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Aerows

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4. I've always found Gigabyte to be of superior build.

Reply to retrowire (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 8, 2015, 09:55 PM

Nov 2015

ASUS tends to be a little loose with the spec and material.

The reason I am upset with Newegg is that they advertised this as a Socket 1150 compatible.

I need to build a box up, and I'm financially constrained at present.

I'm in no way ready to pitch my i5 2500K chip, because it is phenomenal.

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Ordered a new motherboard because mine bit the dust ( From New Egg) [View all] Aerows Oct 2015 OP

Don't blame Newegg, blame Asus or MSI or whoever the motherboard manufacturer is Spider Jerusalem Nov 2015 #1

Asus - I've never had good luck with their products. Aerows Nov 2015 #2

Asus eh? Good to know. retrowire Nov 2015 #3

I've always found Gigabyte to be of superior build. Aerows Nov 2015 #4

It has nothing to do with drivers or OS Aerows Nov 2015 #5

Oh I know my socket retrowire Nov 2015 #6

I'm currently running off of the crappiest Aerows Nov 2015 #7

I'm running WD Raptors at 10,000 rpm err, I was. :( Aerows Nov 2015 #8

It can be a fantastic boost Aerows Nov 2015 #9