Hello. I just decided to build a new computer for myself and I ordered a new mobo, ram, cpu, graphics card, etc. My motherboard was an Asus Crosshair II Formula with the Nvidia 780a chipset. (I posted previously in the chipset section because I had a Linux question regarding it, however, its now morphed into a motherboard questing as my board took a turn for the worst when a cap blew out)
I want to build my self a kickass computer. I like AMD (and thats not going to change), but for my last several builds, I've always had an asus motherboard, gskill or corsair ram, and an nvidia graphics card. I choose asus because I've never had a problem with any of their boards, and they have many features. I choose nvidia because I like to play games in Linux and ATI's drivers, well to put it simply, suck, and the radeonHD drivers are not in a 'gaming-approved' state. And, IMHO nVidia's binary driver works very well (although it would be nice if they opened specs as AMD/ATI did).
I read this article http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asu...oard,5348.html and it said how asus not only lied to customers about power consumption, it also used poor quality caps.
I have had several Asus boards and they have all worked fine, so I don't want to believe the article, but having a cap blow up in your face which scared the crap out of me has shaken up my confidence.
What do you all think about Asus Motherboards and Linux Gaming systems?
I want to build my self a kickass computer. I like AMD (and thats not going to change), but for my last several builds, I've always had an asus motherboard, gskill or corsair ram, and an nvidia graphics card. I choose asus because I've never had a problem with any of their boards, and they have many features. I choose nvidia because I like to play games in Linux and ATI's drivers, well to put it simply, suck, and the radeonHD drivers are not in a 'gaming-approved' state. And, IMHO nVidia's binary driver works very well (although it would be nice if they opened specs as AMD/ATI did).
I read this article http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asu...oard,5348.html and it said how asus not only lied to customers about power consumption, it also used poor quality caps.
I have had several Asus boards and they have all worked fine, so I don't want to believe the article, but having a cap blow up in your face which scared the crap out of me has shaken up my confidence.
What do you all think about Asus Motherboards and Linux Gaming systems?
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