 boards are basically the same as far as quality so it's a matter of what you like the looks of or has specific IO you're looking for. The exception to this is the Asus Z790 Apex/Apex Encore and Gigabyte Tachyon X where they've both opted for dual DIMM configurations and done extremely good design for the memory topology.
My last three primary systems were Asus, MSI and now Gigabyte motherboards and all have worked fine. The MSI had some issues, but I opted to not RMA as it was nothing I cared about and I didn't want to deal with the RMA process. My last two server boxes were both Asus simply because of the value/features they offered. I did not go with Asus for my X99 systems because of reports about their boards overvolting without user input which toasted systems (this was even worse with BDW as they were more sensitive than HSW).
Long story short: any big manufacturers can has problems, but for the most part they're all pretty good. Pick something based on the features you're looking for, a company you're willing to trust and the aesthetics you like.