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ASUS Scammed Us (www.youtube.com)
submitted 6 months ago by ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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This undercover warranty investigation is a one-year follow-up from our series that investigated ASUS for motherboards incinerating AMD CPUs, at the end of which ASUS promised a number of improvements to its then-anti-consumer warranty processes. Spoiler alert: They're still anti-consumer. We sent our ASUS ROG Ally Z1 Extreme in for warranty repair for issues with the left joystick ("drift"). The device also had a broken microSD card. ASUS then pointed to the world's tiniest scratch and tried to charge us $200 for it under threat of sending back a disassembled device if we didn't pay within 5 days. It felt like extortion. If you're wondering whether ASUS is worth buying, the answer for anyone who values support should be "no."

We have now tested ASUS' motherboard and ROG Ally warranty and RMA processes. Both have been anti-consumer experiences.

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[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 48 points 6 months ago (27 children)

Are there any brands left that is consumer friendly to buy from these days??

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (17 children)

Specifically motherboards or in general?
~~I've heard a lot of good things about Asrock motherboards. And they're also about the only ones without some recent controversy (for AMD CPUs).~~

In general, I can personally vouch for Noctua.
They sent me a free mounting kit for my then 7 year old CPU cooler when I switched it over to a new PC. I've had it for 12 years now.

Edit: Never mind, looks like also Asrock aren't too great.

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I got burned by ASRock years ago, they are literally just Asus but with less quality control

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Was it before AM4 by any chance?

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It was between 2010-2016, myself and a few of my mates tried them on a few times over the years and they crapped out every time after a couple months. Swore off them for good after that.

[–] exscape@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

The X370 Taichi was considered one of the best boards of the generation, so I'm pretty sure they improved.
Mine's still going strong in a friend's computer 7 years later, with a Ryzen 5600.

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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