Most reliable B350 mobo for a ryzen 5 1600?

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chitugo

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I don't intend to ever overclock, using 16 gb 2400 mhz ddr4 ram and a gtx 1060.

I have heard many people having freezing issues with their asrock pro 4 and the gigabyte d3h not working properly.
I am not interested in fancy LEDs, would be nice to have them but not my priority, looking for something reliable with good value for the money that wouldn't give me annoying issues
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These are my current options (MSI boards are out of stock from my vendor):
(in order of cost from most cheap to most expensive)
Asrock AB350M-HDV
Asrock PRO 4 AB350M
Gigabyte AB350M-D3H
ASUS PRIME-B350M-A
Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3
ASUS PRIME PLUS B350


I am on a budget so i am getting a little bit past the budget with the last 2 options.
 
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How much can you realistically spend on your board? Where are you located? The Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 + ASUS PRIME PLUS B350 aren't a step above the rest in a manner but they have the extra bells and whistles which justifies their higher costs. By reliability are you looking for build quality or a board that wont be DOA? The latter will happen regardless of how much money you spend and that's where RMA's come into play. The former, well you actually get what you pay for.
 
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chitugo

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I am located in mexico, the most i can spend is $125 USD which is the limit i am willing to go for, in this case the prime plus costs me around $124 while the asrock hdv which is the cheapest would cost me $77.
Basically, i wanna know if the extra cost is actually worth the money and why, i was originally going for the d3h but i have heard many complaints about it from many different people, such as DOA and bios and chipset updates causing problems, heard the asus prime one has the worst audio they ever heard (But honestly i don't know if that makes any difference to the average user such as myself)
 
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Buying a motherboard isn't like buying a car really; there isn't more or less reliable models although there are some that are low quality for overclocking. Some are more suited for overclocking but if you aren't doing that then any AM4 board will do fine. Even expensive motherboards can have problems out of the box believe me. The extra cost is features like LEDs, VRMs for overclocking, or features like WiFi. It's more of a luck thing than anything else, I've had 2 ASROCK boards due and 2 Gigabyte boards that never gave me one problem. I would just pick an AM4 board that you like that has at least a 3.5 rating on Amazon.
 
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