What motherboard maker brand names does your PC illiterate friend know?

jmke · 17th May 2006, 14:15

How well known are motherboard brand names? If you mention Abit, MSI, DFI, Asrock, etc to a friend of yours who's not into PC hardware, does he looks puzzled?

What brands do they know?

jmke · 17th May 2006, 14:20

Asus, MSI and ECS, anything else brings up a large "?"

wutske · 17th May 2006, 14:37

Friends? What friends? My computer is my best friend, but he doesn't want to answer my questions.

Nice poll, going to try that at school

beerke · 17th May 2006, 18:15

All but Jetway.

jmke · 17th May 2006, 18:22

so your none tech savvy friends, who didn't buy his own PC, maybe ordered a dell, knows names like DFI ?

I'm not talking about your friends who ARE into PC hardware, but the other kind

the maniak · 17th May 2006, 21:58

maybe put in the option "none"

some of my friends only now if they have a ati of geforce videocard, or p4 or AMD. The rest of the specs are quickly forgotten

23rd May 2006, 05:41

I had a friend tell me that he had "Intel inside".

23rd May 2006, 05:59

I don't think any of my non-PC friends or family know any of those motherboard brands that you listed.

Jaco · 30th May 2006, 16:03

They always say "It's a Dell"

agent #2 · 30th May 2006, 16:28

I think Asus or MSI.

17th May 2006, 14:15	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	What motherboard maker brand names does your PC illiterate friend know? How well known are motherboard brand names? If you mention Abit, MSI, DFI, Asrock, etc to a friend of yours who's not into PC hardware, does he looks puzzled? What brands do they know? __________________

17th May 2006, 14:37	#3
wutske Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Apenland Posts: 2,069	Friends? What friends? My computer is my best friend, but he doesn't want to answer my questions. Nice poll, going to try that at school __________________ /me = Hardfreak My Blog: [W]eblog

17th May 2006, 18:22	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	so your none tech savvy friends, who didn't buy his own PC, maybe ordered a dell, knows names like DFI ? I'm not talking about your friends who ARE into PC hardware, but the other kind __________________

30th May 2006, 16:28	#10
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17th May 2006, 14:20	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	Asus, MSI and ECS, anything else brings up a large "?" __________________

17th May 2006, 18:15	#4
beerke Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 70	All but Jetway.

17th May 2006, 21:58	#6
the maniak Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 372	maybe put in the option "none" some of my friends only now if they have a ati of geforce videocard, or p4 or AMD. The rest of the specs are quickly forgotten

23rd May 2006, 05:41	#7
BioT Posts: n/a	I had a friend tell me that he had "Intel inside".

23rd May 2006, 05:59	#8
TheTarget Posts: n/a	I don't think any of my non-PC friends or family know any of those motherboard brands that you listed.

30th May 2006, 16:03	#9
Jaco Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 98	They always say "It's a Dell"