Gigabyte dethrone Asus in sales of motherboard

[Mattr567]

 

 

I said "A good board can make a difference between a stable system and a possible camp fire...". 

I didn't specify which board is good or bad. 

I said M5A97 for 6 cores with OC in mind.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=4

 

Here, read, have some fun.

 

If you picked up an FX 8370 and you didn't OC...then you bought that CPU for nothing. That's where FXs have get their value from. The performance increase may not be astronomic, but the ability to squeeze out as much performance as you can for the price you paid is one of the selling points of CPUs with unlocked multiplier, especially the FXs.

 

How long have you had the system running?

 

 

The reason I went with AMD is because I already had that M5A97. Have tried some OCing in the past but ill take another crack at it.

 

My system has been running since January 2015.

 

In case you want the rest of the specs:

 

• CPU
  AMD FX 8370
• Motherboard
  Asus M5A97 R2.0
• RAM
  G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2133
• GPU
  Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming (OC 1583Mhz)
• Case
  NZXT H440 (Blue)
• Storage
  Samsung 840 EVO 250GB + 1TB WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM
• PSU
  XFX 650W Semi-Modular
• Cooling
  Swiftech H220X

[Bravosgrad]

eh

ok

[Mattr567]

You really are asking for trouble using that board even with a 8320, ive come into a number of those boards breaking, normally vrm wets itself

 

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Well as an update OCing on this board is a train wreck. I used AMD Overdrive (IK its not the best but it works) and even 4.4Ghz no matter the voltage is unstable.

And the FX 8370's stock boost is 4.3 :L

 

Im no expert on CPU OCing but that seems pretty bad in the scheme of things. For some reason I couldn't adjust the multiplier even with d.o.c.p enabled or manual mode in the tweaker settings as well.

 

Seems I am completely unable to take advantage of the 8370.

Looks like it will be staying at 4.0Ghz

 

At least my GTX 970 is a beast @ 1583Mhz

[TorqueS]

Why don't you try using the BIOS? OC Softwares are kinda messy since you're modifying settings that are used by windows, while in windows so some errors may occur.

 

Anyways I don't recommend it. Since you have an AIO, you probably don't have any airflow in the VRM heatsink part of the board, and that thing gets pretty hot. 

 

And as I said, you're making fun of that CPU leaving it at stock, but in this case, you really can't try and OC.

[DaRk0]

I'll still stick with Asus, I've had great experience with them and I like their boards a lot more. Plus most of my hardware is Asus.

 

Same here. Also I find their UEFI and software superior to the competition.

[Paragon_X]

I'll stick with ASUS, I went out and bought an MSI Gaming Z97 ITX, which fried my CPU and itself. I returned the MSI for a Refund and got me an ASUS VII Impact then RMA'd the CPU (BTW the Intel RMA is classes ahead of everyone, they came from my house picked it up with DHL and had a new CPU in 3 Days delivered to my door AND it came from another country)

Although I have seen only good things from Gigabyte i find their products uninspiring, so I will stick with ASUS until they disappoint me.

[JaeDee884]

wouldnt the solution just be to read reviews.

the reviews were all done with the unlocked card. there still isn't any reviews of the voltage locked card.

[GoodN1ght]

wouldnt the solution just be to read reviews.

Sometimes they`re a bit misleading. I found usually the best grades are given to products which are ``idiot`` proof moreso than actually better. 

[Fahrenheit]

I do like how Asus doesn't waste time with Killer NICs on their high end boards. Most of GB higher end lineup is rotten with Killer NICs.

 

Asus does have total shit for RMA service and they need to dump red on the ROG boards.

 

MSI makes real good stuff, the M series line is awesome but  they force Killer NIC and red color schemes, 2 things I hate.

 

Asrock seems like its making good stuff but haven't used them in a long long time.  Would love to see them dump the dumb Fatal1ty line and build a high end mobo with the blue heat sinks with high end audio and Intel NIC

 

Just my 2 cents 

[Octavialicious]

Good for Gigabyte I've had a few Gigabyte boards and an Asus board, and I would definitely say I prefer Gigabyte.

 

Loving my GA-Z97X-SOC!

[RazeG3SG1]

I do like how Asus doesn't waste time with Killer NICs on their high end boards. Most of GB higher end lineup is rotten with Killer NICs.

Asus does have total shit for RMA service and they need to dump red on the ROG boards.

MSI makes real good stuff, the M series line is awesome but they force Killer NIC and red color schemes, 2 things I hate.

Asrock seems like its making good stuff but haven't used them in a long long time. Would love to see them dump the dumb Fatal1ty line and build a high end mobo with the blue heat sinks with high end audio and Intel NIC

Just my 2 cents

Gigabyte black edition uses Intel nic

[Sonefiler]

Well not for me as I have legit reasons and the cards I have bought from other companies have worked out just fine over the years so no need for me to change things.

Asus should be off, tgeor warranty is terrible and Tgeir amd coolers sucked.

Take off Zotac because theyre fugly.

Take off everyone else cuz they aint in 'murica

[zMeul]

I never liked ASUS in my whole ~7y career in tech support

unless a customer specifically asked a ASUS mobo, I didn't sold one; they're odd bunch with very odd problems

 

even worse, the MSI - absolutely refused to sell one, even if the customer specifically asked

 

 

 

just to give you an idea why I like GigaByte, on my own system I run a GA-X38-DS5 mobo that's what .. 7y old? with a GTX970

you can find a lot of cases with newer generation mobos that straight up refuse to boot with a PCIe gen 3 video card