What motherboard do you have?

[The Great Kamek]

I have an MSI B350 PC mate. Good Mobo at a good reasonable price. What do you have?

[mxk]

GA-F2A78M-HD2 

and 

Aorus Pro Z390

 

I like gigabyte stuff.

[gbergeron]

I hate MSI.

 

I like Asus and Gigabyte

[The Great Kamek]

Just now, gbergeron said:

I hate MSI.

 

I like Asus and Gigabyte

Why the hate?

[Godlygamer23]

P8Z77-V LK. 

[mxk]

1 minute ago, masked_guy said:

Why the hate?

They've made some pretty shitty stuff so I wouldn't be surprised if this guy has had a bad time with MSI stuff.

[The Great Kamek]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

They've made some pretty shitty stuff so I wouldn't be surprised if this guy has had a bad time with MSI stuff.

One month later, it still works fine. And it is the only board that I can afford

[Electronics Wizardy]

Alot of boards but my main system is using a intel s2600cp

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, mxk. said:

They've made some pretty shitty stuff so I wouldn't be surprised if this guy has had a bad time with MSI stuff.

Indeed.

I personally hate their military marketing BS. Although I hate it whenever any company uses it as a selling point. 

[mxk]

1 hour ago, masked_guy said:

One month later, it still works fine

lmao I wasn't even talking about your board. I said "they've made shitty stuff" not "all of their products are shitty".

 

MSI actually did good with the Ryzen motherboards, mostly B350 and B450.

 

1 hour ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Indeed.

I personally hate their military marketing BS. Although I hate it whenever any company uses it as a selling point. 

ARSENAL GAMING DURABLE MILITARY CLASS PCB TOUGH AS A ROCK YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH /s

[The Great Kamek]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

lmao I wasn't even talking about your board. I said "they've made shitty stuff" not "all of their products are shitty".

 

MSI actually did good with the Ryzen motherboards, mostly B350 and B450.

oh

[MkaiL]

I personally use asus boards in all my own pc's. I did builds for others with msi, gigabyte and asrock motherboards though. Never tried an evga board but might check it out for my next upgrade. Here is what I use right now:

- Asus maximus 8 formula z170

- Asus z170-pro

- Asus z370 prime-A

[TempestCatto]

The one currently in my pc is an MSI 990FXA Gaming, never an issue with it. I've had Gigabyte and Asrock, both very good boards too. That said I've also worked with other brands, like Asus for example, also a good company.

[3 Lions]

Main PC: Asus Prime X299-A

and

Secondary PC: Asus Z97-A 

Edited January 20, 2019 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

[XR6]

Main PC: Gigabyte B85M-HD3

Secondary PC: OEM iMac motherboard (2012)

Other than that I have an ASRock X79 Extreme6. I'm pretty sure it's dead so I haven't tried booting it up yet, although part of me thinks that it might still be working.

 

[gbergeron]

29 minutes ago, masked_guy said:

Why the hate?

I just feel for the price you can get better quality with gigabyte

 

Also I had client's MSI motherboards failing couple times while working in a little computer store. I never had to RMA an gigabyte or asus, but that might just be a matter of luck...

 

You know how it is, if you have a bad experience with something, you stay away from it after, even if you only hit the 0.1% fail rate by being unlucky...

 

In my case its a bit of that, and a bit of builds around ive seen with MSI boards failing.

 

I am not saying they are a bad company and to avoid at all cost... you will probably be fine. Just my experience  

 

Now I stick to gigabyte or asus 

[The Great Kamek]

Just now, gbergeron said:

I just feel for the price you can get better quality with gigabyte

 

Also I had client's MSI motherboards failing couple times while working in a little computer store. I never had to RMA an gigabyte or asus, but that might just be a matter of luck...

 

You know how it is, if you have a bad experience with something, you stay away from it after, even if you only hit the 0.1% fail rate by being unlucky...

 

In my case its a bit of that, and a bit of builds around ive seen with MSI boards failing.

 

I am not saying they are a bad company and to avoid at all cost... you will probably be fine. Just my experience  

 

Now I stick to gigabyte or asus 

Mine is like 70 dollars or so. any board that is around that range?

[gbergeron]

1 hour ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Main PC: Asus Prime X299-A

and

Secondary PC: Asus Z97-A 

I had a good experience with all my asus in the past so I tend to stay with them too but I think they have cheap out on components a litttttle bit in the recent years, I've heard to use third party company to manufacter or something not sure... that being said all products Ive buy since Ive heard that were perfectly working fine.

 

1 hour ago, masked_guy said:

Mine is like 70 dollars or so. any board that is around that range?

I mean you already bought it right ? Just stick to it. If it works then you will be good until you change computer most likely.

 

Motherboards don't really mind unless you go for overclocking/high end overclocking..

 

As long as you have features you need ( like wifi integrated or enuff PCIE lanes for big end workstations etc.. )

 

One thing I do google sometimes when comparing motherboards is the audio chipset and VRMs quality and quantity but you could go way more deeper like transistors quality etc etc

[The Great Kamek]

1 minute ago, gbergeron said:

I mean you already bought it right ? Just stick to it. If it works then you will be good until you change computer most likely.

 

Motherboards don't really mind unless you go for overclocking/high end overclocking..

 

As long as you have features you need ( like wifi integrated or enuff PCIE lanes for big end workstations etc.. )

 

One thing I do google sometimes when comparing motherboards is the audio chipset and VRMs quality and quantity but you could go way more deeper like transistors quality etc etc

ah

[TempestCatto]

2 minutes ago, gbergeron said:

I just feel for the price you can get better quality with gigabyte

 

Also I had client's MSI motherboards failing couple times while working in a little computer store. I never had to RMA an gigabyte or asus, but that might just be a matter of luck...

 

You know how it is, if you have a bad experience with something, you stay away from it after, even if you only hit the 0.1% fail rate by being unlucky...

 

In my case its a bit of that, and a bit of builds around ive seen with MSI boards failing.

 

I am not saying they are a bad company and to avoid at all cost... you will probably be fine. Just my experience  

 

Now I stick to gigabyte or asus 

My MSI motherboard was left to soak in the pouring down rain (fuck you USPS) for a few hours before I got home. Let it dry off and cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol and it's been working ever since. So I'd like to guess you just had some lemons come your way, happens from time to time.

[gbergeron]

Just now, TempestCatto said:

My MSI motherboard was left to soak in the pouring down rain (fuck you USPS) for a few hours before I got home. Let it dry off and cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol and it's been working ever since. So I'd like to guess you just had some lemons come your way, happens from time to time.

Yeah probably, but I had a friend who had an MSI die on him and had to RMA, and a couple clients as well while working in a computer shop. Never had any Asus or Giga die in the same meantime.

 

So it's my own experience.

[The Great Kamek]

1 minute ago, TempestCatto said:

My MSI motherboard was left to soak in the pouring down rain (fuck you USPS) for a few hours before I got home. Let it dry off and cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol and it's been working ever since. So I'd like to guess you just had some lemons come your way, happens from time to time.

It is best to receive the package when youre home

[gbergeron]

I also had many people who had MSI boards that worked just perfectly too don't get me wrong !  

 

It's like if you say MSI is a 9/10 to me giga and asus are a 10/10 so why pick the 9 ? That's my preferences, I think MSI, Giga,Asus are very good products and have made their proof on the market

[TempestCatto]

3 minutes ago, masked_guy said:

It is best to receive the package when youre home

Lol you don't think I wanted to be there when it did? I couldn't just skip school to wait for it. I have a handicap ramp that leads upto a roofed porch, USPS (and other carriers) will throw boxes over the railing, or leave them at the bottom of the ramp. If the fuck head (I think he got fired after I reported it) just walked for 2 seconds, it would have been fine.

[Princess Luna]

Like it or not but nowadays Gigabyte does better motherboards than ASUS on all price points.