So what brands still deserve loyalty?

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In this post System sometimes booting up normally, other times not for past week now. I wrote about getting a new MSI motherboard in favor of an ASUS board. Up to now I have been an ASUS loyalist, maybe 20 years, but no longer. So I was wondering what brands still deserve loyalty. And which do NOT.

 

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Well, in my world, GIGABYTE has my loyalty. I despise MSI because every time I buy one to try again, they fail. I have used ASROCK but went back to Gigabyte. I'm to fond of ASUS due to there technical support. But again, that could of been just me. So I tick with Gigabyte.

 

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I've liked ASUS routers and their router firmware but admit I've never tried their PC's. Guess I'm a fan of the Samsung S phones, currently on the S26 plus after the S9 and S22. I've had good luck thus far with high end Alienware and little MS Surface laptops.

 

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• Mar 17, 2026

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x509 said:

If you can't trust the boards to last like forever, then you need to look at the alternatives TUF GAMING X870-PRO WIFI7 W NEO.

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Fixed!

 

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