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Hi guys!

I am asking this because some say it is a tech crime recommending ASRock mobos to other people. I just don't know what's wrong with their mobos, they have unique designs that I like, just my opinion.

Well, I never had an ASRock mobo...

Thanks for the explanations ;)

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You never use Asrock or MSI motherboards. Both have very bad reliability and customer support.

 

What? MSI is one of the highest recommended motherboard and GPU manufacturer on this forum. I have been using their boards and GPUs for the last 4 rigs I have owned, over like the last 10 years and in my server too!

 

 

Asrock boards are perfectly fine too, though not necessarily the best they produce some decent products

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I've never had any problems with my ASRock board and it had all the features I wanted at a good price point. I also used a ASRock A75 Pro4 on my dad's build and it hasn't given us any problems either.

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ASRock used to be low-end Asus. They made cheap motherboards and weird motherboards. Both pretty terrible.

Another manufacturer with something of a bad reputation is Microstar. They used to make a lot of shitty OEM boards and they used really, really cheap components. Most notably some of their boards had Fuhjyyu caps.

EDIT: That only applies to pre-775 boards though. No idea how ASRock or MSI boards are these days.

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What? MSI is one of the highest recommended motherboard and GPU manufacturer on this forum

 

 

Asrock boards are perfectly fine too, though not necessarily the best they produce some decent products

Give that man a cookie, I've never had a problem with MSI mobo. 

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What? MSI is one of the highest recommended motherboard and GPU manufacturer on this forum

 

 

Asrock boards are perfectly fine too, though not necessarily the best they produce some decent products

No MSI has the worst customer service ever. I know people and youtubers that won't buy them because of that. Asus or gigabyte are the only brand to buy.
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Bunch of haters is all.I have it,and it serves me more than fine actually.

RMA'd it successfully couple months ago as well (regarding the bad customer service) and it was 100% my fault. They should not RMA it at all but they did anyways.

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No MSI has the worst customer service ever. I know people and youtubers that won't buy them because of that. Asus or gigabyte are the only brand to buy.

 

I see MSI recommended and used all the time?

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I see MSI recommended and used all the time?

Sorry I worded it wrong in my original post. MSI boards work fine and they are pretty good boards. But if something goes wrong or you get a bad board their customer service is a nightmare.

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Hi guys!

I am asking this because some say it is a tech crime recommending ASRock mobos to other people. I just don't know what's wrong with their mobos, they have unique designs that I like, just my opinion.

Well, I never had an ASRock mobo...

Thanks for the explanations ;)

Meh, I'm sure their boards are fine. Just not as popular as other brands and I think ASRock is totally comfortable with their low to low-mid tier market position as this is most like the market segment they're aiming for. They could invest in marketing and elevate their position if they wanted to though.

 

Personally I don't like the looks of their motherboards that much and I'll stick with what I know and trust. Asus and MSi. 

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Sorry I worded it wrong in my original post. MSI boards work fine and they are pretty good boards. But if something goes wrong or you get a bad board their customer service is a nightmare.

 

Ah that is a completely different matter :P, though I cannot say I have had a bad experiance they have been very helpful to me

 

Though Warranty in the UK is a lot different to the states, we do not do RMAs are the retailer is directly responsible under warranty to repair or replace

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You never use Asrock or MSI motherboards. Both have very bad reliability and customer support.

oh, you...^^

 

 

ASrock provides a whole bunch of budget, niche and even powerful high end ( yeah expensive) boards...if something is not as exspected just return it..

 

MSI is even so reliable,  that i am able to type those lines...^^

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It goes like this; Person read a bad review and based judgement off that or had a bad personal experience.

 

Sort of like how someone can be content with an Acer product, but I couldn't be paid to use their gear.

 

 

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Considering that AsRock produces server-grade motherboards, there should be no problem with the consumer line.

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No MSI has the worst customer service ever. I know people and youtubers that won't buy them because of that. Asus or gigabyte are the only brand to buy.

 

 

I have dealt with MSI service many a time, nothing but pleasing results.  The r9 290x lightning I bought from a friend of a friend had to be RMA'd due to a bad PSU killing it, he had no issues RMA'ing it despite the warranty being "void" from a waterblock being placed on it.

He got it back a week later and sent it straight to me.

 

All companies have shady customer service 50% of the time, I guarantee some of the "issues" people have are their own doing / giving customer service people an attitude because they're frustrated their product is defective. (Most likely of their own doing)

 

 

 

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used an Asrock in my last build. The features offered at the pricepoint was a no-brainer for me.

 

Haven't had a single issue with it yet, the board even auto-overclocked the 3570k to 4.2ghz

 

rock solid stable ever since.

 

If budget is an issue, then I would consider them as a viable brand. BUT if you can afford one of the big 3 (Asus, Gigabyte, MSI) then go for them instead

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Nothing. 

 

It's based on misinformation and people passing their own opinion off as fact.

 

ASUS created ASRock for OEM + entry level stuff as not to tarnish the ASUS brand in the enthusiast eye.

 

Which is why ASRock is stuck with this reputation of being cheap and unreliable.

 

At the end of the day as Faa said a motherboard manufacturer wouldn't last very long if all their boards arrive DOA.

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