Yes, they used to be amusingly-armoured motherboards with solid caps and all that jazz. The shift to being a bargain-basement brand took me by surprise; now I associate it with insufficient cooling and shitty displays.
I have an Asus Sabertooth x79 TUF motherboard in an old clunker rig with a crappy 6-core chip and it's been rock solid for over a decade... But that was a premium board back in the day.
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Operandi - Thursday, January 14, 2021 - link
Whats "TUF" about it? Also they spelt it wrong....evernessince - Friday, January 15, 2021 - link
Nothing. TUF used to be one of ASUS's high end brands. The older Intel TUF board's were beasts. The new TUF branding is mostly one step about value.Spunjji - Friday, January 15, 2021 - link
Yes, they used to be amusingly-armoured motherboards with solid caps and all that jazz. The shift to being a bargain-basement brand took me by surprise; now I associate it with insufficient cooling and shitty displays.sonny73n - Saturday, January 16, 2021 - link
Spot on! +1StevoLincolnite - Sunday, January 17, 2021 - link
I have an Asus Sabertooth x79 TUF motherboard in an old clunker rig with a crappy 6-core chip and it's been rock solid for over a decade... But that was a premium board back in the day.Wouldn't touch these...
chrnochime - Monday, January 18, 2021 - link
Try to trademark the name "tough" and see if that'll fly.antonkochubey - Thursday, January 14, 2021 - link
2020 generation had really shit displays, I really hope they've improved on at least that.Spunjji - Friday, January 15, 2021 - link
They don't mention gamut so I'd wager not