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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Never had a problem with Gigabyte.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    I have a failed Gigabyte board at the moment, i have never had a failed asus board but i have had a few problematic ones, MSI have been a bit patchy aswell.

    I dont really 'trust' any of them since abit went down the pan, i just get the one that seems to fit the bill.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Asus, Asrock, ECS. the only 3. msi and gigabyte fell off the wagon for me.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Intel, but it seems they are ceasing production of Intel branded boards, so failing that Asus or Gigabyte

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Asus or Gigabyte for me. Had no bad experiences with either brand.

    Can't speak of any competing brands as I've stuck to what I know works for me.

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    ASUS, but very impressed by my AS Rock mini board

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Asus, I've only had one of their boards die on me, and that was only after 8 years of major abuse. It was my workhorse for what felt like forever, sad to see it go really. Every other board maker was a pain in the ass out of the box and most of them packed it in before their sell-by-date.
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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    I don't have any particular preference and would trust any of the big names.

    I really try to just get the best value board for what I need.

    I am currently running asrock z77 extreme 4 on my main pc and have a biostar in my HTPC which so far has been a great board.

    My last couple of boards, foxconn blackops, abit ab9 quadgt.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Asus it is.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Gotta say I been running on a Biostar for many years now, not one problem. I really like the look of their current Hi-Fi boards too.

    Never been a fan of Asus, too much proprietary gubbins on those. Gigabyte seem pretty solid; I once bought one out of a box that was bent like a banana, screwed it in straight and it worked fine. The DFI LanParty Pro875B was a trooper but they don't make retail parts anymore.
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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    ASUS are the only one's i truly trust and if there's none of them then MSI and gigabyte and i avoid ASrock like the plague.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Asus for my personal pc's and for a few friends, done some things with asrock that did not have good stability.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Only ASUS or Gigabyte for me (more ASUS for quality & Gigabyte for when I need flexibility). Currently own ASUS P6T Deluxe v1 with OC i7-920 & 48GB RAM (the P6T Deluxe accepts certain 8GB modules!) running 4 VMs.

    Though I have had boards from both manufacturers fail on me (ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe & Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3) - though this was through age/longevity - using them (sometimes 24/7) for >6yrs can finally takes its toll. Excellent boards.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    TBH it would be unfair to extrapolate based purely on my experience, but aside from Sapphire and Intel I don't remember major problems with other brands I've used. While Asus are OK, they're nothing special vs other brands, and I'm not too sure about their more recent models but in the past they've paid little attention to power efficiency, something Gigabyte are also guilty of in my experience but ASrock seem to be fairly good in that regard.

    I can't simply say 'x brand is teh only way to go' simply because they're the only one I've used and not had any problems.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Just ASUS

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Which motherboard manufacturer do you trust most?

    Any of the big three (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI), although I like ASUS the most

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