Well Gigabytes new boards like the UD7 have been seeming to blow up left and right over the past few months. I have seen good things on their older boards. ASUS has many boards to offer and i have had best luck with they're AM3 and AM3+ Sabertooth boards. I would recommend ASUS...Yea id say ASUS
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