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

[daveyhue]

In the old 939 days it had to be DFI now its probably Asus

[Mblaster]

My last two motherboards have been ASUS and they're been rock solid.

Although I think my best ever motherboard was from EPoX a long time ago, although it looks like they no longer exist!

[azza1991]

Ive had 2 Gigabyte boards now and not had a single problem with either! I find them better value for money, im sure the ASUS ones are great i just think i can get great for less money

[OilSheikh]

Asus

asrock ( asus 2.0 )

msi

[OilSheikh]

Ive had 2 Gigabyte boards now and not had a single problem with either! I find them better value for money, im sure the ASUS ones are great i just think i can get great for less money

Problem with Gigabyte boards, there is no QFAN! There is a fan control software which you have to install and which takes over from Windows boot.

[Blackmage]

AS Rock, MSI and ASUS...

[benegerton1985]

Asus, but I do miss the old days of socket 939 with my old ABIT board!

[andrewuk]

Intel for me, never any probs. Shame they are pulling out, will probably go for Asus for my next build.

[crossy]

Let's hear it: in your opinion, which is the go-to brand?

Asus - I think the only non-Asus board I've bought was an ASRock one I got for someone else. I buy Asus because they might not be the cheapest, but they seem pretty well made.

If - for some reason - I couldn't buy an Asus one then I think Gigabyte would be next on my list, probably followed by ASRock.

[Sohaib.27]

1. ASUS (appart from their warranty not being too good)
2. GIGABYTE - had this motherboard with an athlon XP, it performed okay
3. ASRock - my last resort. I've had lots of compatibility issues with their last board but brands
do evolve and come out of the darkness!

[Noxvayl]

I am partial to Gigabyte motherboards, the choice came after I had a string of Asus boards fail on me. Since then I've stopped shopping for brands and look for features I like at a price I can afford and my last purchase was Gigabyte because it had the features I wanted at a price lower than the other options with the same features. I tend to recommend Gigabyte to friends and family because of my experience with them but I wouldn't have an issue with using Asus, ASRock or MSI.

[Sharkeye]

I Like ASUS and GIGABYTE.

[Scribe]

None, motherboards are almost always the first component to break. For performance and functionality I stick with ASUS, however I've had a lot of duff boards off them too, often issues down to poor quality control, so it's very much luck of the draw and there's nothing worse than sending a motherboard back when building your own PC.

[loyal986]

Asus, Gigabyte and for budget MSI, for Rock stable and everything else ASUS, for Stable and Manipulation Gigabyte, for normal use MSI.

[ImperfectLink]

I usually go with Asus or Gigabyte although I'm branching out.

[SpeedyJDK]

Sad this isn't for worst motherboard. Asus is the worst junk. Had 2 boards fail last year. One totally died, the other failed USB's, broke down SATA ports. It was a Maximus Extreme. Asus is the worst junk. No idea why ppl buy em.
Gigabyte is probably one of the best boards to pick.
I have an MSI right now, those are also very stable. But i read elsewhere that most returned product in some big company was MSI Z68A-GD65, i have an MSI Z77A-GD80, only problem i had is 1 bios can't flash. So using the other one. hehe.
Asrock also works very well, for a decent price. When i bought an Asrock Extreme 4. The box, the accessories inside and the motherboard itself was a lot more quality than the Asus Maximus IV Z68 one(Bought at the same time). Actually the Asus one looked like the discount.