Motherboard Suggestions... - Page 2

Ninja Prime · 10-22-11, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by jcrox

I went with the MSI as after replacing faulty board, after board, after board I refuse to buy Gigabyte ever again.

After my EVGA 1366 Motherboard took out my processor and GTX570 I'm never buying another one of those either.

I also stopped down at my buddy's shop and when I mentioned Asus Z68 he showed me the 30+ plus boards waiting to be picked up for RMA and that turned me off from getting Asus.

If the MSI fails... I'll try an ASRock.

IMO... it's really frustrating these days buying a motherboard as I don't really trust any of the companies anymore to deliver a good product for under $400

Yeah I hear ya, I had the same deal with Asus and Abit, been running gigabyte for my last few, they haven't disappointed me yet.

**mullet** · 10-22-11, 08:28 AM

I have used ASUS boards since 1995 and all of the PC's I have built for a ton of people I have never RMA-ed 1 of them.

Muppet · 10-22-11, 05:01 PM

I've never had any issues with Asus or Gigabyte boards, but I have with XFX and EVGA. But those were only one offs, although my RMA EVGA is playing up atm.

**jcrox** · 10-28-11, 12:37 AM

Everything fired up just fine first try with the MSI board.

OC Genie II pops the CPU up to 4.4GHz with the click of a button and with manual overclocking I was able to reach 4.8GHz without a sweat.

At stock 3.3 (EIST turned off) CPU idles at 23-25c.
At 4.4GHz CPU idles at 34c.

I don't run prime95 as I don't have anything that pushes 4 cores to 100% for any period of time but... highest temp I've seen so far is 54c.

Definitely giving this MSI Z68 board 2 thumbs up

10-22-11, 08:28 AM	#14
mullet Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,997	Re: Motherboard Suggestions... I have used ASUS boards since 1995 and all of the PC's I have built for a ton of people I have never RMA-ed 1 of them. __________________ • LIAN-LI PC-A70B • ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA (0701) • i7-3770k + NOCTUA\|NH-D14 • Intel 520 240GB SSD • G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600 • • EVGA GeForce GTX 680 • PCP&C 750 Quad • ASUS 12x BD-ROM • DELL U2412M E-IPS • Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 • Logitech Z5500 5.1 •

10-22-11, 05:01 PM	#15
Muppet Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 3,108	Re: Motherboard Suggestions... I've never had any issues with Asus or Gigabyte boards, but I have with XFX and EVGA. But those were only one offs, although my RMA EVGA is playing up atm.

10-28-11, 12:37 AM	#16
jcrox Mahna Mahna Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madison, Wi Posts: 6,123	Re: Motherboard Suggestions... Everything fired up just fine first try with the MSI board. OC Genie II pops the CPU up to 4.4GHz with the click of a button and with manual overclocking I was able to reach 4.8GHz without a sweat. At stock 3.3 (EIST turned off) CPU idles at 23-25c. At 4.4GHz CPU idles at 34c. I don't run prime95 as I don't have anything that pushes 4 cores to 100% for any period of time but... highest temp I've seen so far is 54c. Definitely giving this MSI Z68 board 2 thumbs up __________________ Gaming MSI Z68 G3 \| 2500k \| CNPS9900MAX-B \| 8GB G.Skill \| EVGA GTX570 2560MB \|ThermalTake 850w \| X-Fi Titanium \| Antec 900 \| Asus PA248Q \| Lycosa \| Death Adder \| Win7 Pro 64 Dev/Backup Asus P5QL Pro \| Q9400 \| H50 \| 8GB G.skill \| GTX260 216 \| Ubuntu 11.10 Laptop 17" Inspiron \| i5 \| 4GB DDR3 \| 500GB HDD \| Win7 Pro 64