dude all of u talking rubbish
.. u guys havent even used enough products from different manufactorers

as i said.. i have used many boards and have no loyalty..

quality of boards depends on which series and how much u want to spend one each manufactorers chipset line..

they all have high-end to low-end
my terminology of high-lowend is based on pricing is this
high end - rm1k+
mid end - RM700-999
low end - RM400-699
anything below rm400 is crap.. and u pay for for what u get.. also here is the biggest margin of profit by the board makers..

my bias to gaygay again is because of the FAE... 3 incidents with 3 different chipsets from gaygay's dq6's.

this is beyond all ure noobish experience..

so close this topic as u guys clearly are just being plain silly...
every manufacturer has a certain board that they f***ed up..

abit with their x38's
foxcon with their x38's
gaygay with their entire nvidia chipsets.
dfi - non that i can think off
asus - non that i can think off
msi - non that i can think off -their price is exactly = performance features offered
biostar - their am2 lines 590/570 was excellent... but their whole intel line other than the current p45 is embarrassing.

but among all this board dfi is freaking expensive.. it comes with a ridiculous bundle.. yet nobody b****es about them..

among all this manufacturers only msi/gaygay/asus caters for everybody
from noobish idiot with a budget to those with unlimited budget and also to those who want fine tune their system.

as for rma.. dude thats up to god/shipment/ ah fat and co.. etc
up to ure luck..only board i have ever rmaed last 3 years.. which is out of more than 10-15 boards i have used from different manufactorers.. heck most of my boards.. i use no more than 3-4 months had no isse.. is EvGA 680's

i find that a lot of u screw up ure mobo because of this
1. bad cooling
2. bad case air flow
3. bad cable management.
4. bad psu

thats what i have to say to u guys all .. so just close this silly topic