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I'll chime in here with my experience.
Personally, I had to deal with two 790FX-GD70 boards going bad inside of 6 months. First one would not even post, just completely locked, unless the EPS connector was not plugged in. I had the board for 3 months with a 965BE C2 in it. I mail it to MSI, and three weeks later get the replacement; a refurb. That one lasted another 3 months, one day after dropping in a 1090T, without OCing, and the board blistered on the back. My guess was the 965 was working the VRM, and the 1090T just came in at the wrong time. I contacted MSI about it, noting I didn't seem to be the only one with the issue, and asked for some shipping help due to each time costing me $30 shipping via USPS (I later found a UPS depot, and save $4). MSI took a week to respond, and basically told me a flat no.
I eventually took the heatsink off the board, and one VRM wasn't even contacting the heatsink, causing it to overheat, melt solder joints, and blister the board. At that point I was pretty annoyed at having spent $190 total for a board that was dead inside the warranty period. I know RMAing takes time and money, but come on. This was their flagship AMD board at the time. When it ran, it ran great. But the heatsink issue was their mistake, and they had an utter lack of care about the customer. So, they went to my list of makers I will never buy from, or recommend (along with Antec and Enermax).
Someone mentioned Antec as being good. In 2003 I spent 11 months dealing with them refusing to reply regarding RMA issues (had no phone for long distance at the time). After some threats, they responded, were extremely rude, and blamed me for them taking that long a time.
Back on topic, I switched from the MSI to a Gigabyte..and went through 2 RMAs with that board, too, except the second time Gigabyte offered to pay for return shipping. Go figure. So...a double deuce to MSI, Antec, and Enermax (for just making unreliable PSUs that like to burn systems...go screw).
Lengthy rant over.
Personally, I had to deal with two 790FX-GD70 boards going bad inside of 6 months. First one would not even post, just completely locked, unless the EPS connector was not plugged in. I had the board for 3 months with a 965BE C2 in it. I mail it to MSI, and three weeks later get the replacement; a refurb. That one lasted another 3 months, one day after dropping in a 1090T, without OCing, and the board blistered on the back. My guess was the 965 was working the VRM, and the 1090T just came in at the wrong time. I contacted MSI about it, noting I didn't seem to be the only one with the issue, and asked for some shipping help due to each time costing me $30 shipping via USPS (I later found a UPS depot, and save $4). MSI took a week to respond, and basically told me a flat no.
I eventually took the heatsink off the board, and one VRM wasn't even contacting the heatsink, causing it to overheat, melt solder joints, and blister the board. At that point I was pretty annoyed at having spent $190 total for a board that was dead inside the warranty period. I know RMAing takes time and money, but come on. This was their flagship AMD board at the time. When it ran, it ran great. But the heatsink issue was their mistake, and they had an utter lack of care about the customer. So, they went to my list of makers I will never buy from, or recommend (along with Antec and Enermax).
Someone mentioned Antec as being good. In 2003 I spent 11 months dealing with them refusing to reply regarding RMA issues (had no phone for long distance at the time). After some threats, they responded, were extremely rude, and blamed me for them taking that long a time.
Back on topic, I switched from the MSI to a Gigabyte..and went through 2 RMAs with that board, too, except the second time Gigabyte offered to pay for return shipping. Go figure. So...a double deuce to MSI, Antec, and Enermax (for just making unreliable PSUs that like to burn systems...go screw).
Lengthy rant over.
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