Which motherboards are the most resilient?

kapalik

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Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40 GHz
Motherboard: Asus H81M-E
Memory: Transcend 2GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz (Channel B)
Undefined 2GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz (Channel A)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64 bit


Dear friends,

In the last few days my pc suffered terrible “blows” from both non-brand and cheap power supply and ups. First the ups went abnormal, burnt two power supplies in sequence and because of its ‘abnormality’ my pc would ‘hang’ and monitor display would shut down and would return back until a pc reset. Then I bought a new power supply which gave less ‘power’ to the pc, because of that my internal hdd would not function and the motherboard would show hdd failure error on the ‘start screen’ after I power-on the pc. Thereafter, I replaced both the faulty power supply and ups with new ones and currently having no problem.

The vendor/seller from whom I bought both the power supply and ups informed me that both defective power supply and ups could burn down a motherboard and good thing my pc possess a branded motherboard which could take all the “blows” from the power supply and the ups and suggested me not to buy unknown-branded and cheap motherboards as they would not have endured the “blows”, might have suffered terrible damage and would have been difficult to claim warranty if the current motherboard was within warranty period.

On the contrary, vendors who normally sell cheap and unknown-branded motherboards informed me that all motherboards, both branded and unknown-branded, are made in china, they are practically the same and hence would withstand any kind of “blow”, either from electricity fluctuations or from malfunctioning ups or power supply.

I am confused whose information are acceptable and practical. I will be pleased if any one of you could shed some light regarding this abnormal situation that has been encountered.

Thanks in advance.

 
It's an interesting question, but not one i've ever seen an answer to. However taking the slightly higher level question of is branded more resilient than unbranded i'd say that yes branded they probably are.

However it's the PSU that gives you the protection, so a cheap PSU will let faults go through to the mobo, a quality PSU will not.
 

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On a different scenerio, in my place, there are two asus motherboards available for intel 6th generation processor: ASUS PRIME B250M-D and ASUS H110M-AASUS H110M-A is more cheaper than ASUS PRIME B250M-D. Is there any advantage in buying expensive motherboard for the same generation processor? I never overclock or use any features that would put any motherboard into stress. So for any generation processor would it be sufficient to buy the cheaper motherboard available from a known brand like gigabyte, asus etc? What are the advantages of using an expensive motherboard compared to a cheaper one from the same brand? Is an expensive motherboard more resilient and durable than the cheaper ones?

Thanks is advance.