AsRock motherboads

[shoeb]

how are AsRock mobos for z390, z370 and h370 chipsets in june 2019? and how are they in regards of performance and build quality relative to asus, msi and gigabyte mobos. TIA

[GoldenLag]

they are fine. but i dont see why you would invest into a intel 300 series plattform with Zen arriving in like 2 weeks. 

[Uptivuptiz]

4 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

they are fine. but i dont see why you would invest into a intel 300 series plattform with Zen arriving in like 2 weeks. 

I agree. Zen 2 is out very soon. It's worth the wait IMO.

[porina]

As a generalisation, I find Asrock are faster at providing bios updates and do so for longer than Asus. I really don't like MSI's bios in general, and they seem to slack on updates. No significant experience with Gigabyte to compare. Why the focus on bios? It is a balance of feature/compatibility/security updates. Before anyone says anything, this applies to both Intel and AMD mobos.

[krysta24]

4 hours ago, porina said:

As a generalisation, I find Asrock are faster at providing bios updates and do so for longer than Asus. I really don't like MSI's bios in general, and they seem to slack on updates. No significant experience with Gigabyte to compare. Why the focus on bios? It is a balance of feature/compatibility/security updates. Before anyone says anything, this applies to both Intel and AMD mobos.

I personally like Asus BIOS. Not much experience with ASRock. The most recent gigabyte board I've used was probably with Sandy Bridge or some AM3. Maybe they improved but their BIOS sucked back then.

 

As for build quality ASRock is bang for the buck MSI has generally also good price/performance. Asus is a bit more expensive but their website/support/BIOS/QVL/support list are better than competition. Especially website is IMO way better compared to ASRock (their website is IMO nightmare) that's actually why I passed on them recently. I refuse to spend couple hours figuring out if it's compatible what BIOS is the right one etc. But on the other hand I wanted to be sure as the PC wasn't for me.

 

Maybe unrelated but a friend had horrible OC results on Gigabyte board (cheap AM4), but he's new to PC so maybe he's just bad at OC.

[porina]

22 minutes ago, krysta24 said:

As for build quality ASRock is bang for the buck MSI has generally also good price/performance. Asus is a bit more expensive but their website/support/BIOS/QVL/support list are better than competition. Especially website is IMO way better compared to ASRock (their website is IMO nightmare) that's actually why I passed on them recently. I refuse to spend couple hours figuring out if it's compatible what BIOS is the right one etc. But on the other hand I wanted to be sure as the PC wasn't for me.

I actually went the other way, from Asus to Asrock. I was fed up with slow or non-existent updates from Asus, and their boards of a comparable build/feature set were more expensive than Asrock. I haven't found any advantage to Asus in compatibility or eventual overclocking potential, at least at my level which doesn't involve LN2. Websites for all mobo manufacturers seem to be pretty much the same to me. I just search for the model, hit the support tab and get my downloads there.

[krysta24]

3 hours ago, porina said:

I actually went the other way, from Asus to Asrock. I was fed up with slow or non-existent updates from Asus, and their boards of a comparable build/feature set were more expensive than Asrock. I haven't found any advantage to Asus in compatibility or eventual overclocking potential, at least at my level which doesn't involve LN2. Websites for all mobo manufacturers seem to be pretty much the same to me. I just search for the model, hit the support tab and get my downloads there.

I guess it depends on personal taste and experience. Even lowest end PRIME B450M-K gets new BIOS like every 2 months. About website I tried finding QVL memory list, CPU support list and latest BIOS for asrock b450m pro4. It was all over the place - like 2 totally different sites. Getting this gibberish after clicking on exact board. I don´t care about your other 20+ boards. (+qvl I had to google it, I couldn´t find it in support)