How do biostar and msi motherboards compare to the other brands?

I always see people talking about asus, asrock, and gigabyte motherboards. Are the biostar and msi boards comparable to the other ones? It might seem like a strange question but newegg has some combo deals where they are giving away 8gb of ram free with certain motherboards. I was wondering if i should even consider the biostar and msi boards as options.

msi is pretty up there while biostar is sort of an underrated gem. newegg has done some 8gig ram promos with other brands as well..if i remembered correctly, They give you a single stick, so I never paid attention to it really

 

Shit. I just noticed that. I bet if i ask them they might let me swap out 1 8gb for a kit of 2 4gb.

biostar makes some very good motherboards, but arent too well known

MSI makes good boards also

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