Looking for a mid-range Z87 board, not sure what to get

[Treeroy]

I need to buy a motherboard for the i5-4670k I'm getting, but I can't decide what to get.

It's basically Asus Z87-A vs Gigabyte Z87-D3h vs MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

They're all the same price. I don't particularly desire the Asus, since I've found them to be a little hopeless when it comes to support, and I'm not a fan of the BIOS in my current Asus board, which is a similar BIOS to the Z87-A's. Plus I think it's disgustingly ugly.

I've heard good things in reviews about the MSI board, though everyone always complains about MSI's quality control. (Something I struggle to believe is a real concern; if MSI boards were breaking all the time they wouldn't be recommended etc)

I don't know so much about the Gigabyte board, though the dual-BIOS feature is pretty neat.

Ultimately, I don't really know how different they are. I will be overclocking, not heavily, but certainly to a decent extent.

Any help is appreciated

 

[JuX]

I just can't get OC Genie to work in MSI motherboards (dunno why), heard ASUS are best overclockers.
I have been sticking to Gigabyte all my life and it never failed me.
It's really your choice.

 

[Treeroy]

I hear OC Genie isn't great overall. However it is quite noob-friendly

Saying "it's your choice", though, isn't all too helpful :/

 

[junkeymonkey]

asus the buggy bsod build [just my opinon from my last 3 asus builds] but i'm also looking i kinda like the msi gd 65 .asrock ex6 and the giga ud4.. the thing that putting the msi lower on my list is that quailcom lan. the moer i look into it i just dont think its for me do to it relys too much on software and what will it do in linux so far its not looking to good as for as that goes but the msi looks nice and solid the asrock seems all right to but i guess there parts are a littlc cheaper quility from what i read but seem to run well. right now the ud4 is at the top of my list i allways liked the giga builds i had before and they were good solid runners with low issues theres just too many to choose from and i get crossedeyed looking them over.. good luck with what ever you get..