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ASUS Maximus V FORMULA:  A Capacitor fell off the motherboard and with the wireless card installed it would not allow the Motherboard to post.
EVGA Z77 FTW: No issues or problems.
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ASUS products have more features and are high quality. We don't see evga offering as many features. Just be aware of reviews online, most of them are just presentations  that claim to be product "reviews".
 
What features do you like, that is where i would start to compare products.
 
 
 

 
Evga uses better quality parts on their products.

That still doesn't mean EVGA's RAM slots aren't of the same quality as ASUS. It just means ASUS invested more into making the RAM slot simpler to use, for that example.

In EVGA'S offerings, the quality is still high even though they may or may not exceed other manufacturers in features. Feature wise, they do offer a great selection of products (SC, SSC, FTW, Classified, etc.) to satisfy everyone.

Those are features. The OP was asking about quality. If you took a comparable board from both brands and compared solid state capacitors or the like and found the same type of components were of higher quality, then we'd have an answer. :)

 
 "EVGA does not offer the wide selection of boards that Asus and Gigabyte do. However, the boards that they do produce are top notch."   Link

bcavnaugh
 

NazcaC2
Those are features. The OP was asking about quality. If you took a comparable board from both brands and compared solid state capacitors or the like and found the same type of components were of higher quality, then we'd have an answer. :)

+1 Great Point, Quality is what is being asked about and when a Capacitor just falls of the Motherboard this is a Quality Problem, yes the Capacitor was in the Motherboard Box but it still broke off of the Motherboard. Some Motherboard the Wireless Card that came with the Motherboard caused a short and would not allow the MB to Post.
 
But then MSim really hates EVGA because they will not make the Ram Slots with only One Latch.
Myself I am glad their are Two Locking Latches and hope the keep using two.
 
Quality Wise I would take any EVGA Product over ASUS any day of the week.
But Each Users has their own in what they want and what they will pay for.
Yes ASUS has LOTS of Features and for me I leave them in the Box or through them away.
ASUS as lot of Wasted Features that if had a choice I would only order their MB with the I/O Panel and that's it.
I Did have 3 ASUS Motherboards but now only 2 because their Server Motherboard really sucked.
 
As Far as Newegg, I will no longer buy from them for poor product packing and shipping and the rewrapping a used product and the posting it on their web site a NEW.
 
The Motherboard is $239^.99 with a $20 rebate card. Same price by the way on Amazon

How many customers have had issues with ASUS capacitors falling off. Anything can happen while a product is being packaged. No mfg is immune from it happening. If we look hard enough we can find issues with every motherboard mfg. 
 
Is my criticism baseless, no it's not, which means it's not hating. I could of mention evga X79 FTW/Classified as an example of lower quality but i didn't.
 
 

XrayMan
 
"EVGA does not offer the wide selection of boards that Asus and Gigabyte do. However, the boards that they do produce are top notch."   Link

Nice 2011 Article. That site is right, it's best to read customer reviews. Most of the review sites only give us a presentation and claim it's a review.
 
 

MSim

bcavnaugh
 

NazcaC2
Those are features. The OP was asking about quality. If you took a comparable board from both brands and compared solid state capacitors or the like and found the same type of components were of higher quality, then we'd have an answer. :)

+1 Great Point, Quality is what is being asked about and when a Capacitor just falls of the Motherboard this is a Quality Problem, yes the Capacitor was in the Motherboard Box but it still broke off of the Motherboard. Some Motherboard the Wireless Card that came with the Motherboard caused a short and would not allow the MB to Post.
 
But then MSim really hates EVGA because they will not make the Ram Slots with only One Latch.
Myself I am glad their are Two Locking Latches and hope the keep using two.
 
Quality Wise I would take any EVGA Product over ASUS any day of the week.
But Each Users has their own in what they want and what they will pay for.
Yes ASUS has LOTS of Features and for me I leave them in the Box or through them away.
ASUS as lot of Wasted Features that if had a choice I would only order their MB with the I/O Panel and that's it.
I Did have 3 ASUS Motherboards but now only 2 because their Server Motherboard really sucked.
 
As Far as Newegg, I will no longer buy from them for poor product packing and shipping and the rewrapping a used product and the posting it on their web site a NEW.
 
The Motherboard is $239^.99 with a $20 rebate card. Same price by the way on Amazon

How many customers have had issues with ASUS capacitors falling off. Anything can happen while a product is being packaged. No mfg is immune from it happening. If we look hard enough we can find issues with every motherboard mfg. 
 
Is my criticism baseless, no it's not, which means it's not hating. I could of mention evga X79 FTW/Classified as an example of lower quality but i didn't.
 
 

XrayMan
 
"EVGA does not offer the wide selection of boards that Asus and Gigabyte do. However, the boards that they do produce are top notch."   Link

Nice 2011 Article. That site is right, it's best to read customer reviews. Most of the review sites only give us a presentation and claim it's a review.

As you know I have two EVGA X79 Classified MB Running 7/24 and no problems with them at all.
I put my EVGA X79 FTW MB back to work last week  The AIO Hybrid (Completed) & Zero Coil Whine no real problems.
I started off with the EVGA X79 SLI and only wanted more power so I built more, I have the EVGA X79 Dark MB that I am using as my everyday computer no problems. I had the EVGA Z77 FTW MB it of no problems, gave it away as a gift and still support it. Have the Z77 Stinger no problems. I now have the EVGA X99 Classified MB no problems.
Out of all the above EVGA Motherboards I only had one RMA for a Ram Slot on one of the X79 Classified Motherboards.
And an RMA took care of the Ram Slot Problem.
 
Now with my ASUS Motherboards;
Had to RMA my Asus KGPE-D16 AMD Opteron Server Bd two times both for the same issue bad Bios Chip, time to process RMA 3 Months 73 Day. At the time it was a $500 Motherboard now only $425
Asus MIO Audio 892 Sound Card for Server Platform 1 RMA, the first one was DOA.
 
ASUS Maximus V FORMULA LGA 1155 Intel Z77 Extended ATX DDR3 2800 PCIe 3.0 HDMI SupremeFX IV Audio Motherboard One RMA for the The bundled mPCIe Combo  + dual-band Wi-Fi/Bluetooth and one RMA for Capacitor.
The RMA for the Capacitor was rejected. Motherboard is in a land fill somewhere. BTW the Capacitor was the returned RMA for mPCIe Combo Card.
 
ASUS Maximus V EXTREME LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard No real problems, I like the ROG Connect and that is about it.
 
ASUS Rampage IV Formula LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard no problems, I like the ROG Connect and that is about it.
 
Now I was told that EVGA Motherboards suck, so I build the ASUS ones above to see which ones in liked better.
This is really the only way to tell who makes the better motherboards.
1) EVGA Bends over Backwards in support of their Bios
3) EVGA Support to include this Forum is the best out their, even ASUS users have to come here for support.
4) Workings with EVGA Tech, yes you work with Techs, ASUS 3 Different levels for ONE RMA and NO working with Techs
5) Working within the Bios EVGA is hands down the winner here, ASUS you really do need to be a rocket scientist or brain surgeon.
 
While I read lots of negative posts on the Forums and Slander about EVGA Products on the Forums I have never posted the problems with my ASUS Hardware. This is the EVGA Forum not the ASUS Forum, Oh ASUS has now Forum this could be Number 6 above. Now ROG has a Forum but it is ONE WAY and you best not asks about any other products on their Forum, this includes NON ASUS ROG Motherboards.
 
I went with EVGA for;
1) Quality
2) Support
3) Step-Up Program
4) Customer Care
 
OK I'm Done
 
Nope, sorry I forgot I am also Black & Red Man or Red & Black Man too.
One more item I forgot, I am now only using EVGA Power Supplies, I was using Corsair's Power Supplies.
 
Quality is not a Gold Finish.

i like the asus bios a lot more, seems like evga's never really been that great with motherboards honestly. i remember a lot of problems with the 750i, 780i and 790i boards. i personally owned a 750i ftw board and liked it okay, but i purchased it near the end of its life when most of the quirks of it had been worked out either officially or unofficially. they don't seem to be offering as many features now as other top mobo manufacturers either, despite the pricing often being among the highest. just a few of the reasons i'm running asus now.

Motherboards I go with the gigabyte G1 series due to features, quality components and layout. Their support is not bad here in the U.S. at least. GPU's I lean towards EVGA unless gigabyte offers the same for less. ASUS after dealing with them and waiting weeks to months on support ticket responses I avoid them like the plague.

I've never understood the fascination with single latching RAM slots...*shrug* Not a selling point to me (note, that doesn't mean you can't love it. ;))
 
I've found both eVGA and Asus products to have great components. So does Asrock and MSi. it's a matter of what you find attractive both
in component and esthetically. I don't think that there is much of a difference otherwise (component level)...If I were to rate them how *I* would
buy them:
 
1) Asrock
2) Asus
3) eVGA
4) MSi
 
Note that is for motherboards. GPU?
 
1) eVGA
2) MSi
3) Asus
 

DMIINC
Customer support can be counted as a component quality. Features are not discussed in OP. Dealing with ASUS support makes you crazy in the end...... I promise.....

Definitely agree there...Asus customer service is abysmal.
 
 

AlexisRO

transdogmifier

DMIINC
Customer support can be counted as a component quality. Features are not discussed in OP. Dealing with ASUS support makes you crazy in the end...... I promise.....

Definitely agree there...Asus customer service is abysmal.
 

BUT, as we've seen with Evga's X79 series mobos and to a certain degree P67, good/great CS is nothing without good hardware.
 

True. That is why counted CS as a part of overall quality of build. I do have EVGA 780 mobo that is still running and I have Pentium 4 board from ASUS from 2004 that is still running. Excellent quality of both. I did have issues with X58 board from EVGA. Issue was taken care of immediately by CS and new board was cross shipped overnight. Asus on the other hand takes many days to answer  support ticket and even when they answered it they did made me feel like I was the issues on hand rather than their product. I didn't by motherboards from EVGA or ASUS for last 3 builds. I have found that ASRock gives me better overall satisfaction when comparing quality/features with price of the motherboard.

stalinx20

rjohnson11
I believe if you read enough reviews on the web you'll find that EVGA has high quality products. To back that up EVGA has great tech people and customer support.

Once you find that nitch where you like the company that makes your stuff, you should probably stick with that. It's that "moment" where you switch companies (just to give them the benefit of the doubt, try something different, etc.) is where you get that problem. It never fails. I have to say that ever since i stuck with EVGA, i haven't had any problems at all. I've had my fair share with gigabyte, Asus, even AMD boards, and found that EVGA is the company to stick with. I have no beef with AMD or their products, Ive had enough experience to see that EVGA truelly knows what they're doing and that they take care of the quality of their products, and their customers.
 
To OP : For what it's worth, stick with EVGA.

That's not where you mess up at all. where you mess up is not doing research before you buy $300+ hardware. The new products companies make aren't always up to the same quality or features and look you like. If you vote with your wallet companies will be forced to take notice and make improvements.
 
Lots of people loved evga X58 motherboards, myself included. EVGA released SR-X motherboard with salmon pink PCI-E slots and RAM slots while the SATA slots are red. They also didn't bother to make a hole to allow easy access to cmos battery if you needed to remove it. https://youtu.be/D0qVZz-ot6k?t=8m20s
 
All the issues people had with X79 Classified, evga allowed anyone that owned a $400 x79 Classified to pay $170 to received a X79 Dark motherboard that works like it should out of the box.
 
If we fail to point out a companies short coming, they will not strive to make a better product.
 

Oddzball, Any comments so far?