what mobo brands are good...

[TSXmike]

... and which ones should i stay away from...

i recently purchaced a mobo and cpu from newegg... but when i finally recieved it... the cpu was DOA... so i consulted some friends and they told me to send back the entire thing just incase it was the mobo too... so i did...

got an email the other day from newegg saying that the parts were out of stock and they were gonna give me a full refund instead...

so now i guess im shopping for another new mobo but im unsure which brands are good and are gonna be reliable and which ones are gonna give me nothing but problems... thanks in advance

 

[ag3]

Welcome to Tech-Forums!

Abit is the absolute best motherboard manufacturer (imo).

 

[ATIRAGEPRO]

"I Bee M-inem..."

I've used Via tech mobo's for a long time. VARY good boards. Not shure witch ones to stay away from yet.

 

[TSXmike]

thanks for the welcome

so far ive been told that abit, asus, DFI, and soltek are some good strong boards... any opinions on those

 

[ag3]

Asus is not what they used to be. I would stay away from them.

 

[Derek01F]

what about chaintech boards i was thinking about getting one of those.

 

[ohGrFreak]

ASUS's tech support are not what they use to be, the mobo's themselves are still wonderful. ASUS roxors mah soxors.

 

[TSXmike]

k asus is out...

what i really like this soltek one im looking at...

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-180-064&depa=0

what do you guys think?

edit: origially i was gonna get the msi neo2 platnium.. i was then told after i ordered it that it was a good strong board but when they had problems... they had PROBLEMS...

hmm... i wish i knew what to get so many choices

 

[ohGrFreak]

ASUS good, ton's of features, great quality. But if you don't know what you are doing and need the tech support, then I guess you should leave ASUS out.

 

[TSXmike]

ASUS good, ton's of features, great quality. But if you don't know what you are doing and need the tech support, then I guess you should leave ASUS out.

yea i know the basics but when it comes to fine tuning... im clueless... this will be the first computer i will have built by myself... all the other times i had a friend who knew what he was doing by my side... but now when i ask someone for help, none of them want to help me or they try to change the subject... see where im comming from...