Need help deciding which motherboard to buy.

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Hello, I require your help in making a decision to buy a new motherboard to replace my previous broken one. The motherboards I am stuck between are the: MSI 970 gaming; MSI 970a Krait editon and the ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0. I am more inclined to buy the ASUS because I know it is more reliable but fear it may lack some important/ up-to-date features because of it's age. I am a little reluctant to buy one of the MSI's because my previous motherboard was the 970 gaming which broken withing the first month. Also, I have read reviews stating the same issues I experienced with the motherboard.
Just to note: I run a FX6300 CPU (which was stock clocked at 3.5GHZ without the turbo boost because the heatsinks on the 970 gaming got extremely hot). I may want to overclock the CPU in the future, or even upgrade to the 8320e so please consider this.
I also want to upgrade to windows 10 when it is released and I was worried incase any of the boards didnt support the update (as none of the brands websites state that they do).
I would really appreciate hearing you guy's preferances and opinions to help me decided and thanks in advance for any replies!
 

resident TD

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My vote is for the ASUS. It has all the PCI stuff you could need and has it layed out in a logical manner, it has a direct key for entering BIOS(very useful when debugging!), it has the TPU and EPU switches for power saving or overclocking, it has 6GB SATA, It has a memOK! button to test RAM compatibility, and it even comes with a software sweet to control fans and overclocking functions. Whats not to love?