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- Aug 11, 2012
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte z77-ud5h
- CPU
- I5-2500K
- Graphics
- nvidia 650 boost
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
I have been planning to upgrade my sandybridge system for a while now. I love my 2500k (the thing is a champ) but I've had so many motherboard problems, and decided to upgrade.
Long story short, I've had four gigabyte MOBOs in six months, after jumping from an asus p8p67 that was hard to OC on (that board still works, in my media server). All my gigabyte boards were LGA 1155 z77 boards from gigabyte, two itx boards and two atx z77 ud5h MOBOs. First I had the itx boards. First was DOA. Second ones north bridge quit and left me in a a boot cycle while flashing error codes, within three days. Gigabyte support was awful. They didn't even look at my first board when I RMA'd it, because of a small, less than 1/4 inch surface scratch to the metal around the IO ports (not the IO shield) that they claimed was from being improperly installed in the case.
Impossible, because I never even got as far as installing the board in the case. It wouldn't boot on the box with the essentials hooked up.
So foolishly I actually bought a second gigabyte ITX 1155 board. That one died in three days, boot cycled. Error code said it was a north bridge error.
I was pissed, and when the RMA was again denied I got even more frustrated.
So I bought a full ATX z77 ud5h. It was DOA. Gigabyte did actually agree to replace that board, but getting a replacement actually sent out took two months. When I got that one, one of the ram channels was bad, so I could only use 16 out of 32 gb. I didn't even bother trying to RMA the board again. I've been using that board for a while, but I've got the itch to upgrade from that system.
So, I don't want to buy another gigabyte board. I know people like them here because of their compatibility, but their "ultra durable" slogan is BS and I will never buy another one of their products. I'd like to do an ITX build, but I need wifi and IIRC intel on board wifi isn't comparable. I need a discrete GPU (probably a 770) so I don't have a PCI slot for a wifi card. If I have to do an ATX build I will, but I need a MOBO recommendation. Any company with good reliability, that works well with OSX. I don't mind using a DSDT, but I'd prefer not to do a whole bunch of messing with boot flags. Thanks.
Long story short, I've had four gigabyte MOBOs in six months, after jumping from an asus p8p67 that was hard to OC on (that board still works, in my media server). All my gigabyte boards were LGA 1155 z77 boards from gigabyte, two itx boards and two atx z77 ud5h MOBOs. First I had the itx boards. First was DOA. Second ones north bridge quit and left me in a a boot cycle while flashing error codes, within three days. Gigabyte support was awful. They didn't even look at my first board when I RMA'd it, because of a small, less than 1/4 inch surface scratch to the metal around the IO ports (not the IO shield) that they claimed was from being improperly installed in the case.
Impossible, because I never even got as far as installing the board in the case. It wouldn't boot on the box with the essentials hooked up.
So foolishly I actually bought a second gigabyte ITX 1155 board. That one died in three days, boot cycled. Error code said it was a north bridge error.
I was pissed, and when the RMA was again denied I got even more frustrated.
So I bought a full ATX z77 ud5h. It was DOA. Gigabyte did actually agree to replace that board, but getting a replacement actually sent out took two months. When I got that one, one of the ram channels was bad, so I could only use 16 out of 32 gb. I didn't even bother trying to RMA the board again. I've been using that board for a while, but I've got the itch to upgrade from that system.
So, I don't want to buy another gigabyte board. I know people like them here because of their compatibility, but their "ultra durable" slogan is BS and I will never buy another one of their products. I'd like to do an ITX build, but I need wifi and IIRC intel on board wifi isn't comparable. I need a discrete GPU (probably a 770) so I don't have a PCI slot for a wifi card. If I have to do an ATX build I will, but I need a MOBO recommendation. Any company with good reliability, that works well with OSX. I don't mind using a DSDT, but I'd prefer not to do a whole bunch of messing with boot flags. Thanks.
