Manufactures, Y U tease us?

NRG! said:
I've used the bios a fair bit but haven't used the software.

R.E the software, is that not the way the bios itself works? I don't see how it can apply changes on reboot without first writing those changes to the bios chip.
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Yeah it's pretty much exactly the same as the bios tbh.
 
What's wrong with the Asus motherboard guys?
I personally like Asus than any other brand for motherboards. JS


MrKambo said:
all the boards are here http://wccftech.com/asus-z87-mother...vi-hero-z87-sabertooth-z87-gryphoon-pictured/
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And this, the 'more mainstream' Z87 so the Pro and the others, with the gold heatsinks and such, what are your thoughts?
Also, are these the very final, 'ready to release' to the public? Because I really don't like gold, prefer blue tbh
Shame I wont be able to use a Asus Z77 board with a LGA 1150 :lol:
 
wrenaudrey said:
What's wrong with the Asus motherboard guys?
I personally like Asus than any other brand for motherboards. JS
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Things have changed lately. For ages there was never really a price war. On X58 for example you pretty much knew what you were going to pay for a board because they were all the same price.

So for example a decent X58 board was £230. If you went to any other manufacturer you would pay £230, regardless of who made it.

At that time Asus offered the best boards technically because they were great for overclocking. Companies like MSI and Asrock lagged behind. Gigabyte made some fantastic boards, most notably the UD3 as it was £150 and overclocked just as well as any of their £300 boards.

But things have changed with Sandybridge and Ivybridge.

Back then (X58) boards were made or broken on their BCLCK or FSB. Buying an Asus then really did make a difference, as did paying the prices for them.

Now though? well now you can buy a MSI board for £80 that has Crossfire, SLI, SATA III USB III and everything else. Not only that, but overclocking on that board is just as good as any, mostly thanks to it being easy to do (just up the multi and possibly up the volts).

Due to the way we overclock now (we've gone backwards not forwards, overclocking now is identical to the Athlon XP days !) it's not so heavily dependent on the motherboard it's more down to the CPU.

Because of that companies like Asrock and MSI have been able to release slightly cut down boards (without the typical Asus kitchen sink**) and they operate and function just as good as any when it comes to what you can overclock to on a certain CPU.

**Asus have always been about bolting on a load of tat to their boards and then charging for it. OC Palm, external clocks and readers and so on. The thing is the competition is so stiff now on a price basis that they need to start making cheaper boards.

Buying a cheaper board now means sacrificing pretty much nothing.
 
AlienALX said:
Things have changed lately. For ages there was never really a price war. On X58 for example you pretty much knew what you were going to pay for a board because they were all the same price.

So for example a decent X58 board was £230. If you went to any other manufacturer you would pay £230, regardless of who made it.

At that time Asus offered the best boards technically because they were great for overclocking. Companies like MSI and Asrock lagged behind. Gigabyte made some fantastic boards, most notably the UD3 as it was £150 and overclocked just as well as any of their £300 boards.

But things have changed with Sandybridge and Ivybridge.

Back then (X58) boards were made or broken on their BCLCK or FSB. Buying an Asus then really did make a difference, as did paying the prices for them.

Now though? well now you can buy a MSI board for £80 that has Crossfire, SLI, SATA III USB III and everything else. Not only that, but overclocking on that board is just as good as any, mostly thanks to it being easy to do (just up the multi and possibly up the volts).

Due to the way we overclock now (we've gone backwards not forwards, overclocking now is identical to the Athlon XP days !) it's not so heavily dependent on the motherboard it's more down to the CPU.

Because of that companies like Asrock and MSI have been able to release slightly cut down boards (without the typical Asus kitchen sink**) and they operate and function just as good as any when it comes to what you can overclock to on a certain CPU.

**Asus have always been about bolting on a load of tat to their boards and then charging for it. OC Palm, external clocks and readers and so on. The thing is the competition is so stiff now on a price basis that they need to start making cheaper boards.

Buying a cheaper board now means sacrificing pretty much nothing.
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Ah so basically its just price differences now. And what you're trying to imply is that Asus is overpriced.
I get what you're saying.

But then I guess there's the colours that they implement on the actual mobo itself and how well its going to go with your system 'plan'.
Alright, thanks for that reply and for clearing that up.

So any thoughts on the colours on the Asus mobos, about them being gold?
 
wrenaudrey said:
So any thoughts on the colours on the Asus mobos, about them being gold?
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Don't know what ASUS are thinking going with the gold, it looks terrible in my opinion. They should stick to blue, which they are known for, plus blue looks much better.
I can see a lot of people not buying them just based on them being gold as well.
 
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SieB said:
Don't know what ASUS are thinking going with the gold, it looks terrible in my opinion. They should stick to blue, which they are known for, plus blue looks much better.
I can see a lot of people not buying them just based on them being gold as well.
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Yeah I agree. This is PC enthusiasts, not Jay Z and pimp my bloody ride.

They'll be doing a dub edition next :lol: with lowered feet on :lol:
 
Maybe we'll get a pink one as well!

I remember Newegg doing a 'Golden build' with the z77 board by (I believe) ECS? It was all in a golden 600t and honestly it looked pretty epic. But the gold colour doesn't really match with anything but gold. That would mean that we're going to see more golden builds which kind of takes the point away.
 
Asrock's offerings
 

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Not really a fan of any of those ASRock boards, the Fatal1ty is ok but if I was going for a red/black build I'd still go for a RoG board.

Shame they're still using that horrible brown colour on the Extreme6, a simple black would look so much better.
 
From the MSI Facebook page:

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MrKambo said:
yeah the boxes!! really?? dont you reckon there too much yellow?
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As i've said before, I'm bias towards MSI. I love the Z77A range and I was always jealous of those with the MPOWER over my GD65. The MPOWER MAX and the XPOWER seem to be up the same street.

Plus the packaging seems to be quite plain and understated, so I kinda like that too.
 
I always like the 'Less is more' style. It's like some other high-end pieces of hardware where they don't bother to put any of the features on the box as they're assuming that when you spend so much, you kind of know what you're buying.

Most computer parts get sold through webshops anyway...
 
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