In the 2011 PC Mag Annual PC Customer Satisfaction Surevey, ASUS ranked as the second top brand, behind only Apple and ahead of all others, by a fairly significant margin.
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i'm looking to buy a desktop and that asus is being offered at a descent price, is the brand reliable?
Asus - Essentio Desktop / AMD Phenom™ II X6 Processor / 8GB Memory / 1TB Hard Drive

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