New Hardware.. What do you guys think?

xera said:
The problems I had weren't longevity related.
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State the problems so we can understand possibly why not to buy Asus in your opinion.

Asus haven't had non longevity related problems for years AFAIK so I'm interested to hear. I expect a somewhat unique, non widespread case.
 
TBH... i have been using Gigabyte Motherboards for 5years.. never ever! had a single problem with them, but now that i am a first user on Asus boards i will see the difrence what is realy the best.
 
Shirou said:
TBH... i have been using Gigabyte Motherboards for 5years.. never ever! had a single problem with them, but now that i am a first user on Asus boards i will see the difrence what is realy the best.
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If the Asus failed on the first day it still would not be an indicator of what's best since failure is based on luck of the draw.

Both brands are on par in terms of quality.

One is based locally a local phone call away.
 
Build quality on both brands are great.

Gigabyte is a bit easier to get up running thou. Asus always gives me Ram issues until I do a proper hard reset :/

Still once it's running it's great stuff :)
 
PostmanPot said:
If the Asus failed on the first day it still would not be an indicator of what's best since failure is based on luck of the draw.
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True, but can't realy comment on Asus yet :) will be first time i use the motherboards, but hope i have luck like i had with Gigabyte.
 
Shirou said:
True, but can't realy comment on Asus yet :) will be first time i use the motherboards, but hope i have luck like i had with Gigabyte.
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I see no reason why you wouldn't have the same luck.

And if you don't, at least you have local support (cannot emphasise this enough).
 
PostmanPot said:
I see no reason why you wouldn't have the same luck.

And if you don't, at least you have local support (cannot emphasise this enough).
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hehe sweet, on my way to collect my Chassis and PSU that i was still waiting for from TAKEALOT, tonight it's new PC build time :)
 
PostmanPot said:
State the problems so we can understand possibly why not to buy Asus in your opinion.

Asus haven't had non longevity related problems for years AFAIK so I'm interested to hear. I expect a somewhat unique, non widespread case.
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I never said don't buy Asus, I just said there's nothing wrong with Gigabyte, because some other guy said "Always get a Asus"
I've got a GA-P35-DS3R and P8P67 Deluxe atm, both are as stable as a rock. So, I am not at all biased like you might think...

However, evidence to support my claims:

Their cheaper mobo range aren't the same quality as the more expensive ones.

My dad got a cheaper asus mobo (few hundred rand), and it won't even let him flash the BIOS to upgrade the CPU, main reason so that it can bypass the stupid warning it gives on each boot.

Please note that cheaper price should not imply lesser quality, merely lesser features.
 
xera said:
I never said don't buy Asus, I just said there's nothing wrong with Gigabyte, because some other guy said "Always get a Asus"
I've got a GA-P35-DS3R and P8P67 Deluxe atm, both are as stable as a rock. So, I am not at all biased like you might think...

However, evidence to support my claims:

Their cheaper mobo range aren't the same quality as the more expensive ones.

My dad got a cheaper asus mobo (few hundred rand), and it won't even let him flash the BIOS to upgrade the CPU, main reason so that it can bypass the stupid warning it gives on each boot.

Please note that cheaper price should not imply lesser quality, merely lesser features.
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Likewise, someone saying "Always get Asus" does not infer that there is anything wrong with Gigabyte, or any other top tier brand.

Let's talk about cheaper vs expensive mobos and quality, as I fail to understand this. Over the years I have done detailed comparisons between Asus and Gigabyte G31/G41/H67/etc. mobos compared to Asus and Gigabyte P45, X48, P67 etc. I have never noticed any trends that point to Asus having lesser quality at the entry level? Please could you elaborate.
 
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