ASUS Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1 vs MSI Z97A GAMING 9 ACK

[AaronMosh]

I am building a new computer going intel this time and I would like an opinion on which board would be better in the long run in terms of overclocking and durability. I will be purchasing an m.2 sata ssd and I really like the wireless that is included with these boards.

ASUS Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132508

MSI Z97A GAMING 9 ACK LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130842

I should also mention that i am probably going to get the i7-5775c broadwell when it comes out next month. In addition to that i am also going with this for ram.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820101062&cm_re=Klevv_Genuine-_-20-101-051-_-Product

 

[alexoiu]

"I should also mention that i am probably going to get the i7-5775c broadwell"
Then ASUS, as the BIOS needs an update and with ASUS you can use the Flashback.

 

[AaronMosh]

I have access to haswell processors if i need to use one of those to update my bios. so that really isn't much of an issue for me there

 

[alexoiu]

Still ASUS.

 

[Tradesman1]

Yep, I'd go Asus also, I won't build on MSI due to poor QC, I stick with Asus, the Rock and GB

 

[AaronMosh]

Yep, I'd go Asus also, I won't build on MSI due to poor QC, I stick with Asus, the Rock and GB

How bad can their qc be, can you explain why everyone is saying it is bad?

 

[Tradesman1]

Well for me, I get troubleshooting calls on on more MSI mobos than any two other manufacturers put together, and it's a wide variety, bad DRAM sockets, PCI slots, USB and ethernet ports gone bad, fan headers. Granted, it can happen to any mobo, but when I seldom get calls on bad mobos from Asus, the Rock or GB, it tells me I don't want to build on mobos that have such a wide variety of failures. Another factor is that sales just keep dropping, ASRock passed them to become the #3 seller of mobos back around 2010 and has continued to increase sales where MSI has continued to drop