Tonight, I thought I would post a small sample of why I hate MSI boards (since I get asked this all the time). I have dealt with them at a wholesale level and always felt that their quality control was quite low.... to the point that one out of six boards was a dud right out of the box. Too often, the argument I would get back is that "MY" MSI board works fine so you don't know what you're talking about... ok.. I've dealt with thousands of the things and one person tells me they are fine... I must be wrong
Anyway... I thought I would post this after I had a customer having nothing but trouble with his MSI board and my favorite of hated chipsets, the VIA, a nice shot of how these guys can't even properly apply the heatsink grease to the chipset. Take a close look, not only is all the grease off to one side, you can see the center of the chip isn't even making contact. Well, a nice cleanup and some properly applied grease and the system runs a LOT better. It sounds rather trvial, but think about it, what other areas are lacking in quality control when the heatsink can't even be properly installed from the factory.
