Which motherboard - ASUS vs MSI - and is which ones will fit an ATX case?

charles_i

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I see various opinions here about ASUS vs MSI motherboards. What is the latest opinion? If ASUS is recommended which of these will fit an ATX case?

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Charles
 

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Thanks for the speedy answers! The CPU I also need to buy (from here http://www.bestbuy.ca/Search/SearchResults.aspx?type=product&page=1&sortBy=relevance&sortDir=desc&query=CPU+Quad+core).

The case is a Thermaltake Versa (can't remember the model number but it was slightly different than the recommended H22 in this post - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2140427/intel-amc-build-order-system-recommend-descent-games-home.html#13286644)

And for memory do are any of these as good as Kingston? http://www.bestbuy.ca/Search/SearchResults.aspx?type=product&page=1&sortBy=relevance&sortDir=desc&query=DDR3+memory
 
I have built several PC's over the years with several different brands of boards. I finally came to the conclusion that its ASUS from now on, about 5 years ago. The only other board that I ever really, really liked was ABIT. But I dont think they are around anymore. They were nice boards for the time.