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Gigabyte does not do business in good faith. I am extremely leery of anything related to them now; they are not a safe brand. https://www.windowscentral.com/gi

Gigabyte does not do business in good faith. I am extremely leery of anything related to them now; they are not a safe brand. https://www.windowscentral.com/gigabyte-allows-returns-or-exchanges-exploding-psus-are-reliable-real-world-usage?amp https://www.windowscentral.com/gigabyte-allows-returns-or-ex...

scns 5y ago
Hm, don't want to side with with Gigabyte here, but drawing a conclusion from a test of a PSU enduring 120% load for an extended period of time failing would not make me dismiss all their products.
- e40 5y ago
  Not to mention said test is in a general purpose computer and we're talking about a monitor here, with a fixed load.
- gruez 5y ago
  >from a test of a PSU enduring 120% load for an extended period of time failing That's from gigabyte's response, not the accusations levied against them. In GN's testing, they found that the PSU failed at 60% load after 72 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aACtT_rzToI&t=1427s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aACtT_rzToI&t=1427s
  - scns 5y ago
    Well, that is definetly not okay. Would never consider buying something else than a motherboard from gigabyte, but i prefer Asus anyway.
- hughrr 5y ago
  They're fucking shit. I've had to replace once twice here and it's less than 50% of the stated load. There's a Be Quiet unit in there now like the rest of the PCs in my place.
  - sundvor 5y ago
    Have been happy with their Aorus GPU, a 1080TI Xtreme, however their software suite turned into a pile of shit. I will not buy another Gigabyte / Aorus card for that reason.
    - hughrr 5y ago
      The cheap gigabyte cards are fine. I’ve got a bottom end 1660 and it has been good. But I only use the stock nvidia drivers with it. Just the power supplies are dog crap.
      - sundvor 5y ago
        The card is fine, but if you want to control the oh so annoying lighting... Fortunately Afterburner will let you take control of the fan etc with a custom profile.
        hughrr 5y ago
        I had a problem with the lighting in my Logitech mouse. I desoldered all the LEDs :)

scns 5y ago

Hm, don't want to side with with Gigabyte here, but drawing a conclusion from a test of a PSU enduring 120% load for an extended period of time failing would not make me dismiss all their products.

e40 5y ago
Not to mention said test is in a general purpose computer and we're talking about a monitor here, with a fixed load.
gruez 5y ago
>from a test of a PSU enduring 120% load for an extended period of time failing That's from gigabyte's response, not the accusations levied against them. In GN's testing, they found that the PSU failed at 60% load after 72 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aACtT_rzToI&t=1427s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aACtT_rzToI&t=1427s
- scns 5y ago
  Well, that is definetly not okay. Would never consider buying something else than a motherboard from gigabyte, but i prefer Asus anyway.
hughrr 5y ago
They're fucking shit. I've had to replace once twice here and it's less than 50% of the stated load. There's a Be Quiet unit in there now like the rest of the PCs in my place.
- sundvor 5y ago
  Have been happy with their Aorus GPU, a 1080TI Xtreme, however their software suite turned into a pile of shit. I will not buy another Gigabyte / Aorus card for that reason.
  - hughrr 5y ago
    The cheap gigabyte cards are fine. I’ve got a bottom end 1660 and it has been good. But I only use the stock nvidia drivers with it. Just the power supplies are dog crap.
    - sundvor 5y ago
      The card is fine, but if you want to control the oh so annoying lighting... Fortunately Afterburner will let you take control of the fan etc with a custom profile.
      - hughrr 5y ago
        I had a problem with the lighting in my Logitech mouse. I desoldered all the LEDs :)