Which motherboard?
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TristanPerry
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What's your budget?
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 will do the job and isn't too expensive, whereas the Asus P6X58D-E is a fair bit more expensive but is very high rated. Etc.
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 will do the job and isn't too expensive, whereas the Asus P6X58D-E is a fair bit more expensive but is very high rated. Etc.
joh06937
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128456
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188068
i would probably go with the gigabyte.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188068
i would probably go with the gigabyte.
EVGA boards SUCK. I've disliked every one I've owned.
ASrock X58 extreme is THE best bang for the buck board and comes in under your max budget-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157163
Otherwise, gigabyte is the best if you can swing the extra money. But really the ASRock board has every feature the gigabyte does pretty much.
ASrock X58 extreme is THE best bang for the buck board and comes in under your max budget-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157163
Otherwise, gigabyte is the best if you can swing the extra money. But really the ASRock board has every feature the gigabyte does pretty much.
joh06937
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how reliable are they? i always thought they were more on the lower end as far as manufacturers...
tech savvy
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i thought ASrock was going out of business, and ive heard that there customer service sucks. btw evga have outstanding customer service not to mention lifetime warrenty.i would have to go with what joh06937 recommended which would be the gigabyte.
ASrock is not going out of business. I haven't had any issues at all with tech service, my emails are responded too within 12 hours typically on weekdays.
I never said EVGA was a bad company, but their motherboards just typically have horrible bios layouts and options. I had an SLI LE X58 board, got rid of it a week after I had it....hated it.
I know the X58 extreme is an excellent board, and a great overclocking board too.
I never said EVGA was a bad company, but their motherboards just typically have horrible bios layouts and options. I had an SLI LE X58 board, got rid of it a week after I had it....hated it.
I know the X58 extreme is an excellent board, and a great overclocking board too.
Aastii
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ASRock = Asus.
Asus = Largest supplier of motherboards in the world
ASRock aren't going to be going out of business any time soon all the time they are still making money, which they are. And look at Asus tech support, it is brilliant to say the very least. I wouldn't turn down an ASRock board, especially if I was presented with the option of ASRock or EVGA
Asrock did about eat the dust a few years ago. It was started by Asustek to compete with Foxconn on the lowerend and OEM (Asus didnt want to flood the market with lowend boards with their name on them).
But any way, believe it or not. Asus and Gigabyte was going to get together and start a new company to compete with Foxconn. But just like two big heads, could not come to a agreement on what even the name was going to be. Much less who would have the overriding control and profit. So the deal fell through.
Hence we still have Asrock. They have come out with better boards in the last few years, but they are still built cheaper with the same features as higher end boards (thinner PCB, cheaper Mosfets/Chokes to keep the price down.
But any way, believe it or not. Asus and Gigabyte was going to get together and start a new company to compete with Foxconn. But just like two big heads, could not come to a agreement on what even the name was going to be. Much less who would have the overriding control and profit. So the deal fell through.
Hence we still have Asrock. They have come out with better boards in the last few years, but they are still built cheaper with the same features as higher end boards (thinner PCB, cheaper Mosfets/Chokes to keep the price down.
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ScottALot
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With a budget like that, you've got enough to put some into buyer security... ASRock doesn't seem like such a reputable brand in the physical sense that they're giving you lower end parts, parts that seem like a ticking time bomb to me. Unless I have a really strict budget, going with the crowd will save you some time and stress.
bomberboysk
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Uh, I've seen that stated alot on the internet, truth is Foxconn produces more motherboards/logic boards than any other manufacturer out there(don't forget the OEM segments as well, they OEM the boards for alot of manufacturers). Plus they make a majority of the microsoft/apple/sony/nintendo hardware just to name a few...
And as stated earlier, ASRock is the budget sector of ASUS, they are not equal, ASUS branded boards are made to a higher spec using higher end components.
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FuryRosewood
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if you want any bit of reliability, id go either asus or gigabyte, steer clear of asrock unless your desperate and willing to take the chance the board will be flakey and need to be RMAed, i have never had a single issue using a gigabyte board, and feel it is worth the expense, you may spend the money, but you wont have the headaches down the road, like im having with my biostar...piece of crap. x.x
I just love how all the people in this thread bashing ASRock have never owned one. This X58 extreme does not suffer in quality. ASRock used to be known for having inferior quality, yes, but once again that was back in the socket 775 era. Now with the P55 and X58 boards ASrock is every bit as good as Asus or gigabyte.
Aastii
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I was on about for PCs, not for consoles/handheld devices/everyday appliances. Something like a third of computers have an Asus board in them.
I don't know about as good. On paper maybe, but they lack the quality that Asus boards do because of cheaper components being used in some places. Over the normal lifetime though it shouldn't make a single bit of difference though really
Nice bandwagon jumping there. First you say asrock is pretty good, then after the bashing by other members all of the sudden it's ''well, they do have cheaper components and lack quality blah blah blah''This statement is absolutely ridiculous by furyrosewood. They would be out of business if that was true and they've been in business since 2002 doing better than ever right now.
Yeah and guess what guys, I've overclocked beyond 5ghz several times on ASRock boards with ZERO issues, and not just with I3's I've had an I7 860 past 5ghz on DICE on a P55 pro (yes a $99 P55 board cheapy) at around 1.65v or so IIRC. The P55 pro is the lowest 8+2 phase board, and clocks VERY well. So as far as your cheaper components argument, seems pretty stupid to me because if something was gonna blow up it would have then pushing voltages to extreme's even frying a couple chips while the board remains just fine. Do I think the Gigabyte board is better? Yeah sure, but for $30 less I'd take the ASRock in a heartbeat if I was on a tight budget.
And also, open box deals are great on Newegg. Here's the X58 extreme 3 for $150 which has sata 6gb/s and USB 3.0, helluva deal-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...89R&cm_re=x58_extreme-_-13-157-189R-_-Product
It is a crap shoot with the accessories, but both times I did open box I got it full retail.
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Aastii
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I didn't say they were bad, I just said they weren't, as you claimed, as good as Asus boards. They are still good boards, but lack the quality components that Asus boards have (generally)
I'd actually take an ASrock over an Asus board (unless it's very high end) anyday. So I'll say it again, you guys are all bashing ASRock when you've never owned one!
I don't see a lack of quality anywhere. PCB is just as thick as my UD4P, japanese solid capacitors, 8+2 phase, etc. The UD4P is 12+2 phase, but then again it's a much more expensive board.
Gigabyte is my favorite, then ASRock, then probably MSI, then Asus, etc....Biostar dead last. Biostar is absolute junk. Even one of the highest end Biostar P45 boards I used, the T-power I45, was crap.
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