Intel was the only board that I ever owned - in 14 years of building - that actually died on me.
Just came back to ASUS (from Gigabyte) and this latest build was a dream for ease and practically instant usage. Can;t remember any build actually being in use within a day or two of building it - I usually have a several week quarantine as all oddities get worked out.
This one (P8Z77-V) hasn’t even written one bad thing in the Event log since coming on line in September.
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