List of motherboard manufacturers in order of preference

2010-04-15 06:34:23

#1

Stubbee: Religions Hate Facts, Questions and Doubts; +223|6987|Reality

Hello techy guys.
Please post a list of manufacturers from best to worse regarding motherboards. It would certainly help the unwashed to avoid costly 'deals' from etailers. Which are the good, the bad and the fugly?

the consensus so far

The good
EVGA (intel)
Gigabyte (amd, intel)
Asus (amd, intel)

The bad
Biostar
Foxxconn
ASRock
DFI
Abit

The fugly
MSI
ECS (EliteGroup)

There are other manufacturers not yet mentioned.
Jetway
Zotac
Intel
Supermicro
XFX

Last edited by Stubbee (2010-04-16 09:03:57)

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2010-04-15 06:36:30

#2

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6811|NYC / Hamburg

EVGA, Asus, Gigabyte > everything else > MSI.

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2010-04-15 06:50:20

#3

FloppY_: +1,010|6530|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

max wrote:
EVGA, Asus, Gigabyte > everything else > MSI.

This, except I have 0 experience with EVGA since I have no use for SLi

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2010-04-15 06:53:11

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6811|NYC / Hamburg

Some do Crossfire too

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2010-04-15 06:54:08

#5

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6707|cuntshitlake

max wrote:
EVGA, Asus, Gigabyte > everything else > MSI.

This pretty much.

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2010-04-15 06:54:25

#6

FloppY_: +1,010|6530|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

max wrote:
Some do Crossfire too

Yeah but you get a ASUS / Gigabyte for that

Besides.. I will never go Dual since I'm not gonna fork out that much money on GFX cards

1 new single > 2 older in dualmode

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2010-04-15 06:56:59

#7

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6441|Winland

I put Gigabyte on top, even though I don't own a single one.

Why? Because I've never seen any other motherboard manufacturer over-size the CPU power supply so heavily. Most of their new boards could push way over a kilo-Watt into the CPU.

Second in my list is ASUS, then ASRock (beacuse even if they aren't the best-performing or highest quality boards, they give you better price-performance than any others on the market do). Then comes MSI, from whom I once swore never to buy another product from, (yet did again today today, I'm a cheap fuck), and all in a hunk at the last place comes the mainland China manufacturers; Jetway, Zotac, ECS, Biostar and Foxconn to name a few. They often use generic China capacitors all over, which WILL result in the boards failing rather rapidly.

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2010-04-15 07:04:25)

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2010-04-15 06:59:21

#8

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6811|NYC / Hamburg

FloppY_ wrote:
max wrote:
Some do Crossfire too
Yeah but you get a ASUS / Gigabyte for that

Besides.. I will never go Dual since I'm not gonna fork out that much money on GFX cards

1 new single > 2 older in dualmode

The Classified is the best board for i7 atm. Muli-GPU or not.

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2010-04-15 07:01:01

#9

FloppY_: +1,010|6530|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

max wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
max wrote:
Some do Crossfire too
Yeah but you get a ASUS / Gigabyte for that

Besides.. I will never go Dual since I'm not gonna fork out that much money on GFX cards

1 new single > 2 older in dualmode
The Classified is the best board for i7 atm. Muli-GPU or not.

Meh too expensive :<

I'll have an ASUS Rampage III Gene tbh

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2010-04-15 07:03:29

#10

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6811|NYC / Hamburg

If you want the best, you'll have to pay for it. I'm happy with my vanilla P6T.

now let's get back on topic and bash MSI a little

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2010-04-15 07:05:24

#11

FloppY_: +1,010|6530|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

max wrote:
If you want the best, you'll have to pay for it. I'm happy with my vanilla P6T.

now let's get back on topic and bash MSI a little

You get me every time Maxxie

I don't do Overclocking, so I'd just be wasting money on anything better than the Rampage III GENE

And it's mATX so you can do a tiny power-pc on it :3

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2010-04-15 11:08:32

#12

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6822|Columbus, OH

I went with FoxConn for my latest i7 system. The price is decent compared to Asus or other premium mobo brands. Also you may not get all of the bell and whistles but I normally do not use all of the features. my only problem with this mobo is it runs alright as long as you have the right power supply, even though it suppose to be backwards compatible to older ATX power supply version.

Other Mobo I have owned were:
MSI 939 socket CPU: which are good, easy to manage for non-over clockers, and found no problems with it

ASUS SLI 939 socket CPU: enthusiast board need to do your homework to find the optimal settings

DFI - meh the board died out on me

Abit - decent and innovativing but went through a lot of BIO updates for bug fixes and hardware support.

2010-04-15 18:05:56

#13

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5422|Sydney

I've got a new (well, everything is new in my system) Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H.

Fantastic board. Dual BIOS, supports crossfire, integrated HDMI/ DVI interface for Full HD 1080 Blu-ray playback with HDCP, DDR3...

All for $100 AUD

2010-04-15 18:10:39

#14

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6392|'straya

Well I've had good personal experience with ASUS and Gigabyte... Can't really comment on any other brands as I've never strayed from those 2

2010-04-15 18:27:22

#15

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6960|Riva, MD

I used a Gigabyte for my machine, I love the BIOS on it. I think I put an ASUS in my brother's computer, that's pretty good too. I used an Elitegroup for my mom's computer but apparently the mobo was already dead when I used it. I'm stayin the fuck away from them and advise everyone else to as well.

2010-04-15 18:33:26

#16

aimless: Member; +166|6368|Texas

my gigabyte board is awesome

2010-04-15 19:39:04

#17

alexb: <3; +590|6183|Kentucky, USA

Gigabyte.

2010-04-15 19:49:38

#18

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6934|Devon, England

My Gigabyte's been good for years

2010-04-15 19:56:34

#19

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6902|BC, Canada

Asus, Gigabyte, Evga ... Msi, Ecs

2010-04-16 04:37:40

#20

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6658|Finland

Freezer7Pro wrote:
I put Gigabyte on top, even though I don't own a single one.

Why? Because I've never seen any other motherboard manufacturer over-size the CPU power supply so heavily. Most of their new boards could push way over a kilo-Watt into the CPU.

You should see the latest EVGA digital PWMs. Classified is case in point. Dual 8pin power connectors just for CPU and manually adjustable PWM frequenzy.

My list: EVGA > ASUS > GIGABYTE > rest >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MSI

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2010-04-16 06:19:40

#21

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6567|New Haven, CT

The Gigabyte in my newer computer is in its last throes after 2 1/2 years, but when it worked, I loved it. ASRock is definitely a good price/performance call, too (though it should be considered low-end ASUS rather than a separate brand.)

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2010-04-16 07:04:16

#22

FloppY_: +1,010|6530|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

nukchebi0 wrote:
The Gigabyte in my newer computer is in its last throes after 2 1/2 years, but when it worked, I loved it. ASRock is definitely a good price/performance call, too (though it should be considered low-end ASUS rather than a separate brand.)

AS Rock & Abit is some of the worst I've tried...

I had MSI in my old PC and honestly.. that was better :<

Well Panz & Co. comparing EVGA X58 SLI Micro and ASUS Rampage II GENE (which are equally priced)

The EVGA just cannot compete...

The only feature it has over the GENE is SLi (which is useless to me)

Last edited by FloppY_ (2010-04-16 07:41:51)

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2010-04-16 08:48:41

#23

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6658|Finland

FloppY_ wrote:
Well Panz & Co. comparing EVGA X58 SLI Micro and ASUS Rampage II GENE (which are equally priced)

The EVGA just cannot compete...

The only feature it has over the GENE is SLi (which is useless to me)

Cannot compete? What exactly in the ASUS one is better than the EVGA? (SLi is not a negative thing)

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2010-04-16 08:59:43

#24

Stubbee: Religions Hate Facts, Questions and Doubts; +223|6987|Reality

BUMP
OP updated but still some manufacturers not yet rated.

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2010-04-16 09:08:07

#25

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6811|NYC / Hamburg

Jetway - shit
Zotac - have both good and bad
Intel - stable but limited OC/tweaking abilities
Supermicro - shit
XFX - good, but watch out for nVidia chipsets (they suck)

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