Once you go Asus , you dont go back!

Tackle_Berry · 17 Oct 2011 at 18:20

I swapped my old Asus board for a new Gigabyte. Would have bought a new Asus but the Gigabyte had more features for the same price.

Elevon · 17 Oct 2011 at 18:47

I agree its pot luck ,any board can or become faulty so brand loyalty don't mean much.

I've 6 year old Epox NF4 Ultra board still going strong and even an older DFI NF2 board still working....shame Epox are no longer in the business.

d_brennen · 17 Oct 2011 at 20:23

Elevon said:
I agree its pot luck ,any board can or become faulty so brand loyalty don't been much.

I've 6 year old Epox NF4 Ultra board still going strong and even an older DFI NF2 board still working....shame Epox are no longer in the business.

An achievement for nfoce boards for sure. I had no end of problems with my old socket A nfoce boards

Phil2008 · 17 Oct 2011 at 23:58

neoglow said:
So I upgraded a while back with a new motherboard and ram etc, and had been experiencing 'issues' ever since. I was getting random restarts, BSOD's, CRC errors when copying or installing programs/games. Memtest failed massively so I thought bad memory but they worked fine in a different computer, so I figured it was the motherboard or PSU, I was pulling my hair out. Some days the PC seemed to work fine and games/windows worked flawlessly, others days it would play up no end. Hoping it wouldn’t be hardware I tried every software 'fix' I could think of with no luck. Truthfully I didn’t have the time to RMA the motherboard and ram so I bit the bullet and just bought replacements.

The motherboard that I think was faulty was a Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3. The ram was Corsair Dominator 4gb 1600mhz which was on the QVL list for that board. This was the first time I had bought a Gigabyte and I know I was probably just unlucky with a faulty board but I have been stung now and will probably not buy Gigabyte again. I have used Asus for as long as I can remember, my first board was an Asus and I used them ever since. Don’t really know why but this time around I tried a different brand. Nevertheless, I returned to Asus for the replacement and got a P8P67 Pro and some QVL listed Corsair XMS3 1600mhz ram, which has been rock solid and Im blasting through games like Rage and Dead Island which were playing up and freezing all the time with the old board.

It’s a shame when this happens but I guess sticking with what you know is best practice.

Well the last 2 gigabyte boards Ive bought has been nothing but trouble, so Im also staying away from gigabyte now.

SL09 · 18 Oct 2011 at 17:34

I'm with ASUS since 2003. Very happy with the quality. Not tried other brands until a couple of months ago, built a dual-Xeon system with EVGA SR-2, good experience but have not optimised the potential of the board due to funding.

neoglow · 18 Oct 2011 at 17:36

Thanks for replies guys!

Nelly said:
I don't really worry about RMA waiting times, my philosophy now is if the motherboard goes faulty! buy a new one! then sell the replacement.

Im the same, it probably sounds daft but when I know Ive got a bit of dodgy computer hardware I tend to replace it, go through all the hassle of reinstalling drivers etc and then RMA the faulty board to stick on eBay or going by past experience just bin the faulty part. Its a costly way of doing it but, the thought of sending a part off to the manufacturer, they look at it and 'repair' it and return it just dosent sit well with me :eek:

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Dunno why but I have a strange 'issue' about 2nd hand computer parts. Id rather know its brand new, in its shiny wrapper, off the machine production line and not been touched since it left the factory. (go on, have a good giggle)

I think I compare repairing sophisticated, delecate computer hardware with repairing a big, strong car. To me its just not the same and the idea of some - professional (maybe?) - techy armed with a soldering iron repairing my motherboard is what scares me into just buying a new part!

EDIT: I think I know where it may have started, years ago I had my car stolen and it was involved in an accident by the thief, the police recovered the car and I got it back. It had quite a bit of body damage etc which the insurance company paid for but ever since getting it back it just wasnt the same any more. The car was fully repaired but the thought of it being driven by someone else and then repairing it, I'd lost my love for the car and just couldnt wait to sell it.

Boss_man · 18 Oct 2011 at 20:11

neoglow said:
Thats interesting, I didnt know that. Hopefully they have sorted that now, the board I got is a P8P67 Pro 3.1 version with the latest bios - 2001 rev.
Fingers crossed!

The issue's people had were mainly down to lack of bios updates and knowledge due to it been a new chipset but everything should be fine now.

miker1 · 20 Oct 2011 at 15:09

For me the disaster boardmaker was MSI.
I swore that after 2 different MB's broke over the years of buying, that I would never touch them again.

Abit [cry] and Gigabyte no problems [and I live in MK too!]

However the new MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 [not B3] looks very tempting........

Nelly · 20 Oct 2011 at 15:27

miker1 said:
For me the disaster boardmaker was MSI.
I swore that after 2 different MB's broke over the years of buying, that I would never touch them again.

Abit [cry] and Gigabyte no problems [and I live in MK too!]

However the new MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 [not B3] looks very tempting........

Lucky you, I would be buying Gigabyte motherboards all the time, could drop the motherboard into there RMA centre by foot, save a small fortune on postage anyway lol.

Scythe · 20 Oct 2011 at 15:32

neoglow said:
Thats interesting, I didnt know that. Hopefully they have sorted that now, the board I got is a P8P67 Pro 3.1 version with the latest bios - 2001 rev.
Fingers crossed!

My P8P67 LE sometimes stalls on POST, takes about 20 secs to POST

Has never failed POST though, I can't seem to work out what's wrong with it.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Oct 2011 at 15:33

Have used Asus boards for as long as I can remember.