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Because there's over 500 MSI LGA1151 board models to choose from, a 300% increase from LGA1150 before. And now MSI just entered the OEM desktop PCs and laptop market.
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From what I have seen and heard, I am not sure I would necessarily put Gigabyte over MSI. For comporable models, Gigabyte may have some extra features at times, but IMO MSI and Asus UEFI implementation is way better. Just from my own experience. Of course it depends on the board series and what you are looking for.
According to Newegg, Asus has 617 models, MSI has 595, Gigabyte has 310, and ASRock only has 95 models to choose. But still, 595 different MSI board models is pretty impressive, and they officially sold more boards than ASRock for sure. Each model is about 20-30 boards in-stock in Newegg warehouse, so it's 14,000 new MSI LGA1151 boards total. Some are open-box, about 800 total.
Is something great coming from MSI?
I'm not sure why you seem so enamoured with MSI? They are simply a manufacturer who has branched out their product portfolio (like Asus did). They will make some good products, and some bad ones, just like the other manufacturers.
I will give them credit though: At least they have greatly improved their RMA rate from what is was a few short years ago (where they routinely didn't finish too great).
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/944-2/cartes-meres.html
Actually,none of the names mentioned so far are remotely the largest. The largest by far is Foxconn. Dell, HP, and Intel branded boards are all made by them.
See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn
"Foxconn is the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer,[3] and the third-largest information technology company by revenue".
For the first time ever in history, there are now more MSI board models to choose from than Asus. For LGA1151 socket, Newegg now shows 532 MSI and 528 Asus. It will continue to widen. This is indeed a transformation you need to take notice, as MSI used to be the smallest board maker 5-7 years ago. MSI wants to be the 2nd largest after Asus, and maybe be #1 largest by 2020. This war should look interesting.
What this means? Time to switch to MSI if Asus is losing sales?
NO, I don't work for MSI at all, but I've been shocked lately with all the new products MSI is releasing out. Now at Costco, there's a MSI gaming pre-built computer, we didn't have that before. MSI used to compete with the low-end models and produced a lot of AMD A55 chipset boards, many times FREE after rebate. This is not the normal marketing behavior I've expected from MSI, before it was only 1/3 size of Asus with LGA1150 socket.I have to ask, but why are you so obsessed with MSI? Normally people don't go to Newegg to count motherboard models, and then post it to computer forums.
Either you're new, are an employee, or you're trolling. Just because you claim MSI has more motherboard models, people should just simply stop using boards made by other manufacturers?
We get it, you love MSI. Maybe send them a present, or a Hallmark card?
Either you care or not, MSI is not the same company as before starting with LGA1151 and AM4 sockets. Prices are rising too, I don't like it actually. I just bought the older MSI Z170M Mortar because it is less fancy-looking and $100 cheaper than Z270M Mortar it replaced.
I work for the PC repair industry, and I've bought and installed all motherboard brands. MSI has been one of my more-troublesome brands, actually, most common problem is it gets stuck at secure boot mode launch with MSI screen and doesn't boot. I've seen pros and cons for each brand. Asus has the hardest BIOS to set up and I don't like their prices, Gigabyte boards are built a little better and more-reliable than Asus, ASRock don't make that many boards and models and can be difficult to find one used for replacement, ECS was one of the earliest maker to offer secure-boot with better than expected reliability for low-end market, and Biostar is a rarely-known maker now.That said, I just can't recall seeing a post like yours laying love on a company, their product line-up, and size. Something just smells fishy. It's one thing to like a company's products, but to take the time to look up their products on Newegg, and declare they are on their way to overtake Gigabyte and Asus is a whole different kind of 'WUT'? In other words, you are not only drinking the Kool Aid, you are here trying to pour it for people.
I find the same good things about Gigabyte over the years. What do you think is the easiest overclocking motherboard?I work for the PC repair industry, and I've bought and installed all motherboard brands. MSI has been one of my more-troublesome brands, actually, most common problem is it gets stuck at secure boot mode launch with MSI screen and doesn't boot. I've seen pros and cons for each brand. Asus has the hardest BIOS to set up and I don't like their prices, Gigabyte boards are built a little better and more-reliable than Asus, ASRock don't make that many boards and models and can be difficult to find one used for replacement, ECS was one of the earliest maker to offer secure-boot with better than expected reliability for low-end market, and Biostar is a rarely-known maker now.
For MSI, they are the easiest to update BIOS and getting all the latest drivers, but has the highest percentage of warranty claims I've seen. The parts they used are a little more cheaper quality than average. As long as they have a lot of mail in rebates, I wouldn't be surprised if MSI, one day, will overtake Asus.
I was just surprised, that's all, and the changing shift in MSI's direction.
I would rate Asus easiest to overclock, but it doesn't earn the highest reliability by me (excluding TUF models, these have 5 year warranty). The least-reliable Asus board I've seen is M5A78L-M//USB3 AM3.I find the same good things about Gigabyte over the years. What do you think is the easiest overclocking motherboard?
What PC repair industry do you work for?I would rate Asus easiest to overclock, but it doesn't earn the highest reliability by me (excluding TUF models, these have 5 year warranty). The least-reliable Asus board I've seen is M5A78L-M//USB3 AM3.
From what I have seen and heard, I am not sure I would necessarily put Gigabyte over MSI. For comporable models, Gigabyte may have some extra features at times, but IMO MSI and Asus UEFI implementation is way better. Just from my own experience. Of course it depends on the board series and what you are looking for.
I like MSI's UEFI, but on the X299 Gaming Pro Carbon, the UI -- while it looks nice -- is SLOOOWWWW.
I hope this gets fixed in a future BIOS update.