Since 1995, I have used Asus Motherboards, Sounds Cards and Video Cards and I have no desire to change now. The only problem I ever has was with my P5KC board that had a memory slot issue after about 3.5 years of use. Other than that I have purchased around 14 boards through the years and I have...
Why do I want to run an Antec, Because unlike other manufacturers, Antec have never blown up on me. High quality and reliability. These are the things that we gamers cherish.
If you need quiet, try the Asus 970 STRIX. I'm running it right now and I can't here the fans on that card over my case fans which themselves are very quiet. even after an hour solid of BF4 punishment I still can't hear them.
The performace of this card is astounding. I have an older 6870 and I know I'm going to be upgrading the the Green Guys side this time. The double sealed fans and enhanced vrm envelope will very much help my BF3 gaming. It also matches all the color's in my case with black and red as my color theme.