Some Motherboard ???

[seamorton]

Please Keep in mind that I had little experience with the Motherboards, manufacturers, quality and life expectancy. Planning on putting together New build or motherboard replacement on an older build.

Since I've joined the Forum have gained a bit of insight from the postings that our Forum have presented. Guess I'd like to get information in what factors can govern the life of a MoBo and what is the usual reason a MoBo will fail.

I've read that a lot of failing factors are capacitor related. Would appreciate any information or suggestions, from your experience what manufacturer makes and sells a quality product to the consumer?

Realize it may not be that easy - but your candid opinion will be fine. Most of my builds of near 5-8 years ago appear that the MoBo may be starting to fail. Is one mobo manufactured with the same components as the others? Are all capacitors used the same quality control in all mobo makes.

Hope that this may help - as your input will be very much appreciated. If I'm out of line here .... you can just tell me where I can go? Thank you very much! SM USAF 62-66

 

[UsandThem]

The usual things that kill a motherboard is:

1. Time
2. Capacitor
3. Power
4. Heat

It is usually pretty easy today to buy motherboards that feature 100% Japanese capacitors. Most will have some type of further marketing statement like "Long Lifespan Durable Black Solid Caps 10,000 Hours" which is what Gigabyte claims on their higher-end boards.

Asus, Gigabyte, Asrock, and MSI will have boards that feature some type of 'advanced' capacitors on their mid-to-upper range boards.

Outside of that, spend the money on a good power supply that provides stable power (I buy my power supplies based on JonnyGuru's reviews), and hook it up to a UPS back-up system with auto-voltage correction and PFC Sine Wave (like Cyberpower) because most good quality power supplies have active PFC.

Also make sure your computer case has good airflow.

Once you do that, it's all you can do ensure your system will last a long time, but it's really just dumb luck after that.