🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: demon.tech.pc
Article #22869

Re: OT? Advice on new pc configuration

#22869
From: Marcus Durham
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00
31 lines
2061 bytes
In article <957212346snz@noelsys.demon.co.uk> Ernest
<ernest@noelsys.demon.co.uk> shared the following with us in
demon.tech.pc:
>In article <nfergskjmhkngihudnbqbae76g3ah4g2ia@pink.semolina.org>
>           newsjan@pink.semolina.org  writes:
>
>> I think the total count for Abit would be much higher than two
>
>Bit if a surprise for me that Asus is no longer a 'flavour of the
>month'. When I was in system building mode , up to a year ago, I
>always used Asus mobos and never suffered a single failure over
>about 20 systems.
>

The ABIT's offer more for the money. The ASUS stuff seems under-featured
and still uses jumpers which is a pain once you've used a jumperless
board.

>Have things changed lately? Or, is Asus just considered not the best
>value for money? When a system's parts costs around 500-600, I've
>never been fussed with the odd 30 quid.
[snip]

It's also down to what features are available, the online support, etc,
etc. I also personally dislike the ASUS stuff as I've found systems with
their motherboards to be unreliable.

-- 
Marcus Durham
The UMTSDW Homepage. News, Reviews, Features and Locations. 
http://www.zenn.demon.co.uk/drwho/drwho.htm
Technical Details
Message-ID: <6L6EOEALafD5Ewyi@zenn.demon.co.uk>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <390d3e42.44436869@nnrp.gol.com> <tzKBAAAJMHD5Ewyd@zenn.demon.co.uk> <390cbb1f.194366@nnrp.gol.com> <t4ExiLAxOMD5EwCa@zenn.demon.co.uk> <390d7806.1578711@nnrp.gol.com> <nfergskjmhkngihudnbqbae76g3ah4g2ia@pink.semolina.org> <957212346snz@noelsys.demon.co.uk>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,1ad7d9a78e82a9cf
X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public
From: Marcus Durham <Marcus@zenn.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: OT? Advice on new pc configuration
Date: 2000/05/01
Message-ID: <6L6EOEALafD5Ewyi@zenn.demon.co.uk>
X-Deja-AN: 618019993
X-NNTP-Posting-Host: zenn.demon.co.uk:158.152.3.230
References: <390d3e42.44436869@nnrp.gol.com> <tzKBAAAJMHD5Ewyd@zenn.demon.co.uk> <390cbb1f.194366@nnrp.gol.com> <t4ExiLAxOMD5EwCa@zenn.demon.co.uk> <390d7806.1578711@nnrp.gol.com> <nfergskjmhkngihudnbqbae76g3ah4g2ia@pink.semolina.org> <957212346snz@noelsys.demon.co.uk>
X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net
X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 957218822 nnrp-13:14664 NO-IDENT zenn.demon.co.uk:158.152.3.230
Organization: www.zenn.demon.co.uk/drwho/drwho.htm
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: demon.tech.pc