Asrock opinions please

**Mainframeguy** · January 14th, 2006

Hey folks - Overclockers just junk mailed me and the spam price for this mobo from Asrock at £45 with tax is tempting me because it has all I need plus PCI express.

It is a brand I have no idea about though - anyone like to share what they may know or have heard?

Dan04 · January 14th, 2006

Hii... my personal experience with them is that they are cheaper nasty....

DwarfData · January 14th, 2006

There's a thread already about this motherboard here where a member has one of these and gives his opinion.

**Tuffgong4** · January 14th, 2006

Asrock is a subsidiary of Asustek...Even though they are a part of Asus they don't make motherboards as well as Asus, they are supposed to be a cheaper alternative motherboard. Most reviews I've read aren't stellar but in the past 3 months the reviews have started to get better.

http://www.techspot.com/story3001.html

that article just makes a quick mention of how Asrock is a subsidiary of Asustek

**LordOfLA** · January 15th, 2006

ASrock is the barnd asus use to bang out cheap crap boards or boards that dont meat the QC standards of the main asus brand so they stand more chance of failing - but they're cheaper

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duked · February 3rd, 2006

Wow I JUST bought that board today!!! Haven't installed it yet but from the reviews I've read about it, it's a pretty sound board given the price and the well-working agp/pci-e combination. Not good however if u need it for a workstation or gonna be an integral part of a server or something...(read that on a review)

**Petros** · February 3rd, 2006

I didn't add in the thread DwarfData mentioned, but for some reason I'd get a BSOD which I eventually traced to the onboard LAN. Disable it if it gives you problems.

Other than that, it performs VERY well (in both PCI-E and AGP) and I can say I've been very, very pleased overall. Some people keep saying it's not much of an overclocker, but I can't verify that. I don't risk hundreds of dollars for a minor performance boost. Rather than spring all that money for nicer parts or better cooling, just buy a faster processor that runs at the speed it's supposed to

**Mainframeguy** · February 3rd, 2006

Interesting - the lack of stable onboard LAN may well rule it out for me then - unless I decided to get PCI wifi card in there.... but then again I guess I need to look at similar cards maybe with wifi editions?

**ming** · February 3rd, 2006

Originally Posted by Tuffgong4

Asrock is a subsidiary of Asustek...Even though they are a part of Asus they don't make motherboards as well as Asus, they are supposed to be a cheaper alternative motherboard. Most reviews I've read aren't stellar but in the past 3 months the reviews have started to get better.

http://www.techspot.com/story3001.html

that article just makes a quick mention of how Asrock is a subsidiary of Asustek

ASUS? What's the subsidiary of Gigabyte then?

EDIT: ignore thise... think I got myself confused with a news article a few years back.

duked · February 4th, 2006

I just installed this motherboard yesterday and so far everything working out fine, somethings im confused about still but that's because i've never installed motherboards before so i was bewildered when it came to all them little cables :P

so far no probs

**Petros** · February 4th, 2006

Originally Posted by Mainframeguy

Interesting - the lack of stable onboard LAN may well rule it out for me then - unless I decided to get PCI wifi card in there.... but then again I guess I need to look at similar cards maybe with wifi editions?

I didn't see any other reports of the same problem. The BSOD was actually the result of some DLL in windows, but disabling onboard lan fixed it. Either way, it's only 10/100 and I run gigabit! hehe

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Mainframeguy Debiant by way of Ubuntu Joined: August 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,757 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 1390 Power: 139	Asrock opinions please Hey folks - Overclockers just junk mailed me and the spam price for this mobo from Asrock at £45 with tax is tempting me because it has all I need plus PCI express. It is a brand I have no idea about though - anyone like to share what they may know or have heard?
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Dan04 OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 161 Reputation: 10 Power: 72	Re: Asrock opinions please Hii... my personal experience with them is that they are cheaper nasty....

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DwarfData OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 146 Reputation: 80 Power: 72	Re: Asrock opinions please There's a thread already about this motherboard here where a member has one of these and gives his opinion.

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Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,527 Reputation: 840 Power: 124	Re: Asrock opinions please Asrock is a subsidiary of Asustek...Even though they are a part of Asus they don't make motherboards as well as Asus, they are supposed to be a cheaper alternative motherboard. Most reviews I've read aren't stellar but in the past 3 months the reviews have started to get better. http://www.techspot.com/story3001.html that article just makes a quick mention of how Asrock is a subsidiary of Asustek
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duked OSNN Addict Joined: December 2005 Posts: 86 Reputation: 20 Power: 48	Re: Asrock opinions please Wow I JUST bought that board today!!! Haven't installed it yet but from the reviews I've read about it, it's a pretty sound board given the price and the well-working agp/pci-e combination. Not good however if u need it for a workstation or gonna be an integral part of a server or something...(read that on a review)

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Petros RESPEK Joined: May 2003 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,165 Reputation: 1525 Power: 126	Re: Asrock opinions please I didn't add in the thread DwarfData mentioned, but for some reason I'd get a BSOD which I eventually traced to the onboard LAN. Disable it if it gives you problems. Other than that, it performs VERY well (in both PCI-E and AGP) and I can say I've been very, very pleased overall. Some people keep saying it's not much of an overclocker, but I can't verify that. I don't risk hundreds of dollars for a minor performance boost. Rather than spring all that money for nicer parts or better cooling, just buy a faster processor that runs at the speed it's supposed to
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Mainframeguy Debiant by way of Ubuntu Joined: August 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,757 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 1390 Power: 139	Re: Asrock opinions please Interesting - the lack of stable onboard LAN may well rule it out for me then - unless I decided to get PCI wifi card in there.... but then again I guess I need to look at similar cards maybe with wifi editions?
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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,370 Reputation: 1160 Power: 133	Re: Asrock opinions please Originally Posted by Tuffgong4 Asrock is a subsidiary of Asustek...Even though they are a part of Asus they don't make motherboards as well as Asus, they are supposed to be a cheaper alternative motherboard. Most reviews I've read aren't stellar but in the past 3 months the reviews have started to get better. http://www.techspot.com/story3001.html that article just makes a quick mention of how Asrock is a subsidiary of Asustek ASUS? What's the subsidiary of Gigabyte then? EDIT: ignore thise... think I got myself confused with a news article a few years back.
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duked OSNN Addict Joined: December 2005 Posts: 86 Reputation: 20 Power: 48	Re: Asrock opinions please I just installed this motherboard yesterday and so far everything working out fine, somethings im confused about still but that's because i've never installed motherboards before so i was bewildered when it came to all them little cables :P so far no probs

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Petros RESPEK Joined: May 2003 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,165 Reputation: 1525 Power: 126	Re: Asrock opinions please Originally Posted by Mainframeguy Interesting - the lack of stable onboard LAN may well rule it out for me then - unless I decided to get PCI wifi card in there.... but then again I guess I need to look at similar cards maybe with wifi editions? I didn't see any other reports of the same problem. The BSOD was actually the result of some DLL in windows, but disabling onboard lan fixed it. Either way, it's only 10/100 and I run gigabit! hehe
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