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Which is better Asus Mainboard Or GAGBYTE Mainboard

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It depends, which models are you referring to?

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In terms of quality I prefer Asus. Plus Asus is normally a leader in stability and overclocking. Gigabyte is a bit cheaper but as I said before the stability and overclocking capabilities of the motherboard are usually lower than that of Asus.


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I agree that it depends on the board not the manufacturer.

I tend to go with Asus although they tend to be the most expensive.


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Well base in my experience.. yes when u talking about quality its asus (material).. but its the most expensive mobo. Gigabyte.. puts intel-based mobo in maximum perfomance.. dont know about amd-based mobo. Why not try Abit? I'm very impressed the capability of it with cheaper price :). Easy overclocking menu. I'm still using it.

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They're both excellent manufacturers of motherboards. It's all down to what you want to do with it (office? surf? game? OC?), what features you want (RAID? PCIe2?), and budget.

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I've had failures with boards from both ASUS and Gigabyte, so I know they both have made some poor boards. On the other hand, I've never owned a a Gigabyte board that was a real winner, that is, none of them were really great boards. Its been a few years since I bought a Gigabyte board, so they may have raised their quality and features. On the other hand, with one board design exception, I've had good luck with ASUS. The problem board from ASUS was the A8N32 SLI Deluxe. I went through a few of those before ASUS did a revision that worked properly.


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i somehow found you get more informations from the Asus BIOS then the gigabyte. like the NB temp, volts or something similar. where as gigabyte on the other hand just display vcore and ram volt mb temp som ebasic reading.

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On the question, it really depends on what your using your MB/system for.

Running things at stock, just about any company brand will/should do fine.

OC'ing abilities, its usually the chipset that can limit what you can OC to.

Running 3rd parties HSF, also would need to be factored in, as far as choosing what can work best.

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i used to go asus, a lot... then i tried out some gigabyte parts, i have a motherboard and a video card, both exceeded my expectations, I especially enjoy ultra durable II... it's more stable when overclock than i had expected, eg:no failures for reasonable overclocks thus far


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*gagbyte* sounds like something asus would say about them...

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Both are superb brands but i prefer gigabyte for the solid capacitors and long lifespan.

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GA-P35-DS3L FTW. I prefer Gigabyte for price, and solid capacitors rock! Good BIOS, features, etc. Good layout too.

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Gigabyte is not the only board manufacturer that uses solid capacitors. Also, every Asus board I have ever purchased still works perfectly many years later(there is one exception... but any board can die if you overvolt it that much :P).

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I use to be only ASUS, but lately, I have gone towards Gigabyte boards.
I haven't had one board from either go bad, so it's not that, it's mostly the price for what I get, and Gigabyte has been a better deal for the options they offer.

But either company would be a good choice for motherboards, in my opinion.


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the revolution i think its MSi to be honest. server grade capacitor on the P45 mobo. and they always deploy some high end cooling for the price of Asus/Gigabyte's medium board, namely the platinum and diamond version.

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06-24-2008 at 06:54:11 PM