i just like to go onto newegg.com and look at what people are buying. but i will save you trouble the most popular and best quality are Gigabyte and Msi, you cannot go wrong with either, i do not know of any websites that rank, sorry

There's a few, I'm partial to Maximum PC's advice. They give best ratings as "kick ass" :) http://www.maximumpc.com/reviews/ PC world http://www.pcworld.com/browse/1054/topic.html?page=1 and there's always http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Category.asp?Category=20&name=Motherboards , but I tend to shy away from sites that also sell the product in question.

I agree with scubabob about maximumpc. Not only do they publish the best hardware related magazine but I think they are the most unbiased editors out there. Another great site that I've been using for years for reviews is (http://www.tomshardware.com) simply amaizing. As for personal choices, Asus has always been one of my favorites simply because they have amaizing long term support on their products. Which ever manufacturer you decide to go with i strongly urge you to take a look at their support pages relating to older products. Its been my past experience, that the time you need them the most is in 1-2 years. See how they are supporting legacy products as well. Good luck

I've never had any allegiance to any particular brand, I just try to stick with the main brands. Beyond that, choosing a brand is much less important than what the motherboard model offers. I've seen too many people get conned into buying a brand name 'last year's model' motherboard that did not have the newest features and therefore became obsolete too fast. Things such as SATA (drive interface), USB 2.0, PCI-E, were all features that have appeared in the last few years. I saw people (after the fact) get sold a PC with a motherboard missing these often crucial features because they were trying to push old inventory off the shelf. You also need to think ahead and ask yourself, if I get more RAM later, will the board handle it? If I want a faster CPU when prices come down, will this board have a decent FSB speed to match? Does this board maker put out decent BIOS updates to improve the board's features? Does their web site have a great set of resources if there are problems? My advice to most people when selecting a motherboard is this: Find out all the features that exist on todays' leading models. List the ones that you must have. Buy the best deal you can find with all the things you wanted. It's always a good idea to get as close to bleeding edge as you can afford - the product will remain useful longer. Trying to compare (top) brands on reliability is a waste of time. And there are so many more great brands than just Asus, MSI and Gigabyte. They just happen to sell the most.