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[Gamers Nexus] ASUS Already On Government's Radar for Warranty Issues (www.youtube.com)

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I would highly recommend sharing this with anyone that you know that has had warranty/support issues with ~~Asus~~ any company in general✊

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[-] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago

These assholes sent me two broken gpus on a warranty claim for a 2080s that died 8 months after purchase. They ghosted me after the second one arrived with one of the fans stuck at max rpm, after the first one arrived bricked. It took 3 months total for the process before they just stopped responding to me. They deserve any shit they have coming, fuck Asus.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

Make sure you fill out that FTC form if you're located in the US.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago

Not only Asus, it talks to general ways to understand warranties and rights across the industry.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

just finished the vid and yup you're right!

so I've updated the post🌻

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

Damn, Asus used to be THE one to buy, like unquestionably.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Warranty is not the only problem. I ordered a Vivobook for a client. Upon arrival, I opened it up to see if there was space for a rusty disk. No space. Opening that thing was scary. I had the impression that it was going to break any minute. The thing is so flimsy it's scary. I feels like it's made out of a plastic pizza container and aluminum foil.

Thankfully we are in Europe, warranties here have teeth, and are 2 years minimum by law.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Upon arrival, I opened it up to see if there was space for a rusty disk.

That's not an ASUS specific thing at all. What modern laptops actually have 2.5" drives anymore? Very few actually.

The thing is so flimsy it's scary. I feels like it's made out of a plastic pizza container and aluminum foil.

Yes this is actually more disturbing.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Which Vivobook? It's a wildly varied brand that ranges from factory made e-waste to decent.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I used to love Asus stuff. It's sad they are crap now. Who are the good guys these days?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Asus used to be the Toyota of computing.

Nowadays I would recommend MSI or Lenovo.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

MSI isn't great in my experience for fully built stuff, Lenovo is relatively solid in the higher mid range. HP is also good hardware wise usually, at least it seems like they're trying.

For components it depends what you need, gigabyte and asrock mobos are good. GPUs go for Sapphire or Zotac depending on your desired chip, or MSI if those aren't available.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Whoever they are, they'll either be crap or out of business in five to ten years

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

From the video, he highlighted Fractal Design and Arctic to be really really excellent.

However, while being in the PC parts industry, they don't really overlap all that much with Asus.

Anecdotally I can say that BeQuiet for me has been superb. But again, they're not really an Asus competitor. The closest would probably be MSI or Gigabyte, both of whom have had their own issues as well, though perhaps not as bad.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Asus displays are still excellent, but they're probably a different branch

[-] Sculptor9157 1 points 1 month ago

Asrock?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I’m still not used to asrock being a brand people take seriously. Then again I’m not used to Asus not be good.

[-] Sculptor9157 1 points 1 month ago

I feel you on that one. It's been a while since I have built a rig, but I recall their taichi getting consistently good results and reviews.

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this post was submitted on 29 May 2024

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