Asus or Gigabyte MB

Opinions please on your preference in motherboards.
Between only Gigabyte or Asus.
Personal experiences especially with skt am2 and x64 vista.
Thank you

Within given criteria above,
One vote for GIGABYTE.
*AM2 and not AM2+ mobos.
eg. Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H

I am looking at a gigabyte GA-M56S-S3.
It will support my current 5000 dual core and the next and cpu's.

Support for Socket AM2+/ AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™FX processor/ AMD Phenom™ processor/ AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processor/AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core processor/AMD Athlon™ 64 processor/AMD Sempron™ processor

Make that two for Gigabyte boards. Asus used to be good anne, but the last year, there has been problems with the parts they use to build their boards.

Also memory module compatibility issues with the earlier ASUS AM2 mobos.
A friend of mine is still cursing about his limited selection.

With that said,
Any other GIGABYTE mobos on your selections list?
Personally,
I favor those using at least some solid capacitors.
Location of that 4 pin 12v power connector is not exactly easy to work with either... I was using all sorts of interesting words when I was connecting a 8 pin power connector with similar location, on a MSI Neo2 FR.

I've always had a preference for Gigabyte boards, though Asus come a close second.

Gigabyte seems to stand behind their boards. I've used several in my builds, and only had one board that I had to RMA. On that particular board the problem was with the memory slots. They seem to be an excellent board for the price.

I'd recommend AGAINST Asus, just for the one C/S encounter I tried to have with them. I suspect it's easier entering North Korea.

:D
That very well may be true.

I have used both for for many builds. I have had a few minor problems with Asus. The Gigabyte boards on the other hand have all been stable boards with no issues. I have one Asus board that I have to reset the jumper for the cmos about once a month because it simply refuses to boot. Once that is done its good for another few weeks. I have had good luck with MSI and Epox boards also. I don't know if Epox still manufactures boards any more.

I use Gigabyte 95% of the time in my builds. I've used Asus a few times and I've had a few niggly problems, always thought they are over rated.

My first Gigabyte board, a GA-7VRX installed on my rig in September of 2002 died of bad caps. Several of the capacitors on the board bulged out and leaked electrolyte and one day in May of 2004 I turned on the PC and it never powered up. Only lasted a year and a half. Many of the Gigabyte boards made in 2002/2003 had the bad caps problem. I replaced it with a GA-7VT600 at that time and it has been a gem with no problems at all. Amazing since it's a Via chipset board and they have their own set of problems. I like the online BIOS flash feature which I used and it went very well. No problems flashing the BIOS and it is easy to do compared to many. My son has an Asus board and it has also been a great board with no problems. His is an nVidia/AMD rig and just that combo alone is superior to the Via/AMD combo I have on mine.
From my own experience and what I see on the web I vote for either Gigabyte or Asus. Take your pick. Looks like the consensus here is for Gigabyte.
J.

I changed the board over to gigabyte from asus today instead of another asus board. I hope that will stop all the problams. There was nothing left to try but a new board.
Surpriseingly vista booted which i did not expect. So i put the giga disc and loaded all its software and bingo everything is going. I was prepared to do the manditory format which happens when a board is replaced.
The only problam with the giga board is it won't except the 4 gig of ram that was in asus board. It will take a slab in 1 and 3 ok put more in 2 and 4 and the board wont boot. I swapped the ram around to elimate bad ram but it didnt make any difference. All the ram is good.
So why ony 2 gig and not 4? interesting

That's the same problem I had with the one Gigabyte board I RMA'ed. It wouldn't accept the maximum memory that it was advertised to. I even called Kingston memory tech support thinking I had gotten a bad memory module. Kingston sent me two new modules that they had certifies as good-still would not accept all of the memory. I finally RMA'ed the board for a new one and the problem was solved.

What is the model number on the new gigabyte board?