new bios versions out (dont rush)

Your response is accomplishing...? What? I may have missed it. If you are discussing quantity vs quality then maybe you should start a separate thread parsec, as that would be a different discussion that was not even mentioned in my earlier post.

You also erroneously stated I failed to mention...? How does your mind conclude that? I didn't mention specifics as I deemed it inappropriate or entirely unnecessary to what point I was making. A point about Brand name, UEFI/Bios usability/performance and DDR4 compatibility. And as the very fact that there is a TurboVCore on the competitors product line speaks volumes. You mentioned that utility in your post, not I.

Nor did I quote from a competitors site/article. I gave my view on it, that is all. You chose to quote from a competitors site/article, again you did that for your reason that accomplished... what?

parsec you have an agenda. I have a historic view that has been alive and well long before you or I were born. That view is: Brand name matters. And a company who has been around for quite some time cannot take it for granted nor marginalize it. I regularly visit the forums of Gigabyte and Asus... just to pick up on the atmosphere of their corresponding AM4/Ryzen communities and the interaction with Moderators. It's...educating.

Edited by Kevin A - 05 May 2017 at 5:06pm

Excellent news, I downloaded it and haven't had a opportunity to update the BIOS. Just upon hearing there are some new DDR adjustments is a worthy update, and hopefully will assist in me getting my memory to run at 2666mhz or dare I hope to 3000mhz...perhaps even to what they are rated for @3200mhz!

I'll spend some time on the weekend doing some tweaking! Thanks.

I agree a new platform will have issues. It did for my I-7 as well as my FX-8350 workstation builds, and they cleared up over time. I set my expectations similarly with Ryzen/AsRock. I did my research into the layout design, the features then I looked into the boards at the 'component' level. The X370 Taichi and the Fatality X370 Professional Gaming have the best 'hardware engineering' and 'design' IMO. No 'sour-ness' of any kind at that level.

It's my experiences with the UEFI/Bios that lead me to post my views - such as they are. Yep, 'Mine'. Also influencing me is not the scores of reviews and tech bloggers and the like but... ONE site.

I believe moderators here at AsRock have linked to it as well. Here it is:
http://rymem.vraith.com/basic/top10

With such a superior design, why is not the X370 Taichi nor the Fatality X370 Professional Gaming 'ruling' the 'top ten'. The site is not biased. It's very 'open-sourced' in it's approach. So due to the fact that the AsRock X370 motherboards are 'hardware superior'..., why are there not even as much as 1 AsRock X370 motherboard on the top ten? AFAIK, they should dominate this board entirely. First place thru Tenth place.(!) Just my (strong,obviously..) view.

well i must admit
i didnt forsee any heat in this debate when i posted the topic

i was merely having a little chuckle at changing a line of code

what did give me a chuckle is TEAMING UP

jeez i dont work for asrock
i cant recall any conversation or in fact recall any direct reply between me and wardog

but hey if im on the team can i start getting some damn freebees from asrock please ?

as for asus well hey great they got the fastest overclock ram
(from my point of view and many others even if asrock release a super bios today with 135+ bckclk
i still wont be using it ,i rather like my expensive nvme staying stable at 100 mhtz thanks)

now as for asus and the crosshair yes it must be nice having one of the worlds top overclockers writing bios and a group (should that read team) of hardcore overclockers that support the ROG community all willing to test every beta they write
all i read at launch period was bricked asus crosshairs

so may i state my point again ?
lets hope the bios guys at asrock are mainly busy making all efforts to get this upcoming agesa 1005 nice and smooth with no bugs and some real effort to address ram speed out the box without the select few of more financially able people ONLY able to get fast ram with bckclk boards

yes i do have the taichi,getting max on bckclk isnt the reason i bought it
i paid over twice as much because i like the screenprinting
oh no it was actually due to an even number of cute lickle black boxes to the left and top of the cpu socket ...............

come on guys lighten up
give everyone from every brand of board a chance to iron out the early problems
save your concerns for real issues like starving people and corrupt governments and low lifes mugging old people on the streets

twf85 wrote: It all boils down to public perception. People buy ASRock because you can achieve many of the same things as any other top tier board manufacturer, but at a lower cost.

Review sites lean towards what they "sell' to the uninformed masses. And that's what they are doing, selling. Sadly, to drive advertising income via page views, I "get' that. I switched to ASRock after taking a long view at what I'm getting for my money compared to other boards. I have no regrets. In some curve ball way the Review sites I feel are doing their readers a disservice "pimping' for other board manufacturers. Hence the results at Rymem's ratings.



Public(uninformed) perception ........... Buying with your eyes and brain closed.