mainboard brands

[charliebrown]

thanks for all e experts feedback...
after reading.... still cannot make up my mind...

 

[undead102]

Aiya just get either the 3 big brands gigabyte MSI or Asus whichever have the mobo features you need to use and suits your budget can buy Liao. Will not go wrong with Asus gigabyte or MSI one. They been motherboard makers for years. Can last or not is Heng sway already. I personally just stay away from asrock board only.

 

[Encrypted11]

Don't just go for brand loyalty.

For the informed buyer, look at the component.. evaluate the boards at the product level and its features. Not the brand or marketing nomenclature level; a same manufacturer can have both flops and huge wins within the same lineup on the hardware side. Firmware/BIOS stability side, they tend to share common ailments (if any) within the same series. e.g. if one has broken c states, then there's likely more than one model in a lineup affected because of the BIOS development if its not already fixed.

If you're looking at something more specialised like running OSX, then Gigabyte has the best out of the box compatibility. So its still up to you to decide what board best fits your needs.

 

[royfrosty]

Probably the easiest way is....

- What type of features do you need in the motherboard
- What do you wish to have? (Probably something that you can live without but at the same time good to have)
- Distributors location for RMA convenience

 

[Ferolare]

Don't just go for brand loyalty.

For the informed buyer, look at the component.. evaluate the boards at the product level and its features. Not the brand or marketing nomenclature level; a same manufacturer can have both flops and huge wins within the same lineup on the hardware side. Firmware/BIOS stability side, they tend to share common ailments (if any) within the same series. e.g. if one has broken c states, then there's likely more than one model in a lineup affected because of the BIOS development if its not already fixed.

If you're looking at something more specialised like running OSX, then Gigabyte has the best out of the box compatibility. So its still up to you to decide what board best fits your needs.

unfun fact:

my 3 am4 boards, i have/had issues with all of them

 

[LLCSG12]

i would say ECS.. but no one brings in anymore

 

[turbin95]

I use Gigabyte, seems to be working well so far and it has 'Ultra Durable'

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Aiyo, go for biostar

 

[Encrypted11]

unfun fact:

my 3 am4 boards, i have/had issues with all of them

Don't they all have ur favourite HDMI 2.0 and PS/2?

 

[Rashkae]

In terms of no frills and simplicity, MSI for me. This brands takes the cake for having the simplest and easy to see BIOS implementation. Their entry to mid level gaming arsenal are simply no frill motherboards with no special features and yet it just works basically for any task day to day use.

For features rich and pushing boundaries, this one i have to give it to Asus. Asus really push a lot of new things and some turns out useful. Such as Asus was the first one to implement BIOS Flashback without CPU. They implement some things that other brands did not implement. Did anybody noticed, Asus Crosshair 7 has dual m.2 slots that supports PCIE Gen 3.0 x4 while most of the other brands are operating dual m.2 slots with 1 PCIE Gen 3.0 x4 and the other PCIE Gen 2.0 x2/x4 mode? OLED display, DIMM.2, build in IO shield. All this is something that Asus can do and daring to innovate.

Price/Performance? The weakest link is Asus. They are damn expensive to own for ROG products. To truly own top of the line ROG products, it is really expensive. I wish they are priced competitively for all their ROG line up, giving people a taste of certain features that are appreciable to people at a nice attractive price range. However their spun off coy ASRock is indeed interesting. They love to include more necessities in their board for the same price bracket from other brands.

For personal usage, i use MSI for my mum's PC and Asus for my own personal rig just for all the new things that they implemented.

I tested both M.2 slots on my CH7 - Only one is the PCI-E x4 direct to CPU. The other one is much slower.

 

[Ferolare]

Don't they all have ur favourite HDMI 2.0 and PS/2?

PS/2

i dont have any 4K display to validate if the hdmi is 1.4 or "2.0" at the moment; still waiting for freesync2

 

[royfrosty]

I tested both M.2 slots on my CH7 - Only one is the PCI-E x4 direct to CPU. The other one is much slower.

You might wanna check why is it slowing down for you?

Cause honestly i did a raid 0 on 2 950 pro im not getting any bottleneck though.

Here is another walkthrough that this guy doing raid 0 for 960 pro drive and also reported both are doing full speed and not bottleneck.

Fyi, both are wired through cpu x4. Cause the top pcie is shared to the m.2 also.

Meaning to say when you plug in a gpu, your gpu is running 8x, and the top m.2 is running 4x. That is why c7h managed to wire another m.2 direct to cpu x4 again on the 2nd m.2.

If your 2nd m.2 slow down a lot, might wanna check either your drive or your board.

 

[Encrypted11]

PS/2

i dont have any 4K display to validate if the hdmi is 1.4 or "2.0" at the moment; still waiting for freesync2

Chiu said most correct board for the budget as well. But oh well i get where you're coming from, hope its 2.0 or why not just forget about that and use displayport today even with the current monitor

 

[Ferolare]

Chiu said most correct board for the budget as well. But oh well i get where you're coming from, hope its 2.0 or why not just forget about that and use displayport today even with the current monitor

DP doesnt exist on consumer TV