Why is Gigabyte so bad?

[flyrice]

So I'm reading a lot of these threads and I see a lot of hate towards Gigabyte, but no real reason why. The only thing I've seen so far is problems with GB and SATA hard drives.

I have a Gigabyte and I have had no problems at all with it so far. The only problems I've had with my PC was due to the crappy power supply that I fixed with Antec (to which I am now loyal for PSUs).

[Thrax]

Poor overclockers.
High RMA rate.
Poor components.
Buggy hardware.

[primesuspect]

Give me a few more weeks, and I'll tell you :shakehead

[GnomeWizardd]

gigabyte the dust

[TheLostSwede]

Actually, they have made one of the best S754 NF3 board out there(same as threadstarter is using) from an overclocking point of view. Just ask lsevald here on the forums ;)

[RWB]

I never had any more issues with Gigabyte than Asus, Abit, or MSI... It is the second most bought board I have owned in the past, Abit being the most bought board I have had. I think I have had like 4 Gigabyte boards.

[a2jfreak]

I've never had problems with Gigabyte boards.
Now, Epox . . . that's a different story.

[GHoosdum]

I've got a gigabyte board that's been running solid for 4 or 5 years now. It doesn't OC at all, but it hasn't been a problem for me, either.

[leafs rule]

So what would you guys recommend as a good overclocking mobo?

[primesuspect]

For what platform?

[MediaMan]

I've worked with a lot of GIGABYTE boards. I was never too fond of the KT600 chipset....but that's a chipset...not Gigabyte.

On the whole every Gigabyte board (nearly 10) I've had has been dependable and consistent on the default level. True that the majority aren't as good OCer's as others.

I've or...we've had a horrid experience with a top of the line server motherboard that was just a plain mistake. It was one of those boards that probably worked good in the lab...but it plain and simple failed in our hands. It was a horrid product and I would not recommend that particular board to anyone.

On the flipside...my dual MP Gigabyte board has been chugging along happily for 2+ years.

SATA is another story and SATA controller/driver issues were rampant in a lot of products other than GIGABYTE.

Popular comment has ASUS ranked as the most reliable product and ABIT ranked as a good OCer. Gigabyte is a top tier manufacturer with huge sales. That says something.

But...sometimes Gigabyte makes a mistake and it shows.

I'll disclaimer the original question by asking the proverbial air....when is Gigabyte a good product and where does it begin to show problems when compared to other products?

Neither for or against I am...just evening out the argument. :)

[KingFish]

The two Gigabyte motherboards I've owned were quite finicky about the ram I used. I took that same ram and used it in asus boards with no problems at all. They were more temperamental than any other motherboard I've worked with. That was a couple of generations ago and they may have improved since then but I've been turned off to them as a result.

Friends don't let friends buy gigabyte.

[muddocktor]

I've only messed around with a couple of Gigabyte mobo's myself. One was a KT133A mobo that had really crappy overclocking options (thank goodness that pos was going in someone else's box) and I also had what is arguably the best overclocking socket 370 P3 board ever made, the GA-60XET. It was really ahead of it's time and had pll circuitry built into it so you could adjust dividers almost infinitely (in the practical useage range). Of course, Gigabyte being Gigabyte, they killed that board after just a short run and replaced it with the GA-60XT, which was much inferior and had no pll circuitry. :rolleyes: :wtf:

[Armo]

they are ugly

period

[primesuspect]

arguably the best overclocking socket 370 P3 board ever made, the GA-60XET.

And i bought it, and it still runs beautifully to this day, folding 24/7.

Thanks, Mudd.. I forgot that my very own PC has a gigabyte mobo in it :D

[muddocktor]

Yeah, it doesn't run like a normal Gigabyte mobo, does it? :D

Armo, I don't know what you're talking about, being ugly. The board I sold Prime is a nice blue color, not the normal green mobo a lot of companies still churn out.

[Armo]

http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/13-128-194-04.JPG

you dont find that a tad abrasive to the eyes?

[muddocktor]

Yeah, that one's fugly for sure! ;D ;D

[primesuspect]

MSI boards are 38 different colors like that, too.... :mullet:

[Thrax]

MSI boards are also fugly.

[muddocktor]

This is what I sold to Prime, Armo. You have to admit it's a lot better looking than that fugly POS you posted. :D

[primesuspect]

whee! my board! :D