Favorite MotherBoard Manufacturer?
 

Hey Everyone,
I was wondering, what is everyones favorite MoBo manufacturer? I personally like ABit and have never had problems with the few boards I bought from them, they are a little expensive, but it is worth it. Please vote and specify why. THANKS!
-C

EPoX. They routinely produce great motherboards that are less expensive than their competitors.

I've had great luck with ECS, and while not everyone has, they're finally getting their feet wet in the enthusiast market with their KN1 Extreme.

Abit has kind of fallen off, at least in the AMD realm, since the NF7-S for the Socket A processors. I'd very much say that DFI has taken Abit's placing atop the enthusiast based markets.

I've had two ASUS boards, hated both of them. Bought a Gigabyte board to replace one of the ASUS boards, the Gigabyte board was marginally better, but it wasn't anything spectaular.

I have used most of these manufacturers in the past. MSI and ECS were okay, but I had trouble with both of them blowing up multiple motherboards in the past. I am currently running an an ABit KV7 (yes I know it is a bit dated at this point), but I have had no problems with it at all. Has worked flawlessly and reliably for me for a while now. I am scheduling a full system re-build for the next few months and plan to relegate this machine to back-up status.

Soon I will be looking for a new motherboard, but since my experience with ABit has been so good, I am likely going to look at them first. Other people often tell me the Gigabit boards are very good as well.

yes abit is good but Asus is satae of the art and also have a good rep for being reliable i would prefer Asus also because it has silant cooling on its latest MB and high overclocking capabilities

I have used ASUS in the past, but when I was using them, they always seemed to a step behind ABit. Especially when I was looking at Bios features and being able to easily over-clock the motherboard, track temperatures and such.

Been a few years since I have used ASUS, but I left ASUS to go to ABIT and I have not really looked back. I guess I will consider them when doing an upgrade.

What is their top-of-the-line AMD board right now so I can take a look at it?

Asus for me... have always been using them and not faced a problem ever, except once but it was just a bad piece i got from the retailer.
Otherwise Asus it is !

Secure Server
 

Thinking to buy a web server for my commercial websites www.fitness-boat.com , www.allbrands4u.com and www.argos-sports.co.uk extremly tired of hosting providers.At the time when you need them to be reliable but they do not espacially in holidays season.
Can any recommend some good reliable web server? thanks

Re: Secure Server
 

Are you looking for a reliable web server or server board?

If you want a server...
I would suggest getting a managed server before you get your own server, because you need a good connection (Usually T1), becuase most ISPs will not allow you to run a webserver unless you pay more. It is also somewhat of a pain. Check out managed or even unmanaged servers if you know what you are doing.

If you want a server board...
Figure out what platform you want for your server, if you make a post and ask more about it I can help you out. Give details - budget, what you need it for, etc...

-C

i have got an msi and it works great :D

i have 2 msi mobo in the past and they nv fail me..hehe

I have at the moment Gigabyte, but i also like Asus.

Gigabyte is a realiable mobo, as is asus, my only beef with gigabyte was on most of their boards about a year or 2 ago they were leaving the SATA connections off. They were available, but you had to solder them yourself... if you've ever seen me solder you'll know why i have a problem with this, lol. Even with this flaw they are still the best company i've ever dealt with.
My friend is running a similar system with the new AMD asus board (which he had to buy after a surge destroyed his gigabyte) and his computer is running atleast as good as it was before. When i look to upgrade again both of these companies will be definate contenders.

i agree, Gigabyte and Asus are like the top 2 brands in mobo's manufacturer's.

I wonder why Jetway is not here.
Im currently using Jetway as my motherboard.
I have to decide between Asus and Jetway before,when im buying my PC.
I think it was last year.

I've never heard of Jetway. Is it some sort of local brand or something like that?

Can't say that I have heard of Jetway either, but there are so many MB brands out there these days.

ASUS over Abit for me, have some old ASUS boards which have been running for many years with no problems, while 2 ABit boards have failed.

Gigabyte might be decent too, just don't have a lot of experience with it.

Friend installed Abit motherboard for me and told me they are good.
How does one judge one motherboard from another.
What makes a really good motherboard?

i agree outofbreath. There are a lots of mobo now. enigma i would say by it's performance and it's good things that it can do mainly wat u would want it to achieve.

I am partial to ABit, but have had a lot of good luck with Asus in the past as well.

I would probably look at ABit first for my next motherboard purchase.

ABIT Ltd.
Motherboard manufacturer specializing in motherboards for the overclocking and performance market.

Once i got my first Asus mobo i was set. The flexibility in OC is awesome and i never had any problems with them.

I too vote for ASUS. I'm not all that happy with their website when it comes to locating drivers, but they make a good board.

I was very impressed with Shuttle boards as they were very depenable and more stable than a lot of the newer manufactured boards. They were kind of pricey and were edged out of the OEM market other than from specialty builders like myself:tongue:

I have to follow Musky on Asus boards now as they are easy to work with, ease of configuration, and over all general use.

I do not have any particular favourites, I have a Albatron K8X800 Pro II which has given me dependable service for the last three years.

I also have a Asus M2N SLI Deluxe in the other computer, which has been cruising along for the last two months with no hiccups so far...

Hey mate,
Are we bragging here are what? :icon_wink:

G'day Lurks, no I never brag mate... :tongue:

I have to say EVGA (made by foxconn) is my favorite because they have hands down the best customer service I have ever seen. My mobo has a problem, no question they give a lifetime warranty, send it in get a replacement, and no BS, no hassle, I just get a replacement. Nuf said.:)

Peace:peace:

CCL

Having a great service rep is good......myself....I would rather have a bad service department from a board manufacturer who's motherboards doesn't break in the first place... :sbiggrin:

Nothing against Foxconn !

Same 4 me. my mobo been through plenty but still standing strong and processing my gigs of data