MSI gaming 5?

[thriller5746]

Is it reliable so it will last a few years?

Is MSI a reliable motherboard manufacturer?

[thekeemo]

Its a very good motherboard.

and its definitely better than say gigabyte 

[8-Bit Ninja]

Yes its a good motherboard AND YES msi is a reliable brand 

[EarthboundHero]

Mine's going great. I'm sure I have a few complaints, but none off the top of my head. Had mine for over 6 months.

[CalculuS]

Its subjective, MSi does less shady business than gigabyte (revision bullshit) and tend to be in the medium-end of the Motherboard segment.

 

ASUS is probably the most solid altough most expensive brand.

[SeanAngelo]

Is it reliable so it will last a few years?

Is MSI a reliable motherboard manufacturer?

It's a good motherboard It's up there with ASUS motherboards.

[thriller5746]

Its subjective, MSi does less shady business than gigabyte (revision bullshit) and tend to be in the medium-end of the Motherboard segment.

 

ASUS is probably the most solid altough most expensive brand.

What mobo do you have?

[CalculuS]

What mobo do you have?

Currently on an ASRock P67 Pro 3 SE.

[thriller5746]

Currently on an ASRock P67 Pro 3 SE.

If you were to pick any z97 lga 1150 motherboard that's ATX, what would it be?

[CalculuS]

If you were to pick any z97 lga 1150 motherboard that's ATX, what would it be?

Thats a hard question,

 

It depends on budget, personal preference in fan controllers/pci ports/sata ports, whether a onboard sound card has to be good or not, m.2 requirement...

 

Give me a criteria and I can answer it better for you.

[thriller5746]

Thats a hard question,

 

It depends on budget, personal preference in fan controllers/pci ports/sata ports, whether a onboard sound card has to be good or not, m.2 requirement...

 

Give me a criteria and I can answer it better for you.

between 4-6 sata ( i don't care for express )

at least 2 way sli

not really too concerned with case fan # because I have pwm splitters.

I care about reliability more than anything else.

atx form factor.

great audio.

doesn't break the bank too much

[CalculuS]

between 4-6 sata ( i don't care for express )

at least 2 way sli

not really too concerned with case fan # because I have pwm splitters.

I care about reliability more than anything else.

atx form factor.

great audio.

doesn't break the bank too much

Where are you from? That way I can find a cheaper retailer.

[thriller5746]

Where are you from? That way I can find a cheaper retailer.

Southern California ( USA ). NewEgg is pretty local and amazon, too.

[CalculuS]

Southern California ( USA ). NewEgg is pretty local and amazon, too.

This is the cheapest board that includes all your criteriums.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128714

 

If you want a bit more build quality you're looking at about 30 bucks more for this one.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128710

[thriller5746]

This is the cheapest board that includes all your criteriums.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128714

 

If you want a bit more build quality you're looking at about 30 bucks more for this one.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128710

Yeah, I was thinking about going with gigabyte, too. I heard they have some pretty solid mobos. Thanks for your time and enjoy the rest of your evening

[CalculuS]

Yeah, I was thinking about going with gigabyte, too. I heard they have some pretty solid mobos. Thanks for your time and enjoy the rest of your evening

No problem, good luck with the new motherboard.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Its subjective, MSi does less shady business than gigabyte (revision bullshit) and tend to be in the medium-end of the Motherboard segment.

 

ASUS is probably the most solid altough most expensive brand.

 

I just hear such nasty horror stories with their tech support now, which greatly saddens me since I have been using Asus boards in a lot of builds for the last 20 years or so.

[SteveGrabowski0]

The MSI Z97 Gaming 5 is a such a well-designed board. I love the fan header locations, the side facing SATA ports, and the side facing USB 3.0. I can't understand why all Z series boards aren't designed that way, as pretty much anyone spending on Z series parts is going to have a modern case with cables routed behind the motherboard tray so that the side facing ports would make the most sense. The only thing I don't like about the board is the Killer LAN instead of Intel LAN.

[CalculuS]

I just hear such nasty horror stories with their tech support now, which greatly saddens me since I have been using Asus boards in a lot of builds for the last 20 years or so.

 

Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal, everybody atleast has issues with some brand's way of support.

 

I do appreciate you sharing your experience though.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal, everybody atleast has issues with some brand's way of support.

 

I do appreciate you sharing your experience though.

 

I don't have bad experiences with their boards, but the I haven't bought one in a few years. But this thread makes their tech support sound shady:

 

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2447820

 

And with all the corners they cut on the R9 290/290x, with the bad things I hear about the Strix 970, you just start to wonder if Asus is still the great company they once were.

[CalculuS]

I don't have bad experiences with their boards, but the I haven't bought one in a few years. But this thread makes their tech support sound shady:

 

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2447820

 

And with all the corners they cut on the R9 290/290x, with the bad things I hear about the Strix 970, you just start to wonder if Asus is still the great company they once were.

Damn unlucky guy, and yeah their R9 290X's sucked ass. Especially those ROG matrix bla bla cards.

 

What happened with the 970's though? I did hear something about coil whine but I heard the G1's had that too so.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Damn unlucky guy, and yeah their R9 290X's sucked ass. Especially those ROG matrix bla bla cards.

 

What happened with the 970's though? I did hear something about coil whine but I heard the G1's had that too so.

 

I remember lots of complaints about the power limit here, everyone seemed to blame the 8-pin PCIE instead of dual 6-pin PCIE like on lots of other 970s.

 

Hearing the bent pin excuse though is pretty unforgivable. I have heard of them claiming bent pins a lot of times before which is probably why that guy took photos and video first.