Goodbye ASUS hello ASROCK

Have used asus for years but recently built a FM1 htpc and decided to go with Asrock cracking little board for the price and when I do my next system upgrade will be looking at whatever current Asrock board there is, simply because you get your moneys worth.
 
I can't imagine that there are many non-business users who are desperate to run four drives in a RAID0 array. Why provide features for a market that doesn't exist?
 
Saundie said:
I can't imagine that there are many non-business users who are desperate to run four drives in a RAID0 array. Why provide features for a market that doesn't exist?
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I thought 4 sata3 was supposed to be standard on the x79 chip
 
sypher365 said:
Have used asus for years but recently built a FM1 htpc and decided to go with Asrock cracking little board for the price and when I do my next system upgrade will be looking at whatever current Asrock board there is, simply because you get your moneys worth.
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I agree i was going down the x79 route but went for the z68 until prices come down a bit but my next board will be a Asrock as they are better value for money
 
delpy8 said:
I thought 4 sata3 was supposed to be standard on the x79 chip
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Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. Intel's page on the x79 chipset states;

Serial ATA (SATA) 6 Gb/s - Next-generation high-speed storage interface supporting up to 6 Gb/s transfer rates for optimal data access with up to 2 SATA ports.
Serial ATA (SATA) 3 Gb/s - High-speed storage interface supporting up to 4 SATA ports.
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Which means that Asus aren't the ones to blame, as this is what Intel has provided to them. :)
 
Thats good to know they are nothing to do with Asus, and long may they continue to make
Good boards that can compete with the rest of the overpriced Mobo market
 
I have been looking at Asus x79 boards, I've ignored ASRock as I always thought that they were a budget brand??
How do their boards stack up against Asus or gigabyte for durability, as it is OK to have all the features, but no good if the board dies after a year due to ***p manufacturing.
I have no idea if this is still the case, but I do know that they were a budget brand when they first came out..
 
I think they do pretty well as per the forum especially the extreme and fatality versions but its early days and Ive always used Asus but will be moving to Asrock in time
 
edgedemon said:
How do their boards stack up against Asus or gigabyte for durability, as it is OK to have all the features, but no good if the board dies after a year due to ***p manufacturing.
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Don't foxconn manufacture the asrock boards same as most other manufacturers? if so should be as reliable as all the others. The new Asrock boards use Japan-made gold solid capacitors etc so components should be good.
 
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i used to always get asrock boards in the old days when they were cheap as chips and always were a good reliable board.
 
Asus use to own Asrock in the old days, not anymore as other people have said Pegatron now own them.

Also I have used Asus and Asrock boards for many years for work systems and for my home builds I use to always use Asus boards but after working with so many Asrock and Asus boards I found the Asrock ones lasted longer and worked out of the box 100% of the time and the Asus ones were a bit hit and miss sometimes.

My current build is the Asrock Fatal1ty Z68 Pro Gen3 intel Z68 and it's a fantastic motherboard and I couldn't find an Asus board that matched it for features and quality. They are no longer budget boards and have surpassed Asus for quality and components used in my opinion. The board I had before was the Asus P5Q Deluxe and I always buy the high end boards and this board this time round ticked all the boxes and when it was delivered and I opened the box I was shocked how good the board was put together and made Asus boards look cheap and nasty. I always as others remember Asrock as budget boards and most of the boards I used for work systems were budget boards to replace dead motherboards that had sockets that were EOL and Asrock always had boards for them and never had a single Asrock die yet even after many years of 24/7 use systems. It was at work that opened my eyes to how well made they are and how long they can last without any problems.

With the new Sandy bridge and E chips I think Asrock really has done well and I wish them lots of luck and hope for many more great products from them and pray they don't get lazy once they realise people buy them because they trust the name.

They should be a sign to other companies that make motherboards and have got lazy making great boards, or making poor quality and crazy coloured boards that are very over priced because their company name sells them (will not point fingers but we all know who these companies are).
 
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