On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:13:54 +0100 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 22:57 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > > I build almost exclusively with ASUS motherboards, and every one has > > worked just fine with Windows or Linux. So I'm not exactly sure what > > you were going for here, Ralf.... > > ASUS mobos have different chip sets, as the mobos of other vendors have > got too. I don't trust generalizations based on experiences for computer > gear, even not my own experiences. The vendor that did build good HDDs > for the last 5 years might build bad HDDs the next 5 years. The company > that build everlasting power supplies might use undersized capacitors > now. IMO there isn't a real quality standard to count on. Your milage > seems to vary. > > This is absolutely correct. Even differing revisions of the same hardware can cause problems. I have good and bad experiences with all of the "big name" MB makers. It's basically a roll of the dice. Having said that I've probably bought more Asus than anything else and have not a problem with any of them. I've sent back an Intel and had Gigabyte die on me (but the other Gigabyte I owned was fine). And really, be more worried about the PS than the MB (don't buy thermaltake). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140213202921.23b43...@pebble.deldotd.com
