Who has the best quality?

[src1425]

My current, antiquated mobo is from the now defunct DFI, and my only other experience ordering a board was from Gigabyte for my son's rig a couple of years ago, which arrived DOA. I realize you can get a bad board from anyone, but are there generally recognized tiers when it comes to mobo quality? I really have no way of distinguishing between ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock, etc. when it comes to their reputation, and whether it's getting better or worse.

Looking to purchase next week for a 2500K build, so any thoughts will be much appreciated!

 

[tecmo34]

From my experience the tier for Intel motherboards since the Intel iX's is:

1) EVGA
2) ASUS
3) Gigabyte
4) MSI
5) ASRock
6) BioStar
7) All others