Motherboards reliability

[Poower]

I'm trying to build my first pc and i really want every piece to last longer than it can. I searched for many motherboards and i can't find which one is the most reliable. I read many review about DOA and i'm really scared of a good gaming motherboard who dies after 5 months. I just want to know what to buy : asus? msi? gigabyte? Which one is the most reliable at a price of 150-200 bucks? I want to put a i5-4670k CPU and a GTX 680 in this motherboard. Thanks for helping a desperate hardware noob.

[Askew]

Buying from those 3 is roughly the same, reliability is very good and the unlikely event of failure will most often be DOA rather than happening later.

 

If you buy a motherboard from ASUS, MSI or Gigabyte you are buying a good quality item as a rule, it should run for years.

 

Also props for being a new user who posts in the correct section first time.

[Poower]

Thanks for the help! But i have another question, i've read that people have issues with the processor socket, do you think it's because people aren't cautious enough or it happens often? They say it can't be rebate if you put the processor in the motherboard because you did it, even if the motherboard was defective. Is there some way I can see if the processor socket is broken other than put the processor in the motherboard?

[ForsakenLive]

Any PC component you buy has a chance of arriving dead. Even the most reputable ones can fail.

If you are super-concerned about having a bad motherboard, most of the times going for the most popular choices can help. If that's not enough, grab an Asus WS, or a Gigabyte Black Edition, which get tested individually for 168 hours before hitting the shelves http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128723&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=.

[EpicGeekonFire]

Any PC component you buy has a chance of arriving dead. Even the most reputable ones can fail.

If you are super-concerned about having a bad motherboard, most of the times going for the most popular choices can help. If that's not enough, grab an Asus WS, or a Gigabyte Black Edition, which get tested individually for 168 hours before hitting the shelves http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128723&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=.

If you are that worried about it, then ya but usually the common Asus boards and Gigabyte stuff works.