Most consistent board manufacturer

[SpeedFreak]

I am aware that most comparisons are motherboard specific, however I am wonderwing which brands the users here have had the least problems with. Gigabyte to me on paper should be excellent, but maybe I have just been unlucky, the boards of theirs I've had have always been problematic with audio glitches and failures. MSI and Asus on the other hand have been absolutely painless every time I've used them.

What are other people's experiences like?

Maybe a mod could set up a poll:

Which mainboard manufacturer do you have the most faith in?

Asrock
Asus
Abit (miss them)
DFI
EVGA
Gigabyte
Intel
MSI
Other

 

[SpeedFreak]

Updated my post to add a couple of manufacturers. As I said, with Gigabyte I may just be unfortunate, but with one of their boards currently being RMA'd I am having a hard time choosing something suitable for my i5 750 in the MATX format as gigabyte make the p55m UD4 but I don't want to go with them. The best asus option is about £40 more

 

[SpeedFreak]

Last 3 motherboards were MSI (MS-6199VA), MSI (K8N Neo Platinum) and Gigabyte (GA-P55M-UD2).

Like you, I was hesitant in replacing my mATX P55M-UD2 with the same model, but it's been great so far. My problem was with the P55 fragile socket pins - a common complaint - and not the motherboard manufacturer.

I looked at the P55M-UD4 and Asus Maximus III Gene as potential replacements, but couldn't justify the extra price for my build.

It's funny you mention the P55M-UD2 as my potential replacement may up being the Asus H55 Evo. It's about £20 more expensive, but has a better power phase and a Lotes socket than the gigabyte. It is not sli which I never intend to use and it doesn't do raid, but again, with SSDs I don't see this as an issue as I will just run a NAS anyhow. I have only found one review but it seems solid.

The current Asus p55 MATX board doesn't have as good a power setup and the Asus Mamimus III Gene is too expensive for what it is.

 

[SpeedFreak]

just an update, my motherboard just came back from Gigabyte and it has a broken cpu socket pin