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Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the
owners? It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are better than others. |
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"Davej" wrote in message ups.com... Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the owners? It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are better than others. Simple really. A good percentage of home builders shouldn't even think about building themselves. A lot of the complaints you will see about motherboards boil down to idiot failed to research properly prior to purchase, or ****ed up his new hardware by mating components that were not meant to go together. -Dave |
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Dave wrote:
Simple really. A good percentage of home builders shouldn't even think about building themselves. A lot of the complaints you will see about motherboards boil down to idiot failed to research properly prior to purchase, or ****ed up his new hardware by mating components that were not meant to go together. http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1...hisworkzr7.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yzumsh |
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"Al Pilarcik" wrote in message reenews.net... Dave wrote: Simple really. A good percentage of home builders shouldn't even think about building themselves. A lot of the complaints you will see about motherboards boil down to idiot failed to research properly prior to purchase, or ****ed up his new hardware by mating components that were not meant to go together. http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1...hisworkzr7.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yzumsh Good example! -Dave |
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Davej wrote
Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the owners? Because you only see posts from those who dont like their motherboard mostly. Those who do like their motherboard mostly dont bother to say so. It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are better than others. It does indeed. |
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Davej wrote:
Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the owners? It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are better than others. Not really. Abit, MSI, Asus, DFI, Intel, Supermicro, and Gigabyte all make good products. As Dave mentions elsewhere in this thread, often the problem is the builder and not the hardware. This "systems engineer" is a good example: http://tinyurl.com/ylj5kz "If an operating system such as Windows is loaded on this drive, it will not boot. This drive is designed for data storage (Enterprise Storage)only and is missing a standard boot sector. I am a systems engineer and have confirmed this with Seagate techinical support at 1-877-xxx-xxxx." |
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A lot of noobie motherboard owners have trouble understanding the many
complexities involved in setting them up. -- DaveW ---------------- "Davej" wrote in message ups.com... Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the owners? It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are better than others. |
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"Rod Speed" wrote:
Davej wrote Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the owners? Because you only see posts from those who dont like their motherboard mostly. Those who do like their motherboard mostly dont bother to say so. In that case, I must make a point of singing the praises of the following: AOpen AX59Pro (Socket 7) - High performance, great overclocker, very stable ASUS A7V8X-X (Socket A) - Another great stable board. Abit AN7 (Socket A) - Great overclocker and also stable. ASUS A8V + A8V deluxe (Socket 939) - Also stable and reasonable overclocker. Cheers! -- Graham Website - http://www.thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk |
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"Davej" wrote:
Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the owners? It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are better than others. To me, negative comments are just as valuable as positive comments. I need negative comments when researching a new upgrade part. What someone else doesn't like about something might not matter to me (and that means I get more of what I want for the price). Also, as mentioned in other replies, you can attribute some negative comments to lack of experience and ignorance. Even if there were only negative comments, you could bias your judgment of those comments by the manufacturer's popularity. It's like with ordinary things, if a manufacturer makes something very popular, the bad things are more likely to be discovered. Good luck and have fun. |
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fwibbler wrote
Rod Speed wrote Davej wrote Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the owners? Because you only see posts from those who dont like their motherboard mostly. Those who do like their motherboard mostly dont bother to say so. In that case, I must make a point of singing the praises of the following: My dog sings better than that when you tread on his tail |-) AOpen AX59Pro (Socket 7) - High performance, great overclocker, very stable ASUS A7V8X-X (Socket A) - Another great stable board. Abit AN7 (Socket A) - Great overclocker and also stable. ASUS A8V + A8V deluxe (Socket 939) - Also stable and reasonable overclocker. It makes more sense to use a Core 2 Duo now, and overclocking is mad. |
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