Gigabyte vs Asus BIOS updates

mushtafa · 4 Aug 2015 at 15:06

Which manufacture supports their BIOS the longest?

I wanted my next upgrade to include a Gigabyte board, but it looks like Asus may offer better/longer support.

Has anyone got experience? - I've never owned an Asus board

llamadal · 4 Aug 2015 at 15:09

I feel gigabyte are far better at supporting its customers than Asus, so it's an easy choice from my perspective.

mushtafa · 4 Aug 2015 at 15:38

I've always favoured Gigabyte, mainly because of customer service and UK based RMA centre etc. But not having used Asus before, I can't really compare.

wazza300 · 4 Aug 2015 at 16:19

both are just as good,asus release few bios's,gigabyte tend to release more regular inc a lot of beta bios's

both should be well supported for a long time

I have both an asus z68 board and a gigabyte z77 board and no issues regarding compatibility with either regarding bios

Combat Fighter · 4 Aug 2015 at 19:28

Gigabyte every time.

Had loads of them over the years and never let me down.

Plus the RMA support is in the UK.

I would not touch a Anus board.

mushtafa · 4 Aug 2015 at 20:26

Thanks all.

C64 · 5 Aug 2015 at 06:34

Is it still in the uk ? or do you ship to the netherlands or germany now ?

mushtafa · 5 Aug 2015 at 12:46

Gigabyte? Last time I enquired about a replacement IO plate, it came from the UK within a few days

C64 · 5 Aug 2015 at 18:50

I read a couple months ago that they have changed it to the netherlands.
need to hear from someone whos rma'd a board or card recently.

Combat Fighter · 5 Aug 2015 at 19:44

C64 said:
I read a couple months ago that they have changed it to the netherlands.
need to hear from someone whos rma'd a board or card recently.

I think this answers your question:

http://uk.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/customer-service.aspx

Motherboard:
Please mail to [email protected](For UK and Ireland residents only) for further information

Based in the UK.

spike2011 · 7 Aug 2015 at 01:24

Want a Gigabyte Matx board for Skylake not many yet for sale found GA-Z170M-D3H for £94 not much choice really.

wazza300 · 7 Aug 2015 at 01:56

There will be some,give it time