Need help to choose my new z97 motherboard

[Sigre]

Hi all,
Last week my Asus P5B-Deluxe is dead after 7 and half years. (doesn't turn on any more, I've forced power from PSU shorting green/black cable, fans spin and red/blue led turn on, but nothing happen on monitor)

So, after seven years I need new PC and after some days looking around to update myself, I've seen a lot of changes and a LOT of motherboards.

The main purpose is for gaming.
I've chosen the Intel i5-4690, maybe with Broadwell I'm gonna update the system for OC, but for now I'm not interested in the Devil's Canyon version ( In my opinion doesn't worth overclocking for a bunch of FPS and spend money on big cooler).

In the range of 150€ I've found those MB that suit with my needs:
- Asus Maximus VII Ranger 158€
- Asrock Extreme 4 z97 140€
- Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 130€
- MSI Z97 Gaming 5 130€

I'm doubtful after all these years out of the market.
Asus: worth 20/30€ only because it's Asus? I know they have very bad customer support.
Gigabyte: I've seen a lot of people complaining about bad BIOS in Gigabyte and random reboots.
I've seen someone have Qualcomm killerE2200 driver problem.
ASrock: was the little sister of Asus, but now?
MSI: I've seen someone have Qualcomm killerE2200 driver problem.

I appreciate any suggestion on which motherboard choose or better on which company, I'm interested in stability over years and Asus MB has less features ( no glowing LED like MSI e Gigabyte!!! 😀 ) and cost 30€ more but if it has the same quality of 8 years ago I'll go for it.

Thanks for reading.

 

[romirez]

stability over years? and you try to get gaming mobo?
that is mutually exclusive.
Asus Maximus VII Ranger is from ROG series (for gaming for sure)
But if you wish *stability over years* you better to think about TUF series too.