yup
@Emperor m still confused with mobo need a good mobo going with b450 mobo but msi seems to be good option but after sales is poor so mebe will go with x470 mobo either gigabyte or asus
My experience about Motherboard is, GOOD Motherboard never requires service and if any Board Requires service than it's NOT GOOD.
Till today 2 time I got my hand burnt with Intel (low end motherboard just within month of purchase and it never able to work as it should even after repair from service center - Intel sent me DIFFERENT Refurbished board with
lot of deep scratches/user marks with mismatch I/O Plate and also refuse to provide matching I/O Plate.).
but still in
2011 I went with Intel (on recommendation from TE Members) and bought 9k board and same still going strong ...
not a single issue till today.
Than by 2014/2016 Gigabyte came as STRONG service support Brand, and 2 of my friends BOUGHT Gigabyte Boad (they both are intel die hard fan) and both are
STILL unhappy with Gigabyte (mostly with DUAL BOOT SOFTWARE issue).
From above two friends, One of friend just this month (Jan 2019) bought NEW HIGH END machine and went with (AMD + MSI), as his old/trusted seller told him to provide good service for MSI in warranty period and as per my friend, his seller
charge more than online/offline but
ALWAYS SUGGEST him good hardware/brand only.
About ASUS, I bought ASUS board for my Nephew and since day one whenever he press shift key with any combination (while gaming - any game) his Benq monitor flash BLACK SCREEN for fraction of second and I also found his board is very delicate (compare to intel Original/Gigabyte), even a Sata Port plastic part came out from Board with little pressure.....
This is my story with above boards brand may be others not agree with me based on their experience....