Msi?
Ok, I have heard some people talking about MSI and I want to know what makes them so good. I have always been told Asus Asus Asus. What makes them better than Brand B? I personaly love Asus...great products and great support. Lets see if yall can change my mind.
How did you come to trade the fiddle for the drum?
Ultimatly its people prefrence. I am an asus fan, i bought one a few years back it worked great i bought another, they have never failed me. MSI is the same for others, plus its a little cheeper. Ill prolly use Asus untill it fails me then ill try another brand.
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They're cheaper becuase they use parts from china... or so I'm told. MSI got themselfs into a big mess over using cheaper parts on the boards...thats all I know.
Yeah...well I hadent planned on using any other than Asus. I just wanted to know what other options are out there, and MSI seems to be the next best thing.
How did you come to trade the fiddle for the drum?
i have an msi and it works great for me and as it was stated it is the persons choice.. so bassically its up to you and how you feel
I was (and still am) a fan of MSI. Recently, however, I find myself using Chaintech more and more in my builds. Granted, they are a "second tier" MB company, but when it comes to AMD builds, I feel they offer the best bang for the buck, esp. with nVidia chipset boards. Just my $0.02.
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To be honest there is always a chance on getting a bum mobo it does not matter the manufacturer.
I always used ABIT, one day I had a problem then I moved to Asus and most recently (Read my Problem with ASUS Motherboard Thread) and well I switched back to ABIT to give them another chance..... Some boards are good others bad it is a flip of the coin well and where it is made and yes type of components.
Best bet if you are looking for a new brand board is decide on the company as you did (MSI) then decide on a specific model then visit the forums and ask around get opinions from others that already own and use the specific motherboard.
i have MSI Neo4 and its pretty nice. from what i see, Asus is always the 1st one to come out with a new board. For example, Asus had the 1st SLI motherboard.
I like MSI for their video cards. Also i am not a big overclocker so they work fine. For the msi Motherboards i have 2 right now and they both work well. I was actually suurprised by the perfomance of my new one which is the rs480 wit the ATI chipset on it. Plus there red muhahahah.
Other brands I like is Asus and Gigabyte along with some of teh dfi boards for stabilty.
Not a big fan of abit and a couple othert manufactures.
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Re: Msi?
Ive used mostly MSI boards in my builds (for myself and others). Quality wise, they're right up there with the others. I had an ABIT for my overclocked XP-M, but the chipset cooler died (very common problem on NF7-S boards) and in my haste to remove said cooler, scratched about a dozen traces on the mobo. From what i have read, most of the component problems with MSI have been cheap caps, but Abit and quite a few others were hit with the same problem. Now it seems that most "name" mobo manufacturers have switched to Japanese caps.
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