ive made hundreds of computers, here my run down
msi: good at first, but break down after a year and have weird bugs
asus: Most of the time pretty good, few bugs
ECS: sucked until the k7s5a came out, every board after that i have used are pretty good, using a p4s5a now and its flawless.
shuttle: they suck, i hate working with them, they always find a way to screw up
epox: only done bout 10, i love the features and they seem prety stable
abit: Good, but gernally take a lil loving to get going sumtimes, nice tho
gigabyte: the board eithe ris really good or really sucks for various reasons
soyo: they sucked back before the dragons, now they are pretty decent, few bad boards