<< You're clearly speaking without actual facts behind this bold statement. Asus boards from the past, back when they earned their reputation, were never overclocking/tweaking motherboards. They were high quality, stable, and high performance boards. Just look at their early BX offerings for some examples, they were using jumpers to overclock, with a very limited amount of tweaking options. >>
Boy, you sure take things personal. Not to mention contradict yourself. You say their past mobos were not overclocking/tweaking mobos, and that when they went to such features, their quality went down. Yet you cite their BX boards as an example of their good quality, and it is, as you noted, capable of overclocking. That's double talk. And just because a mobo might not have a "Softmenu" or similar system for tweaking does not mean it is not a capable overclocker. In the old days, jumpers were our only option. I assume you remember these days, or is that before your time?
<< Of course, I had more experience with Asus than you, I've used more than just the CUSL2, have you? Just ask any experienced system integrator, Im not going to argue with you here because you're not going to buy anything I say anyway. >>
What makes you so darn sure you have more experience with Asus boards than I? You seem to be having an ego trip here. What type of CPU was your first DIY system based on? 386 here, son. And no I won't be buying anything you recommend, because if ANYONE on this Forum is overly biased and totally pig-headed towards only recommending a certain company it is you LXi. In your world, the only good motherboard is an MSI and the only monitor worth a darn is a Samsung. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black ...
<< Im very dissappointed in you, Midnight, you're still iracible on this topic. In my experience they have always been decent motherboards, or else I wouldnt own three of them. Dont take it too personally, I've gotten over these type of arguments. But before you start bashing others, you need to realize that Asus sure as hell aint the only one that knows how to make a motherboard >>
Just further proof of what I said above. And BTW, I didn't bash anyone, do you see anyone's name called out specifically in my post? No, you don't. But you sure like to make it personal, now don't you. Finally, I have made many a post where I recommended something other than an Asus motherboard. And in my experience over the years I have used Supermicro, Micronics, Tyan, Aopen, Intel, Asus, and even Abit (the early BH6's were good board), plus a few others I wished I wouldn't have. Fact is, whenever there is a poll here on AT for "best motherboard", you will almost always find Intel as my answer. Anyhow, you seem to get a major a hair up every time someone makes a postive comment about an Asus motherboard. Do you spend your time seeking out every thread you can possibly find about Asus mobos and then crap in it? No wonder you got all the posts to become Elite.
I'm more than very disappointed in you LXi ...
PS. - Please feel free to take another shot or two at me. But don't worry, this will be my last post on the matter. I already sank as low as I care to with this one, and it's not worth wasting any more time or space over.