Gigabyte dethrone Asus in sales of motherboard

[brownninja97]

 

With lower failure rates, higher warranties and their extreme endurance tests Gigabyte has shown the world that they are gunning for the top podium and what have they done, they have taken it. 

 

 

This is according to the preliminary shipment figures and while all motherboard manufactures are expected to not meet their expectations the current estimates put Gigabyte at between 300,000 and 200,000 shipments more. That is only in Q1 of course, this is the first time it has happened and while it is an achievement for Gigabyte and their team it now puts them in the limelight, will they be able to keep that lead as that is no easy feet.

 

On the other hand how will this effect Asus, it in all likelihood be great for us consumer, it should give asus that ability to realise where they are at fault and where to improve, i could save time for them and tell them to improve everything under £120 and have some modicum of customer support.

 

The news doesnt end there however as MSI and Asrock still duke it out for that final podium with MSI only slightly edging that victory while there are a number of chicanes left in this year there is still a lot that could happen. Asrock is picking up the pace and they are doing it fast even making boards which force the larger guys to copy it. 

 

As for ECS and Biostar, no one cares about them.

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/44382/gigabyte-passes-asus-becomes-leading-motherboard-vendor/index.html

 

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20150331PD203.html

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[Unlikelyjoker]

I'm running my x68 motherboard from Gigabyte and it has served me well.

Go Gigabyte!

P.S My next motherboard will be MSI as yellow is sexy

[brownninja97]

I'm running my x68 motherboard from Gigabyte and it has served me well.

Go Gigabyte!

P.S My next motherboard will be MSI as yellow is sexy

Make sure you do your research, some MSI boards are questionable while others are pretty awesome.

[TheGamingBarrel]

I'm running my x68 motherboard from Gigabyte and it has served me well.

Go Gigabyte!

P.S My next motherboard will be MSI as yellow is sexy

Does that mean MPOWER / XPOWER ? If so please keep us updated.

[TheGamingBarrel]

Double post, too much BT.

[Unlikelyjoker]

Make sure you do your research, some MSI boards are questionable while others are pretty awesome.

I'm planning on their x-power it doesn't have much yellow but i really want a yellow build.

Unless its pink or purple......

[DeViLzzz]

Gigabyte makes awesome, affordable stuff.  I have 3 motherboards by them and I always recommend them.  Way to go Gigabyte.  As for MSI .... ahem LOL

[brownninja97]

I'm planning on their x-power it doesn't have much yellow but i really want a yellow build.

Unless its pink or purple......

Ive not kept up to date with boards so im not 100% sure about that board, either way always do research before buying, cons are more important then pros.

[harrynowl]

I've only really used AMD Gigabyte boards and have been less than impressed as the UEFI experience was god awful. But those boards are like 4 years old.

[Guest]

In your face AsRock irrational haters.

[brownninja97]

I've only really used AMD Gigabyte boards and have been less than impressed as the UEFI experience was god awful. But those boards are like 4 years old.

Agreed, the gigabyte uefi on amd's side is shocking

 

In your face AsRock irrational haters.

2 maybe 3 years ago id understand that but now there isnt much reason to hate asrock

[TorqueS]

Agreed there, ASRock has stepped up their game really well during these years, they're making good, affordable,feature packed and good looking motherboards(although the looking is subjective.)

 

But I think that a purchase should be made by comparing the features and prices, and not looking for a specific brand.

 

I'm using an ASRock board in my AMD rig, and it's been running OCed(the CPU duh...) the whole time. It's been an year since I got it going.

The only issue that I had with it was with the Killer NIC, but this wasn't ASRock's fault dirrectly.

[JaeDee884]

I wont touch Gigabyte after what they did voltage locking 7970's and then marketing them for their coolers ability to support high over-clocks. I bought one right when they launched their 1.2 revision and there was no news until months later. got 65mhz OC and temps were still under 70 underload (with ambient of over 40) this on a card that could easily hit 1.25ghz back when cards were only just getting above 1ghz stock 

[brownninja97]

I wont touch Gigabyte after what they did voltage locking 7970's and then marketing them for their coolers ability to support high over-clocks. I bought one right when they launched their 1.2 revision and there was no news until months later. got 65mhz OC and temps were still under 70 underload (with ambient of over 40) this on a card that could easily hit 1.25ghz back when cards were only just getting above 1ghz stock 

so you wouldnt buy a gigabyte motherboard because of a single voltage locked gpu, im used more modern gpus from gigabyte with unlocked voltage.

[silberdrachi]

I really hope MSI gets passed up by Asrock. I love my motherboard and after having to deal with MSI's horrible fucking service and slow ass shipping times i will not buy from them until they fix that shit.

 

Customer service makes or breaks a company for me. 90% of the time you dont have to deal with the company that made your board directly, but if you need to RMA things how they handle your experience can taint the company forever in your mind.

[Biased Opinion]

shame gigabyte boards still look like ass. Asus and MSI win that one with asrock coming in at third there.

[brownninja97]

shame gigabyte boards still look like ass. Asus and MSI win that one with asrock coming in at third there.

but your opinion is, dammit

[GoodBytes]

A big problem that ASUS has in the U.S and Canada, is that their warranty is absolutely the horrible, like if you bought a 60$ motherboard from an unknown brand. My horrible experience with them is what made me switch to Gigabyte, despite loosing (at the time) on looks and have limited accessories that comes with it. Something I am gladly going to take, especially now that they have nice looking board, if it means better warranty service.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Will still get an ASUS board. Great customer service I got yet and just love the design of they're boards.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

A big problem that ASUS has in the U.S and Canada, is that their warranty is absolutely the horrible, like if you bought a 60$ motherboard from an unknown brand. My horrible experience with them is what made me switch to Gigabyte, despite loosing (at the time) on looks and have limited accessories that comes with it. Something I am gladly going to take, especially now that they have nice looking board, if it means better warranty service.

 

Customer service was the best I had with ASUS. What was wrong with them?

[imthewalrus]

I actually care about ecs, they have some really cheap enterprise stuff,and their customer service is better than others.

[EChondo]

I've always had problems with ASUS stuff, but Gigabyte has never let me down. Gigabyte will always be my first choice when it comes to motherboards, next is ASRock.

 

Glad to see them coming out on top for once!

[GoodBytes]

Customer service was the best I had with ASUS. What was wrong with them?

Short story:

Several hours on the phone waiting. Takes over 1 month to replace your motherboard (which means you have no system during that time), and you get back someone else broken board, complete with heavy dust and scratches around screws, second Ethernet doesn't work, and when you call to complain they say that I did all this. And by the time they admit.. oh look magic, my warranty ended.. no coverage! how nice.

Friend later on (several years later) had the same experience. In his case the board really didn't work, and once again, ASUS denying everything, saying he broke it.

[RH00D]

I've ran AMD and Intel Gigabyte boards and never had any problems. The Intel Gigabyte board was going on 7 years and still running great (Core 2 Quad 9550 CPU and 8 GB DDR2 RAM with it). I now have Intel Asus Z-97 Pro board and it has been running great for me, I've only had it about 2 months so far so we'll see how it goes.

[brownninja97]

Customer service was the best I had with ASUS. What was wrong with them?

4 counts of bad service from them

 

they lost my gt 640, i kept on asking how long it would take to rma, take in mind it had been over a month, got it back 2-3months later

also 3 other motherboards each taking over a month to rma

They also tried to make me pay for an rma, it was a doa 

 

It was annoying because they would force amazon and ariapc to redirect rmas directly to them, its a lot easier to rma via the middle man but noooooo asus have to mess everything up. Im tired of their crap, its bad if its for me, its worse if its for a customer  and my name is on the line.