Davej said:Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the
owners? It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are
better than others.
Dave said:Simple really. A good percentage of home builders shouldn't even
think about building themselves. A lot of the complaints you will
see about motherboards boil down to idiot failed to research properly
prior to purchase, or ****ed up his new hardware by mating components
that were not meant to go together.
Al Pilarcik said:
Davej said:Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the owners?
It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are better than others.
Davej said:Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the
owners? It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are
better than others.
In that case, I must make a point of singing the praises of the following:Rod Speed said:Because you only see posts from those who dont like their motherboard
mostly. Those who do like their motherboard mostly dont bother to say so.
Davej said:Why does it seem that every motherboard is disliked by 1/4 of the
owners? It makes it difficult to figure out which motherboards are
better than others.
In that case, I must make a point of singing the praises of the following:
AOpen AX59Pro (Socket 7) - High performance, great overclocker,
very stable ASUS A7V8X-X (Socket A) - Another great stable board.
Abit AN7 (Socket A) - Great overclocker and also stable.
ASUS A8V + A8V deluxe (Socket 939) - Also stable and reasonable overclocker.
To me, negative comments are just as valuable as positive comments.
I need negative comments when researching a new upgrade part.
What someone else doesn't like about something might not matter
to me (and that means I get more of what I want for the price).
Also, as mentioned in other replies, you can attribute some
negative comments to lack of experience and ignorance.
Even if there were only negative comments, you could bias your
judgment of those comments by the manufacturer's popularity.
It's like with ordinary things, if a manufacturer makes something
very popular, the bad things are more likely to be discovered.
fwibbler said:In that case, I must make a point of singing the praises of the following:
AOpen AX59Pro (Socket 7) - High performance, great overclocker, very stable
Rod Speed said:Not when its clowns who dont have a clue making them.
No you dont
unless you're as incompetant as the clown
who made the comment with a perfectly viable part.
Trouble is that it isnt always easy to work out who is making a
valid complaint about a particular product and who is an
incompetant to comment.
Probably as tuneful as my cat.Rod Speed said:My dog sings better than that when you tread on his tail |-)
Yeah I'm sure it does. I'm not sure there's even much of an argument inIt makes more sense to use a Core 2 Duo now, and overclocking is mad.
fwibbler said:Probably as tuneful as my cat.
Yeah I'm sure it does. I'm not sure there's even much of an argument
in favour of AMD at the moment.
Unfortunately, with two 939 systems, I'm not ready to upgrade yet.
However the problem with recommending a motherboard is actually
knowing how good it is. Usually this knowledge only comes with time
at which point it's old and obselete anyway.
Sometimes positive comments are that way too.
Yes I do.
You have no reason to assume that someone
who makes a negative comment is a clown.
It depends on the particular negative comment.
A negative comment can be something like "that video
card doesn't come with games". That's good for me
because I don't like paying for random games.
A negative comment can be something like "that USB flash drive
is too slow". That's good for my neighbor's computer because
they have USB 1.1 ports and aren't likely to upgrade for years.
Again, some negative comments tell me about
things I don't need and wouldn't want to pay for.
Maybe your idea of a negative comment is like your typical reply
to someone who disagrees with you, full of flagrant insults.
Nope.
That's not my idea of a negative comment.
Rod Speed said:Sure,
I was just commenting on that particular claim of yours there.
No you dont
when they are made by fools that dont have a clue.
I never said I do assume that.
I JUST pointed out that those made
by incompetant clowns are useless
unless you are an incompetant clown yourself
and you use that comment as an indication that the
config of that particular system can bite incompetant clowns.
Trouble is that it isnt always that easy to work out who are
the incompetant clowns from very brief negative comments.
They may not have even managed to get the negative comment
right and the card may not always ship with the games too.
I have bought stuff that does come with crap like that that I just
bin. I have established before buying that its good value anyway.
Not necessarily, depends on whether its cheaper than one that isnt
slow.
You arent necessarily paying for it.
Nope.
It isnt mine either. I'm not stupid enough to give a flying red
**** about the style.
Rod Speed said:Nope, comments from someone who knows what they are doing
who has just installed one and had it work fine are very useful.
Trouble is that unless you have seen a background of lots of
useful posts in somewhere like here,
it isnt always easy to work out who is competant.
Mindlessly silly.
Why don't you just admit that you badly need attention
and you aren't tactful enough to get it, but that here on
USENET at least you can see your words in print.
Or lots of technical posts from a nym shifting pathologically
insulting incessant troll that go without reply because
naturally most authors don't like being insulted.
It's easy to know someone is incompetent when you see him
flagrantly insulting someone while boldly making incorrect
statements about a subject fairly easy to understand.
Negative comments are just as valuable as positive comments.
Nope.
No you weren't.
Yes I do.
That's not what I said.
Then your argument is pointless.
Nope.
You have no reason to assume negative
comments are made by incompetent clowns.
Or a pathologically insulting troll.
Same for positive comments.
Nope.
Same for positive comments.
Same for positive comments.
You pay for what you get.
Or cheaper and higher-quality, or the same price and higher-quality.
You pay for what you get.
There must be some motive for thinking that negative comments,
more so than positive comments, are made by incompetent fools.
Or maybe you are being contentious just to get attention.
That would explain you badgering Sylvia in (aus.legal).
Maybe you need attention badly and you're just confused about how to get it.
It matters to the people you're trying to get attention from.