I wasn't old enough to be invested in PCs when ASRock was seen as the "cheap" PC parts manufacturer, but from accounts of people I talked to that were, I learned that they were seen that way, and their older parts were actually cheaply made from what I researched too. As well as ASUS being the opposite.
Now in the past couple years with ASUS dropping the ball with every opportunity they get, becoming public enemy #1 with the exploding X3D CPUs, refusing to RMA anything from that, the ROG Ally killing flash cards, and refusing to RMA anything from that, and their 4080/4090s melting and refusing to RMA anything from that. And now blackmailing people who do try to RMA their parts (by saying that if you refuse to pay more than what your ASUS product is worth to repair it, they will return what you tried to RMA either damaged or disassembled) it's insane that ASUS has become the "cheap" company in a sense, as this behavior is something you'd only expect from a company that sells you cheap products that want to give up at a moments notice, and then nickel and dime you when you try to get help or have it repaired.
As well, the new ASUS 7900 XT/X looks just like how they behave now, cheap. Plus, ASRock is releasing a new XOC board for the next Intel generation, hell, Tom's hardware accidentally leaked it.
I have a X670E Taichi motherboard, I previously had a B450 Pro4 motherboard, and my friend has a X570 Taichi motherboard, and goddamn, they all are so good. I haven't tried their graphics cards yet, they look a bit ugly, but I bet they're as good as well. Hell, I ran the "unsafe" bios for a whole year on my X670E board until recently, and my 7950X3D didn't blow up unlike the ASUS, MSI, or Gigabyte boards 😀
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As an Asrock Phantom 6900XT owner I have been very happy with my purchase. I definitely had my reservations with Asrock from the past but doing research and price to performance they were the best deal
ASUS have been known to have shit customer service for 20 years.
People just decide not to listen because they like their branding.
Even crazier is, that ASRock was started by ASUS to offer cheaper options.
It’s the story of the apprentice beating the master.
As an MSI laptop owner – it’s nice to not see people shitting all over the brand I went with for once.
ASRock has made plenty of mistakes too, from weaker power output on certain motherboards to covering up DIMM slots with stickers.
I have an Asus Tuf x670e plus wifi along with an Asus Tuf RTX 4090. I haven’t had an issue with either. I have updated my bios around 10 times, and while it can be kind of annoying, I haven’t had any problems. Lucky, I guess. ASRock seems like they have better customer support based on what I’ve read.
My ASRock Z790-I TB4 has been great so far; stable overclock/undervolt on cpu, ddr5 running at 6800 cl32.
I’ve got to say the bios is more user friendly than my previous ASUS Z690 atx and B760 itx.
I can control rgb from the motherboard bios as well so don’t need a third party app.
Great set of connections in the i/o.
Three m.2 NVME on an itx, all at gen 4 👌
It was also cheaper than the ASUS Z790 itx.
The only thing missing, a temperature sensor for my loop 🥲
I perviously had an asrock AB350m and I abused the crap out of that thing and yet it stayed rock solid, I got an ASUS ROG b760 itx and it came doa and the customer service was unresponsive, instantly returned and bought a asrock z790m itx and it’s worked like a charm
I don’t know if it really has though? Like outside of people glued to Reddit and specific YouTube channels, I think if you asked random tech literate people off the street about Asus they probably would say they’re reputable and fine lol.
The thing about the scratch and the warranty was idiotic though and not cool at all. But I think people don’t realize their bubbles don’t always translate to the general public
ASRock had good options even a decade ago. I remember having my x97 fatal1ty with a 4790k for a long time. It is now my dad’s computer. Still works like a charm.
People just slept on them.
My current motherboard is AsRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi, owning more year and haven’t problems.
Love my Asrock x570 Steel Legend. My next board will def be an Asrock.
ASRock Z790 Taichi Lite owner here.
Zero issues with this motherboard. Extremely content with the value for money when it punches far, far, above its weight class.
This is what happens if you only care about shareholders.
Recently I really started to notice this in a lot of companies. As soon as the shareholders become the highest priority, the whole thing goes to shit.
This is just another example.
RIP Asus. Once upon a time I only wanted to buy your products because of pure quality.
My ASUS TUF 7900XTX scored Legendary on Timespy. The sad thing is the ASUS TUF 7900XTX is actually very good and if they wouldn’t of power limited it LESS than the Nitro+ it COULD of been the best 7900XTX.
[Fully unlocked RX 7900 XTX very nearly matches RTX 4090 performance | PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/fully-unlocked-rx-7900-xtx-very-nearly-matches-rtx-4090-performance/)
But nope ASUS intentionally held it back so it wouldn’t eat the Nvidia Competiton TUF’s.
So now I only recommend people get XFX or Saphire Nitro if you want the best, wish I went with a XFX or Nitro+ looking back on it now for the higher PL limits. But I didnt know at the time.
Never had a bad experience with an ASUS gpu.
I disagree with the ugly cards, i specifically want to buy the taichi 7900xtx because it looks awesomeÂ
ASRock Phantom Gaming GPUs are nice in my opinion. Had an Intel Arc ASRock A770 16 GB Phantom Gaming for a while before going the AMD route and it was a nice card to look at as well as in thermals and quietness. My current Asus card is amazingly cool (never seen above 60C while gaming, but had to undervolt to get rid of most of the coil wine..
ASRock has recently improved quite a lot for sure…it took me a while before I was able to fully erase the whole “ASRock bad” mentality.
Ngl, I’ve always had issues with asus. Most of the time, it’s a stock xmp/DOCP profile refusing to cooperate even if the cpu can handle the it. Also, their secure boot is annoying when it randomly switches OS’s and you can’t figure out why there is no boot device.
With msi, gigabyte, and- most importantly- asrock I’ve had no issues with any of these. I have had minor issues with msi and gigabyte and neither company has a clean track record, however asrock has become my favorite and go to if I can.
I have an ASRock am5 board – their bios is funny, full of typos and weird sentences 😂
Need some advice…. What is the best alternative for Asus then?
My last experience with ASRock approximately 4-5 years ago was not good. Refused to admit their motherboard was an issue after I replaced literally every other part possible. Â
Found a “workaround” for my client at the time but still was treated poorly. Â
I’m open to hearing good things though if they have changed. Â
*Sweats nervously, looking at my Asus 3080 and Asus motherboard*
I’ve had no no problems with either since I got them 3 years ago, but I pray they continue to work without issues.
I’ve had a Taichi 5700XT for years now and has never given me any trouble other than it running warm, which is a very common occurrence with the 5700XT architecture. I definitely eventually want to upgrade to their 7900XTX when the time is right. ASRock, well… Rocks!
Haven’t bought Asus in years. Simply cause I don’t know why I should pay extra for Asus. Their customer service isn’t better then the cheaper brands etc
I owned an ASRock Z77 Pro4, Z77 Extreme4, and a Z97 Extreme4, B550M Pro SE. not a single issue with any of them. Great boards. I always shop them when I build a new system.
So the short of it is to avoid ASrock and Asus unless you have the winning lottery version of boards? Asking seriously as I am building a computer for my kid next month. And I have been out of the game for over 8 years.
Still sitting happy with my X370 taichi purchase all these years later. Thanks for th bios upgrade ASRock, you guys rock.
Ive been on the ASRock train for about a decade now, their boards have been rock solid.
Asrock is great, I bought a B450 Gaming k4 when it was the budget option and X470 were the best, runs my rig after a few upgrades with 0 issues
Asrock does still kinda suck not gonna lie. The motherboard I have with them has a broken Ethernet issue that’s been known about by the community for a while but still goes unaddressed by them
Many companies dream of becoming the “premium” company that can then roughly exploit their brand loyalty.
Also, don’t forget Asrock Rack. Good server mobos for consumer and enterprise CPUs.
ASRock was originally a subsidiary of Asus, created because Asus didn’t want to “dilute” their brand image with lower end and OEM offerings.
Asus is still the largest shareholder of Pegatron, the company that now owns the ASRock brand.