AsRock motherboards any good?

[Guest]

Hi,

I have not built a PC in about 10 years so I am a bit out of touch.

I haven't heard or AsRock motherboards.

Are they OK?

Are they as good as Asus motherboards?

Thanks

 

[Chingy]

Yeah they are not bad for Base system no overclocking..they make good
affordable motherboards, while Asus put all sort of overclocking capablity
in their motherboards and they charge you $$$ for it..


Cheers

 

[Chingy]

Another good contender is Foxconn they make good motherboard they are more
reliable as I seen on many forums...

 

[caterbro]

Hi,

I have not built a PC in about 10 years so I am a bit out of touch.

I haven't heard or AsRock motherboards.

Are they OK?

no. they are budget boards with terrible support, poor design, and
should be avoided at all costs.


i have seen them with paper caps and extra solder blobbed all over,
then sealed in plastic- no lie.

i wouldn't use one or sell one for love or money.

Are they as good as Asus motherboards?

not in the same solar system.

carl

 

[caterbro]

Another good contender is Foxconn they make good motherboard they are more
reliable as I seen on many forums...

Foxconn motherboards are the lowest of the low-the cheapest, crappiest,
worst supported motherboards out there.

Dell uses Foxconn motherboards- that should give you the idea.

they should be avoided at all costs, they are not reliable, very, very
hard to get serviced or replaced, and very badly designed.


carl

 

[Doug]

Amen with a capitol A.... Just spend the money, especially when it's the
heart and soul of your system.. Buy ASUS and be done for the life of the
system...

Doug

 

[km]

Hi,

I have not built a PC in about 10 years so I am a bit out of touch.

I haven't heard or AsRock motherboards.

Are they OK?

Are they as good as Asus motherboards?

Thanks

Very difficult for an accurate reply as most home-builders only do
what you do and put a system together infrequently. Even the most
expensive motherboards fail!

I have used ASRock on two machines for a number of years with no
problems:

ASRock K758XE

Just after I bought these my son-in-law put a system together with a
slightly improved spec on this board (similar number but can't
remember the detail) and this lasted just over 12 months before
failing - unable to establish reason. No obvious things like swollen
caps.

The point I am making is that unless you get a response from someone
who handles lots of these you will get an uninformed view.

Even with my purchases it is not good to take them as of value because
of course it is now 2/3 years on and manufacturing/supplier of parts
etc will probably be different.

KM

 

[Conor]

Hi,

I have not built a PC in about 10 years so I am a bit out of touch.

I haven't heard or AsRock motherboards.

Are they OK?

Budget arm of Asus.

Are they as good as Asus motherboards?

Oh yes. When you get the box and open it, you'd be surprised that it's
supposed to be a budget board.

Runs great. Can do some overclocking although it doen't have as many
options as I'd like however OCW provide a modified BIOS if you're
prepared to take the risk.

For the price you can't go wrong.

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[Johanna]

Hi!
I bought one because it could do BOTH AGP and PCI-E simultaneously
(yes!). It is called Asrock 939 Dual SATA.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASRock/939Dual-SATA2/2

Money was not the reason for buying this over Asus for example. I wanted
this particular board.
I had a £250 AGP card that I didn't want to upgrade, however I needed a
new motherboard.
This motherboard got fantastic reviews in CustomPC (a UK enthusiast
magazine) - won awards etc.
People were saying that Asrock was not as good as other makes, but I
trust that magazine! There were some other good reviews online as well.

It was cheap, easy to use, nice looking and reliable. I am pleased with it.
The downside is that it is not very easy to overclock. You can only
overclock a little bit until it becomes unstable.
(at least that was my experience).

However, a (supposedly) easy hardware hack which involves a small
alteration to the mobo with a tool which I don't know the English name
for fixes that problem. (I didn't try it)
But after doing that that you can do some serious overclocking according
to people online.
I haven't done it though, but it is explained online.

 

[DaveW]

Asrock motherboards are made by Asus as their off-brand models. They are
not built with the same quality of components as Asus boards, but they also
do not cost as much. Your choice.

 

[Garrot]

i wouldn't use one or sell one for love or money.



not in the same solar system.

carl

Asrock is Asus, dumbass.

 

[larry moe 'n curly]

I have not built a PC in about 10 years so I am a bit out of touch.

I haven't heard or AsRock motherboards.

Are they OK?

Are they as good as Asus motherboards?

I have only one, an Asrock K7VT4A Pro (VIA KT400A chipset), and it
seems better biult than the ECS K7VAT3 v. 8 that it replaced because
its CPU voltage regulator has Japanese brand electrolytic capacitors
rather than Taiwanese ones, the south bridge heatsink is bigger, and
there's the same CPU thermal protection that Asus bragged about that
will supposedly prevent damage to 32-bit AMD CPUs even if the heatsink
is suddenly removed during operation (not important for 64-bit AMDs or
Intels since the P4, all which have built-in overheat protection).

 

[Guest]

Asrock motherboards are made by Asus as their off-brand models. They are
not built with the same quality of components as Asus boards,

Exactly what are the differences?

 

[caterbro]

Asrock is Asus, dumbass.

Spun off from Wau Qing(sic) in 2002, moron. subsidiary of a subsidiary
- NOT Asus.

different engineering, different facilities, different manufacturers,
different company, different brand.

jackass.


carl

 

[Conor]

Spun off from Wau Qing(sic) in 2002, moron. subsidiary of a subsidiary
- NOT Asus.

different engineering, different facilities, different manufacturers,
different company, different brand.

jackass.

You do know EVERYBODY uses boards and components from the same
manufacturers in Asia don't you?

Please don;t tell me you're so ****ing stupid as to believe that Apple
Macs are made in America.


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[larry moe 'n curly]

You do know EVERYBODY uses boards and components from the same
manufacturers in Asia don't you?

I seen cheap mobos where the power sockets were so loose that the
connectors could easily be plugged in wrong, or they were full of bad
Taiwan brand capacitors, like OST, while better mobos had Japanese
brand caps everywhere.

 

[caterbro]

You do know EVERYBODY uses boards and components from the same
manufacturers in Asia don't you?

oh, yes, the Santa's Magic Motherboard Factory theory, where all the
magic little asian elves make all the motherboards for all the good
little boys and girls.

tell you what, idiot- why don't you list for me the major motherboard
assembly facilities for me?

stop at 50- that's enough to disprove your asinine comment.

Please don;t tell me you're so ****ing stupid as to believe that Apple
Macs are made in America.

next time you have a thought? just let it go.

carl

 

[Conor]

oh, yes, the Santa's Magic Motherboard Factory theory, where all the
magic little asian elves make all the motherboards for all the good
little boys and girls.

They do. Look on the box and you'll see Made in China/Made in Taiwan
etc.

tell you what, idiot- why don't you list for me the major motherboard
assembly facilities for me?

stop at 50- that's enough to disprove your asinine comment.



next time you have a thought? just let it go.

Stupid dumbass Yank halfwit...


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[Garrot]

Spun off from Wau Qing(sic) in 2002, moron. subsidiary of a subsidiary
- NOT Asus.

different engineering, different facilities, different manufacturers,
different company, different brand.

jackass.


carl

Ah, considering you know so much about them then one can easily surmise
that you have a vested interest in bad mouthing them. Post some proof of
the below comments. Post exactly which Asrock motherboards you have bought
and what issues you had with them. Or else the dumbass comment still
stands.

"no. they are budget boards with terrible support, poor design, and
should be avoided at all costs."

 

[caterbro]

Or else the dumbass comment still
stands.

the jackass comment stands no matter what-

carl