I suppose the correct answer is "SuperMicro", though they have yet to have a board that I wanted to buy for home use.
I suppose the correct answer is "SuperMicro", though they have yet to have a board that I wanted to buy for home use.
I'd always go back to ASUS for mine, had an Asus mainboard in my last 3 systems. All have been repurposed or sold and I have no doubt are still running without issues today. Got a TUF Gryphon at the moment. Great board.
it was Gigabyte for our chat... I've had all sorts of boards, but the one's who's BIOS I have always failed to kill was always Gigabyte
Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
My luck with Asus boards isn't great.
Current one is MSI and it's been good. I picked an established chipset rather than the top of the range.
Only two motherboards died on me in all my years. One BioStar (DoA) and a very old back from Pentium II days. I believe it was from 'Tomato'. Otherwise the motherboards always lasted long enough to grow morally old and be sold.
I've had three Gigabyte boards fail me, two or three MSI boards, and if we include the olden days then there were also a number of Abits, Soyos, BioStars and probably others I can't recall.
Those three Gigabytes comprise all the Gigabyte boards I've owned, so they're not exactly a company I hold in the highest regard where motherboards are concerned (good video cards though). They were all more or less the top models too, which makes it all the worse.
The only MSI board which hasn't misbehaved is my current one, a Big Bang X-Power II. Worst name ever, but a great board and extremely reliable. All the MSIs have also been top models,
The only board makers which have never failed me are Asus and Intel (and Tyan and Supermicro, although I've only owned one of each, many years ago), so basically Asus is the only maker I ever recommend to other people. Intel boards are great in terms of reliability, as one would expect, but as they just don't have the plethora of features offered by Asus in their top models I almost always end up with a board from the latter's line-up. I've probably has as many Asus boards as boards from all the other makers combined (I'm guessing 25 or so), or quite possibly more, so compared to the failure rate of their competitors I'm seriously impressed by the reliability of their boards. Not least because the quality has been entirely consistent over more than two decades.
I might still go for an MSI next time again though, depending on prices and features.
Like other posters on this thread, I have had good experiences with Asus and Gigabyte
However, there is a saying out there The collective noun for anecdotes is not statistics
In other words, the 25 comments on this thread don't really amount to much, For real statistics you would have to go to a large retailer like scan.co.uk and ask them about their return rate, though I can think of any number of reasons why they might refuse to answer.
Failing that, I think DanceswithUnix has hit the nail on the head. You need a motherboard with a long warranty that is mostly purchased by people who will make an expensive fuss if it goes wrong. The problem is that server & workstation motherboards don't tend hold much appeal to enthusiasts, and they tend to be rather expensive.
Zak33 (21-05-2015)
if you're talking about the real manufacturer, then it's Foxconn. if you're talking about a brand then probably one of previously mentioned
Quite right. The preferences stated by ordinary users in a random forum thread should never, ever form the basis of a purchasing decision. However, the OP posed it simply as a discussion, or a statement of preference.
Asking a large retailer about their return rates is certainly a much more reliable basis for making a decision. My own experience is that most aren't particularly interested in answering, since answers have a tendency to end up in places just like this one. I have gotten a few replies up through the years though, usually from tech staff when I've slipped the question in amongst other questions related to problems with a product. Those answers have certainly heavily influenced my purchasing decisions.
Another head nod towards Asus. Every other board I've had has had some very frustrating problems. Asus does a good job on the QA on their boards and they don't cheap out. That makes for excellent compatibility, resilience, and longevity.
1)Gigabyte- dual bios
2)Asus- better at overclocking
3)ASRock/4) MSI - good aesthetics and protection
I've had MSI and ASRock and never had a problem with them. Maybe I've been lucky. I'd love to own a Gigabyte board though, I love their colour schemes!
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