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Ask Slashdot: Which Motherboard Manufacturer Provides the Best Support?
New submitter Hrrrg writes: A number of years ago, I built a computer with an Asus LGA 1150 Z87-Pro motherboard. Since the discovery of the Spectre and Meltdown CPU flaws, I was hoping for a BIOS update to address them. However, it seems that there will be no BIOS update forthcoming for this 5 year old motherboard. I would prefer not to repeat my mistake with future builds. Can you recommend another manufacturer that is doing better?
What BIOS update are going to fix those? They are unfixable without re-architecting the chip. There might be some software mitigations, but good luck with that.
are all about the same and none of them will support a board much past 2 years. After 6 months all your getting is the occasional new CPU.
There's nothing wrong with ASRock but they're not known for durability. I will say I seldom see them on the second hand market which implies that's for a reason.
There's probably some server board makers out there if you want to spend $600 and you'll get your bios upgrades, but you could buy 2 or 3 good boards for that price. Plus the chips they take usually cost 2-3x times as much too.
Basically, it's consumer grade hardware. The best you can hope for is that it doesn't break in 5 years. Everything after that is gravy.
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A BIOS update can't fix a CPU design flaw!
Why would you expect Asus to fix Intel(and AMD's) design problem?
Why the fuck are we not DEMANDING new CPUs from the vendors?
Why the fuck are we tolerating a 40% reduction in performance to work around or defend against a design defect?
Intel and AMD need to replace the CPUs with properly designed chips that perform at the stated spec.
ANYTHING less is unacceptable BULLSHIT!