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I've used Asus over the years but like yourself I dont like the idea of soldered on bios chips, also the fact that Asus RMA is terrible - looking at 8 weeks upon return to Asus.

You will notice alot of system builds at various e-tailors including Yoyotech are done with the Abit Motherboards, thats because of its good reputation of being reliable, easy to overclock, stability, good value for money etc.

Originally Posted by psd99

Definetly GIGABYTE.

I love their boards I got the Gigabyte 7N400 Pro 2 really classy board. They look attractive too.

I think the Gigabyte boards have a terrible colour scheme, but thats down to each individuals taste but who cares once it's in your case, I've got a window & never look in mine.

Originally Posted by psd99

Thing with Asus is you get all these silly ASUS screens I hate that and of course they look really ugly.

If you go into the bios you can switch that off.