MOBO - ASUS or Gigabyte or MSI

[Tenida]

At your budget i will suggest you for MSI Z68A-GD55(B3) or MSI Z68A-GD65(B3).
Check here

 

[Skud]

I haven't seen much positive reviews of Gigabyte Z68 mobos. Better stick with MSI if you don't want to risk ASUS.

 

[$$Lionking$$]

I can vouch you on this one. As I recently went to a branch of Rashi Peripherals in Coimbatore, to claim a warranty for my G500 mouse. I must say they got stacks of low end motherboard dumped in their office, which shocked me when the service rep said that they were all faulty.

Yeah that's because asus sells a looooooooooooooot of 680i/G41 everyday.... hence the no. of damaged boards is more than msi or gb but the % error is lesser than both coz msi/gb are not selling as much as asus at all!!!!!!

 

[robotsmani]

What is the major diff between these two MSI Z68A-GD55(B3) or MSI Z68A-GD65(B3). At their site didn't find any diff.

 

[max_snyper]

Having hectic RMA process that does not mean the company is bad....
Which in that case ASUS produces quality products.....
why would you face service centers if your product doesnt have any faults?
By far haven't seen an big disaster happening with any three of the companies(asus,msi,gigabyte) other than gigabyte/asrock (gen3) feud....

Again the choice is your to choose which company's motherboard u want.

 

[$$Lionking$$]

z68-u4 seems nice..

 

[Tenida]

I think this review will help the op
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5 : Round-Up: Four Z68 Motherboards From $220 To $280

 

[$$Lionking$$]

Tenida - ure right - asus is the best!!

 

[Tenida]

Tenida - ure right - asus is the best!!

Out of 10

Brand|product quality|After sales service|Total
Asus|9.5|1.5|11
MSI|9|10|19
Gigabyte|9|9|18

Now i think its clear which brand is good and best

 

[$$Lionking$$]

Out of 10

Brand|product quality|After sales service|Total
Asus|9.5|1.5|11
MSI|0.5|10|10.5
Gigabyte|9|9|18

Now i think its clear which brand is good and best

Totally get it now... Gigabyte then Asus then MSi!!

 

[Tenida]

And i have not said asus is the best asus sucks in india
Gigabyte/msi/asrock/evga/intel and then the asus
Asus will be best if it changes its service center from rashi to digicomp/neoteric/tirupati

 

[$$Lionking$$]

And i have not said asus is the best asus sucks in india
Gigabyte/msi/asrock/evga/intel and then the asus
Asus will be best if it changes its service center from rashi to digicomp/neoteric/tirupati

Tenida - yaar honestly, in Indore service goes like this - Asus, MSI, Gigabyte(but this has been so for only past 3 months b4 that Gigabyte was right up there with asus), EVGA, Intel.

ASRock dont sell here....!!

If you compare products only - Asus > Gigabyte > MSI ...?

Although some MSI boards do surprise me - 790FX-GD70(7040MHz PIIX4965) is one example.... Z68-GD80 also seems to be better than Gigabyte option here.... but these are only 2 examples... exceptions are always there kinda thing... overall msi quality is still dismal....

 

[robotsmani]

Decided to buy the MSI Z68A GD65. Went to S P Road today not available. Jainex told that he will arrange it for monday. It is 11k+

@Tenida, What are the main diff in GD65 and GD80? Is GD 65 is having the Dual CMOS? How is your GD80?

In this model i liked the switch for onboard GPU and PCI GPU and Dual CMOS. I am not sure of these features in ASUS or Gigabye

For ASUS, asked Golcha, he is having the v/vpro Gen3 only and told that the v/vpro stopped production, the Gen3 is costly its 15K+ so not buying the ASUS

Any Gigabyte models equivalent to above?

 

[Tenida]

@lionking-You are forgetting about the after-sales-support thing.Asus doesn't have good after-sales support in most of the location in India.So i am suggesting board from MSI/Gigabyte.And another thing not everyone overclock pc like crazy....

(790FX-GD70(7040MHz PIIX4965)

.They use their pc for many purpose other than crazy overclocking....If you want to overclock like crazy then their are motherboard for that purpose too like MSI Big Bang marshall,Asus Maximus IV

And don't blame the motherboard manufacture for fried-up board(2-6K range) while doing crazy overclocking.

@robotsmani-For your budget GD65 is very good.There is not much difference between GD65 and GD80.
For Gigabyte look for the model with XP(Have lucid virtue),X(don't have lucid-virtue)...
Like GA-Z68XP-UD4..

 

[robotsmani]

Almost i made up my mind for MSI Z68A GD65, but there is no stock. checked with MSI too.

So i have to take the ASS risk for ASUS. The ASUS P8Z68 V/Gen3 is what available, the older non gen3 version is not available and Golcha says it stopped prod. Is it true. There is a 1k diff.

And the V Pro/gen3 and V/gen3 is ~1k diff. Is it worth buying the vpro/gen3 for the extra ~1k

I don't want to take too much risk on GB

 

[sumonpathak]

take ASUS P8Z68 V/Gen3

 

[Tenida]

@robotsmani-Check this
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/service-rma-watch/133227-rma-experience-thread-7.html#post1550753

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

though this is for amd -
AMD Motherboard VRM information list.
see msi am3 failure rate!

*docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Avoxk_HEpJEbdDYyU3BOenBQRWhSdkpKejFwQzBUTXc&hl=en_US#gid=0

 

[d6bmg]

And i have not said asus is the best asus sucks in india

Sorry about bumping this old thread, but I would like to mention that Asus is bad only where Rashi is bad. I heard in this forum only that Rashi deals better with customers somewhere in India. Forgot that poster and the exact location. Might be he (i.e. the poster) can revive my memory

 

[Skud]

Chennai. One case in Shimla too, iirc.