ASUS Motherboards Adjudged as Having the Industry's Most Reliable

cdawall · Dec 8, 2015

RejZoR said:
Weren't those using nForce chipsets which were notorious for failures, breakdowns and failures? I think they were...

yup part of the whole lawsuit batch.

HumanSmoke · Dec 8, 2015

RejZoR said:
Weren't those using nForce chipsets which were notorious for failures, breakdowns and failures? I think they were...

The 750i/780i/790i chipsets ran pretty hot and were basically warmed over 650i/680i's. Nvidia basically gave up on enthusiast chipsets after Intel screwed them over by changing the VRD specification just before the Wolfdale/Yorkfield (Penryn) architecture launched. The 650i/680i was supposed to have full 45nm support (some vendors like Gigabyte with their N680SLI-DQ6 got slapped so badly for advertising the board as such that they never even produced a 700 series chipset board), but it was pretty clear Intel wanted Nvidia out of chipset business long before Intel denied them a continuance of the licensing deal when Intel moved from FSB to QPI/DMI. Cue lawsuit, subsequent settlement, and revised licensing deal.

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

System Name	MoneySink
Processor	2600K @ 4.8
Motherboard	P8Z77-V
Cooling	AC NexXxos XT45 360, RayStorm, D5T+XSPC tank, Tygon R-3603, Bitspower
Memory	16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600C8
Video Card(s)	GTX 780 SLI (EVGA SC ACX + Giga GHz Ed.)
Storage	Kingston HyperX SSD (128) OS, WD RE4 (1TB), RE2 (1TB), Cav. Black (2 x 500GB), Red (4TB)
Display(s)	Achieva Shimian QH270-IPSMS (2560x1440) S-IPS
Case	NZXT Switch 810
Audio Device(s)	onboard Realtek yawn edition
Power Supply	Seasonic X-1050
Software	Win8.1 Pro
Benchmark Scores	3.5 litres of Pale Ale in 18 minutes.

ASUS Motherboards Adjudged as Having the Industry's Most Reliable

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

HumanSmoke