Jump to content

Who do you think has a better and easier Bios?

Daniel91
By Daniel91
in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
 Share

Posted

I intend to  to make a youtube video for newbies to learn how to overclock and chosing a brand with a easier Bio for them to learn on.

 

I didn't add in ECS because someone said the boards aren't really well built.

 

I will be using a G3258 as an example CPU.

 

PS: I got my hands on a asrock anniversary edition motherboard for collection  but willing to open up for use is you guys think it's got a easy Bios to learn on.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I can't say who has a good bios because I've only used one for Asus which was a non overclockable APU and my current gigabyte bios which is fora 4690k, and I can say that it confuses the shit out of me because there is just so much. Little options you can change with an "on/off" button next to them, except I don't know how to tell if it's on or off, etc. The manual doesn't explain a single fucking thing about the bios. I've looked up guides, but every guide is for the 4790k and not 4690k and.....

 

 

*mind explodes from confusion*

 

Edit: the Asus one was quite simple and straightforward, wish I had an Asus board for my current CPU if the bios was the same as that one

Ketchup is better than mustard.

GUI is better than Command Line Interface.

Dubs are better than subs

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Asus of course

RIP in pepperonis m8s

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I will be using a G3258 as an example CPU.

Gigabyte. Everybody says Asus but until you get into higher end boards, Gigabyte are the ones who put some decent VRM and power phase designs into their motherboards.

"Rawr XD"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Asus, the UEFI is pretty straight forward and easy to understand and also because Asus makes great quality parts and should give the best overclocking results.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I like my MSI. Though the BIOS just requires a reset to work sometimes. 

Don't know about Asus, never had one.

5800X3D - RTX 4070 - 2K @ 165Hz

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

Gigabyte. Everybody says Asus but until you get into higher end boards, Gigabyte are the ones who put some decent VRM and power phase designs into their motherboards.

I have a spare Asus board Gryphon Z97 is that board considered a high end board?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I have a spare Asus board Gryphon Z97 is that board considered a high end board?

Yes

"Rawr XD"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

These polls usually turn into popularity contests. Anyway...

HARDWARE INTERRUPT MOTHAF#%A!
WINDOWS 10 = adware, driven by spyware
 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

ASUS>Gigabyte>MSI

Used them all and ASUS is the easy winner. All the software the 3 companies offer is horrible for OCing/Auto OCing. PLEASE mention that in your video...Although AI Suite 3 is useful for fan control if people don't like Qfan in the BIOS.

LanSyndicate Build | i5-6600k | ASRock OC Formula | G.Skill 3600MHz | Samsung 850 Evo | MSI R9-290X 8GB Alphacool Block | Enthoo Pro M | XTR Pro 750w | Custom Loop |

Daily | 5960X | X99 Sabertooth | G.Skill 3000MHz | 750 NVMe | 850 Evo | x2 WD Se 2TB | x2 Seagate 3TB | Sapphire R9-290X 8GB | Enthoo Primo | EVGA 1000G2 | Custom Loop |

Game Box | 4690K | Z97i-Plus | G.Skill 2400MHz | x2 840 Evo | GTX 970 shorty | Corsair 250D modded with H105 | EVGA 650w B2 |

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Having used motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSi for system builds for myself (and for the other people / clients on the rare occasion), but ASUS gets my vote.

Gigabyte's UEFI BIOS has improved, but still not as user-friendly as ASUS just yet (most recent Gigabyte board I've worked with was a GA-Z97-UD3H).

Intel Z390 Rig ( *NEW* Primary )

Intel X99 Rig (Officially Decommissioned, Dead CPU returned to Intel)

  • i7-8086K @ 5.1 GHz
  • Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master
  • Sapphire NITRO+ RX 6800 XT S.E + EKwb Quantum Vector Full Cover Waterblock
  • 32GB G.Skill TridentZ DDR4-3000 CL14 @ DDR-3400 custom CL15 timings
  • SanDisk 480 GB SSD + 1TB Samsung 860 EVO +  500GB Samsung 980 + 1TB WD SN750
  • EVGA SuperNOVA 850W P2 + Red/White CableMod Cables
  • Lian-Li O11 Dynamic EVO XL
  • Ekwb Custom loop + 2x EKwb Quantum Surface P360M Radiators
  • Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum + Corsair K70 (Red LED, anodized black, Cheery MX Browns)

AMD Ryzen Rig

  • AMD R7-5800X
  • Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro AC
  • 32GB (16GB X 2) Crucial Ballistix RGB DDR4-3600
  • Gigabyte Vision RTX 3060 Ti OC
  • EKwb D-RGB 360mm AIO
  • Intel 660p NVMe 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB + WD Black 1TB HDD
  • EVGA P2 850W + White CableMod cables
  • Lian-Li LanCool II Mesh - White

Intel Z97 Rig (Decomissioned)

  • Intel i5-4690K @ 4.8 GHz
  • ASUS ROG Maximus VII Hero Z97
  • Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7950 EVGA GTX 1070 SC Black Edition ACX 3.0
  • 20 GB (8GB X 2 + 4GB X 1) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz
  • Corsair A50 air cooler  NZXT X61
  • Crucial MX500 1TB SSD + SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD [non-gimped version]
  • Antec New TruePower 550W EVGA G2 650W + White CableMod cables
  • Cooler Master HAF 912 White NZXT S340 Elite w/ white LED stips

AMD 990FX Rig (Decommissioned)

  • FX-8350 @ 4.8 / 4.9 GHz (given up on the 5.0 / 5.1 GHz attempt)
  • ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula 990FX
  • 12 GB (4 GB X 3) G.Skill RipJawsX DDR3 @ 1866 MHz
  • Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7970 + Sapphire Dual-X HD 7970 in Crossfire  Sapphire NITRO R9-Fury in Crossfire *NONE*
  • Thermaltake Frio w/ Cooler Master JetFlo's in push-pull
  • Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD
  • Corsair TX850 (ver.1)
  • Cooler Master HAF 932

 

<> Electrical Engineer , B.Eng <>

<> Electronics & Computer Engineering Technologist (Diploma + Advanced Diploma) <>

<> Electronics Engineering Technician for the Canadian Department of National Defence <>

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

ASUS>Gigabyte>MSI

Used them all and ASUS is the easy winner. All the software the 3 companies offer is horrible for OCing/Auto OCing. PLEASE mention that in your video...Although AI Suite 3 is useful for fan control if people don't like Qfan in the BIOS.

agreed I used the 1 button oc on MSI it was horribible

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I prefer asus and want to stick a fork in MSI.

UPDATED An enthusiasts guide to video feat. MPC-HC + madVR | NEW UPDATE Supertower Build Log: Anthrax 8.0 ~ 02/21 - Follow!

Build Logs: Anthrax (2016.02.14) | Chibi PC (2014.09.22) | ThePylon (2015.10.26) | Mystery Build #4 (????.??.??) | Mystery Build #5 (????.??.??)

The HID Liberator: A Cherry MX Mechanical Keyboard Build Log | A Simple Mod: Silencing the EVGA 750Ti FTW w/ ACX

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

ASUS>Gigabyte>MSI>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>OE Packard/Bell>>>>>>>EVGA

 

 

I prefer asus and want to stick a fork in MSI.

 

ditto, for years BIOS always included numlock on/off and MSI leaves it off.

tenkeyless ops having to func>del for UEFI entry 20% success.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

ASUS>Gigabyte>MSI>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>OE Packard/Bell>>>>>>>EVGA

ditto, for years BIOS always included numlock on/off and MSI leaves it off.

tenkeyless ops having to func>del for UEFI entry 20% success.

Getting them to do a UEFI install of even windows 8 is hit and miss too. Also the interface is inbetween keyboard and mouse just make it one or the other and let me switch.

UPDATED An enthusiasts guide to video feat. MPC-HC + madVR | NEW UPDATE Supertower Build Log: Anthrax 8.0 ~ 02/21 - Follow!

Build Logs: Anthrax (2016.02.14) | Chibi PC (2014.09.22) | ThePylon (2015.10.26) | Mystery Build #4 (????.??.??) | Mystery Build #5 (????.??.??)

The HID Liberator: A Cherry MX Mechanical Keyboard Build Log | A Simple Mod: Silencing the EVGA 750Ti FTW w/ ACX

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I own the Gigabyte Z87X-OC and think that the old / advanced bios is the best of the bunch but that maybe just showing my age and the ease that I find using them plus Gigabyte's full overclocking features an half the cost of the full blow ROG extreme motherboards is a positive plus :)

Do you wanna go fast? I sure do that is why I went Intel

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Asus. :P

System 1: Thermaltake Element Q - Thermaltake 220W SFX - Asus AT5IONT-I mini-ITX - Intel® Atom™ D525 onboard 1.8GHz Dual-Core HT - Integrated NVIDIA® ION™ - 2x 2GB Kingston DDR3 - Samsung 120GB 840 Series - Scythe Kama Rack 3.5 - Asus DVD-RW

System 2: Thermaltake Element Q - Thermaltake 220W SFX - Asus E2KM1I-DELUXE mini-ITX - AMD E2-2000 onboard 1.75GHz Dual-Core - Integrated AMD® Radeon HD 7340 - 2x 4GB Kingston DDR3 - Samsung 120GB 840 Series - Scythe Kama Rack 3.5 - Asus DVD-RW

Building: Bitfenix Prodigy Black - Corsair AX860i - Asus Maximus VII Impact - Corsair Hydro Series H100i - Intel® Core™ i7 4790K - Asus Matrix Platinum GTX 980 4GB - Corsair 16GB Dominator Platinum 2x 8GB DDR3 2400MHz CL10 - Samsung 1TB EVO 840 Series

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Definitely Asus.

QUOTE ME IN A REPLY SO I CAN SEE THE NOTIFICATION!

When there is no danger of failure there is no pleasure in success.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory

×