need advice on buying case

[pparks1]

Very happy to hear that you have a mobo that's working. I'm a fan of Asus, Gigabyte and Intel mobos. It's all that I pretty much use.

 

[fireberd]

As I get into it, I found the Gigabyte motherboard is made by Foxconn. I have an old Dell (Dimension E510) and the Dell OEM motherboard in that is a Foxconn. I have a system with an Intel motherboard and it too is made by Foxconn.

 

[pparks1]

Foxconn is responsible for most of the boards in servers as well.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

As I get into it, I found the Gigabyte motherboard is made by Foxconn.

How did you determine that?

I'd like to check my own Gigabyte board out.

I thought I saw a cable TV documentary of some kind a few months back about a Gigabyte "factory" of some type, but maybe they do subcontract some stuff---or maybe Foxconn owns them outright?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

As I get into it, I found the Gigabyte motherboard is made by Foxconn.

How did you determine that?

I'd like to check my own Gigabyte board out.

I thought I saw a cable TV documentary of some kind a few months back about a Gigabyte "factory" of some type, but maybe they do subcontract some stuff---or maybe Foxconn owns them outright?

I've had Intel boards made by Foxconn and never had a problem.

 

[Phone Man]

A lot of these companies had their own factories it Taiwan for many years. But some have moved production to China and may be using Foxconn. They still do their own design work and specify the parts but the work is done by someone else.

Jim

 

[fireberd]

Several connectors on the board have Foxconn written on them.

Look at the picture of the rear I/O panel on the Gigabyte web site. You will see "Foxconn" written on one connector.
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1155 - GA-Z77X-UD5H (rev. 1.0)

 

[pparks1]

^ Silly, that's because FoxConn made that connector used by Gigabyte on their board.

 

[fireberd]

Hmm..

 

[Phone Man]

I looked at Gigabytes 2010 annual report and it has a history of the company. They have a plant in Taiwan and have 2 plants in China. They make their own MB but probably just got that connector from Foxconn as most manufacturers source their small parts from other companies.

Jim

 

[fireberd]

Thanks for the update. Looking at the board and all the Foxconn connectors, one would assume the board was made by them. Even the plastic CPU socket protector has Foxconn on it.

 

[Wordsworth]

This thread reminds why I always buy the CPU and motherboard locally. The first build I did the mobo had to go back and the turn around was long. After that I said no more. I just hope Micro Center remains open in this area plus a couple of mom and pop stores that remain.

I do buy memory and drives from Newegg and I've never had a problem, yet.

 

[fireberd]

I never had a problem with newegg, until this time with the motherboard. I got it back yesterday and examined it with a magnifying glass and did not see any bent pins in the CPU socket. ASRock should have done the right thing and replaced it since it did have an initial problem (the two memory slots). But to cut my losses, I sent it back for "out of warranty" replacement (including the $50). At least (hopefully) I'll get a working board. The replacement board, according to customer service is an "OEM packaged" board from their manufacturing facility, which one would assume will be a new board (since this is a relatively new model board).

But I've learned two lessons from this (1) no more purchases from newegg and (2) no ASRock motherboards.

 

[fireberd]

Here is a picture with the new gigabyte motherboard installed. I used the stock Intel CPU cooler, temporarily. I have a liquid cooled unit but I have to tame the noisy fans before I can use it in my recording studio.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Great job with the install. Looks empty without a GPU or any cards...lol.