Best "tough" Motherboard?

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I'm looking to upgrade my gaming rig and I want to get a more reliable and redundant MoBo instead of one that gives great overclocking abilities. I normally leave things stock or if I do overclock it's marginal at best.

I have narrowed it down to these boards:

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 - $234

GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-UD3H - $154

ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO - $199

They all seem to run 10k caps and similar components and claims of "military grade" parts. The plastic covering on the sabertooth seems like a gimmick but I have never used a board with that type of covering so who knows? I'm not using on-board sound or video.

Form the reviews I have not seen any major reported issues with any and benchmarks in gaming seem to give (at stock) lead to the MAXIMUS VI HERO of like ~2-5FPS.

I have seen some messages on here about this but no real answered on which one might last longer or be better because of a glaring difference. I know with ASUS they are a little overpriced and Giga seems to be the best bang for the buck but all fit my budget so paying extra for some FPS or reliability even if it's cost diminishing is OK. I'm leaning at the Hero right now.

What would you pic? Thanks in advance.
 
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Tradesman1
I decided on the Hero ofter two client builds, and love it, In addition to daily use I use it to test components for client builds as well as for repairs and upgrades, takes everything I throw at it, think you'd be very happy with it...it also OCs rather well, I have my 4770K at 4.6
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I decided on the Hero ofter two client builds, and love it, In addition to daily use I use it to test components for client builds as well as for repairs and upgrades, takes everything I throw at it, think you'd be very happy with it...it also OCs rather well, I have my 4770K at 4.6
 
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I looked at the Gryphon and it could be an option.
I think the hero is great I'm only wondering if these 10k caps and other components aren't just all the same? Does anyone know if one brand really does source better stuff?
I also do like the 5 year warranty that the GIGABYTE UD4H/UD3H and SABERTOOTH have. I will probably upgrade in 3-5 years again and would feel good knowing my Motherboard is covered for the entire time I'm going to use it.
 
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Ya, I liked that option too! But Gigabyte has dual bios so it has redundancy if you mess up a flash or something. It's so hard to choose!
At least I feel like all the boards are great picks could be worse...
 
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