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  siuol on 30/08/2009 - 19:04

  AsRock and ECS are cheapo? hmm

  ECS is the 4th biggest motherboard manufacturer in the world….

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    [Deactivated] on 30/08/2009 - 19:07

    Yes, they are certainly cheapo. I actually like the brands… in budget systems. I wouldn't use them in a mission critical system though - they use cheap capacitors and have somewhat experimental BIOSes.

    EDIT And you might want to think "4th biggest producer" as an argument against being cheap. For starters, how many they produce is zero reflection on quality. Some of the cheapest, crappest cases and PSUs are the most popular for example. And anything you buy in the $2 shop is probably made by a massive manufacturer.

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      Broden on 30/08/2009 - 20:42

      Intel don't make the greatest motherboards you know..

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      StewBalls on 30/08/2009 - 22:15

      Oh, and don't forget, ASRock = ASUS (generic brand)

      LOL, "cheap capacitors and have somewhat experimental BIOSes"
      Gigabyte should be looking at their feet kicking the dirt and whistling quietly right about now! ;)

      FWIW, I haven't seen any stuff coming from the big name manufacturers recently that I'd wanna write home about. Haven't used any ECS mobos myself lately, but all the old ones I've got laying around still boot and run fine! Plus, my old ASRock based systems are still powering on, outlasted 2x replacment MSI boards in my current system, and some expensive high end MSI's and GB's in my mate's mega-bucks gaming systems, so I'd be thinking long and hard about what constitutes a part adequate to a "mission critical" system before I put ANY component manufacturer up on a pedestal! ;)

      Do your due diligence, check out the reviews of THAT component before you buy it, that's my ultimate 2c worth of wisdom! :)

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        MetalPhreak on 31/08/2009 - 11:53

        Foxconn actually make most of the OEM motherboards ie Dell/HP

        Many of the "cheap" manufacturers make cheaper low end motherboards, because that's all most people need. Not every one needs overclocking, or dual gigabit lan, or lots of sata ports. They need a cheap, reliable no frills board that they can surf the net and type docs on ;)

        I've had a pretty good run with Gigabyte so far (when they turned themselves around 2-3 yrs ago)

        It's usually a particular batch, or a particular model that has issues rather than one company being crap all round ;) Buy whats cheap and does what you need.

        EDIT: I don't see whats "extreme" about it besides being black… Looks like a decent board though. Using both x16 slots means they only get x8 bandwidth each but thats a P45 limitation.

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  Kranbone on 30/08/2009 - 22:31

  Great price and extremely well featured especially for the price.

  In my experience, some Intel boards are actually made by a company called Foxconn. Foxconn often gets a lot of slack but they do manufacture for some really big names (even Gigabyte).

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  Icy on 31/08/2009 - 21:59

  -1

  ASUS FTW