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Don't get me started with ASRock. I'm definitely NOT buying anything from them again.

Well, I originally got this ASRock mainboard because they seem to be much better on support.

For example, they have BIOS updates still in 2018, while the vendor of my previous mainboard from the same generation stopped pushing updates in 2016.

I've been using my ASRock Z97 Extreme 6 for about two years now and it's been very reliable for me. I ended up building a few systems for friends and went with ASRock for those (one a Z77 for an older 3rd gen Intel, another two was for Ryzen builds) and those have been solidly reliable as well.

What made you decide that? I've personally also written them off after I bought a mobo from them with two non-functioning RAM slots a few years ago, but I'm curious what others have seen. So far the only ones I have not had problem with were Gigabyte, but I suspect they have their occasional issues as well..

Edit: Before you ask, yes the RAM was listed in the compatibility list. Same RAM, same CPU, same chipset on a Gigabyte mobo works just fine.

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