msi vs asrock

[themaniac]

I basically wanna know who is more reliable, who has better customer service, and who makes better motherboards

[Sexy Vanilla Freshness]

It depends on the product line, I vote MSI for overall top if you're buying into the high end of either.

[themaniac]

It depends on the product line, I vote MSI for overall top if you're buying into the high end of either.

ok for more towards $150 and below in usd

[TheSLSAMG]

Overall, MSI. But while I had one of their boards die on me, AsRock are much better now than they were.

[Sexy Vanilla Freshness]

ok for more towards $150 and below in usd

 

For $150 I'd buy ASUS or Gigabyte.

[ttam]

Both are pretty much the same. You get what you pay for

[rmac52]

I'd vote MSI

[GhostWindGamer]

MSI FTW

[Excon]

Ive had terrible experiences with Asrock so my vote is to MSI

[themaniac]

For $150 I'd buy ASUS or Gigabyte.

ok what about under 100 usd

[flibberdipper]

ASRock sucks. But for $150 you can get a nice ASUS or Gigabyte board.

[rmac52]

Only ever bought MSI GPU's  and I have bought 3 Asrock motherboards.  2 of those boards failed within a year.  Knock on wood I haven't had a MSI GPU fail yet.

[Sintezza]

they are all pretty similar to be honnest.

All board in the same price rangers are mostly pretty similar. on intel side.

 

I personaly dont like Gigabyte, But yeah thats personal.

 

Asus does not seem the bring the Ranger to US.

Cause thats a board i personaly realy like.

[themaniac]

ok out of these two what is better  asrock z97 pro 3 or the msi z97 pc mate seeing that mostly everyone has voted msi i'd guess msi

[Ryan Leech]

ASRock is more reliable and makes better motherboards for the money. I haven't used their support much, but when I need assistance they're always there.
 

Historically, MSI has had the highest failure rates of any consumer motherboard manufacturer. Their support is decent and they do make some sexy high-end boards. Their lower-end boards are usually pretty terrible though.

[Ryan Leech]

ASRock sucks. But for $150 you can get a nice ASUS or Gigabyte board.

hmmmmmmm

[themaniac]

ASRock is more reliable and makes better motherboards for the money. I haven't used their support much, but when I need assistance they're always there.

 

Historically, MSI has had the highest failure rates of any consumer motherboard manufacturer. Their support is decent and they do make some sexy high-end boards. Their lower-end boards are usually pretty terrible though.

ok

[SovietOnion]

Lmao I think I was the only person that ever bought an AsRock Z87 Fatal1ty Professional and didn't have any problems with it, still to this day almost a year later I haven't had a single issue with it. Spent 239.99 on it. 

[Clyne]

It depends, AM3+ 970 MSI boards have VRM problem on their motherboards.

[smjpl]

My MSI Z68a-gd80 is still going strong (not far off 3 years) but it is more towards the higher end of the MSI line.

[LemonSpice]

msi

[Astralify]

Gigabyte.

But seriously, asrock have really stepped up their game lately (although I had many problems with them in the past), and MSI have some QC problems with z97 (damaged sockets and loose PCI slots). So... I'm gonna say asrock.

[themaniac]

ok I found four motherboards one is asus, one is gigabyte, one is asrock, and one is msi so what is better  1. Asus Z97-A (pcpartpicker link http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a ) 2. Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI (pcpartpicker link http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xsli ) 3. ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer (pcpartpicker link http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-fatal1tyz97killer ) 4. MSI Z97-G55 SLI (pcpartpicker link http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97g55sli ) the asus is the most expensive but only about $10 and whats the difference between the asrock fatal1ty z97 killer and the asrock z97 killer here's the pcpartpicker link to it http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97killer i'm leanin towards the asrock one and the gigabyte one mainly because they are black and red

[vitor_cut]

i have 2 asrock mobos one is new and so far so good, the other has almost 3 years and runs like a champ

 

asrock 970 extreme3(oldest still runs in my little brother rig with an oc fx 6100)

 

asrock fatal1ty 990fx killer amd so far so good im pushing the hell out of the vrms and no problem so far

 

the only thing that asrock could do better in my opinion its the uefi the other brands give a better experience in the uefi interface

[sci.fi.man]

ASRock is more reliable and makes better motherboards for the money. I haven't used their support much, but when I need assistance they're always there.

 

Historically, MSI has had the highest failure rates of any consumer motherboard manufacturer. Their support is decent and they do make some sexy high-end boards. Their lower-end boards are usually pretty terrible though.

agreed. MSI (imho) good at high-end board, but quite bad on low-end line. my friend have one, but the mobo dies on OC due to vrm failure