Never been an MSI fan but gotta say this is a nice looking board.

Never been an MSI fan but gotta say this is a nice looking board.

They were one of the more reasonably priced vendors out there with very good products up until a couple of years ago, then they went all Asus and started to charge top tier prices for everything. ..not really bothered with them since then, if you're going to charge the top end prices, best make sure your as good as those already in that segment. If it comes down to a choice between Asus and MSi at the same price, I'd go with Asus everytime.