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post #21 of 33
6/8/12 at 6:43am
Good choice on the MSI board.thumb.gif I don't know why so many people on this thread hate MSI. MSI makes a great board and always have. Just like any company can have some bad ones. I have yet to have one. The z77gd-65 is a beast. She can handle ALOT!! I love mine and wouldn't trade it for anything!tongue.gif
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6/8/12 at 8:58am
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Good choice on the MSI board.thumb.gif I don't know why so many people on this thread hate MSI. MSI makes a great board and always have. Just like any company can have some bad ones. I have yet to have one. The z77gd-65 is a beast. She can handle ALOT!! I love mine and wouldn't trade it for anything!tongue.gif

The way I look at it, when HardOCP, Tweaktown, Toms hardware, and every review site I went to had nothing but good things to say about it I decided to give it a whirl.
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6/8/12 at 1:40pm
Brand loyalty is a big thing for hardware. One bad experience usually turns someone off of that brand for a long time.
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6/8/12 at 1:43pm
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Good choice on the MSI board.thumb.gif I don't know why so many people on this thread hate MSI. MSI makes a great board and always have. Just like any company can have some bad ones. I have yet to have one. The z77gd-65 is a beast. She can handle ALOT!! I love mine and wouldn't trade it for anything!tongue.gif
I think it has to do with some MSI boards literally exploding/catching fire
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6/8/12 at 2:13pm
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Brand loyalty is a big thing for hardware. One bad experience usually turns someone off of that brand for a long time.

I feel that way about ASUS now, I used to feel that their reliability is worth the extra coin. But when your refurb boards aren't even reliable and you are going to charge me money to fix your board literally 1 day after it arrived at my house I don't want to deal with you.

Newegg has also lost a lot of my faith due to their overly complicated RMA process.
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6/8/12 at 6:01pm
Easy fix...only buy new boards and only buy stuff from newegg you cannot get from amazon lol

I hear ya tho. Good luck
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6/9/12 at 1:23am
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Everything arrived today YAY AMAZON!!!

Works great, posting from my new build right now on Win 8 release preview...the SSD boot time is insane and the board is solid and easy on the eyes.
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6/9/12 at 6:08am
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Everything arrived today YAY AMAZON!!!
Works great, posting from my new build right now on Win 8 release preview...the SSD boot time is insane and the board is solid and easy on the eyes.

Pics of the new build? Would love to see it.
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6/9/12 at 8:41am
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Pics of the new build? Would love to see it.

Later today after the new PSU comes in, I am running the setup off my antec earthwatts 650 and have done 0 cable management yet. Unless you wanna see a ugly rats nest LOL.
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Later today after the new PSU comes in, I am running the setup off my antec earthwatts 650 and have done 0 cable management yet. Unless you wanna see a ugly rats nest LOL.

Alright. Have fun with your new PSU.
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