Speaking about longevity a friend of mine used that legendary Asrock PCI-ex/AGP combo mobo (iirc it was on ULI chipset ? ) for 4-5 years.
It was exactly the DUAL SATA2
http://www.asrock.com/mb/ULi/939Dual-SATA2/
My first Asrock board too.
And people suggesting Asus because they are better
I think ASUS is better, but when it comes to "longevity", you have to ask yourself "does it matter how long it CAN live or rather how long do i need it for?" And beyond a certain point, it'ìs overkill. It's a bit like "polished plastic bracket is nice. But does it really matter to how well the heatsink is held whether the plastic bracket is polished or not?"
Or "do i really need leather seats for my car?"
For instance, Gigabyte has UltraDurable. A feature is more copper. Now, it makes sense. More copper = less electrical resistance = less heat on the PCB and more tarnish resistance for copper. But, how important are these are motherboard killers? The PCB temperature has an importance, in that the socket temperature may rise lower and thus the board may throttle later and let you achieve a bit higher overclock than a board with less copper. Also you will probably gain some degrees on mofest temperature, but nothing too critical for the lifespan of the board as whole. Mofsets are rated for over 100C. The tarnish on copper is for practical purposes irrelevant. For example, i had an electrical water heater, pulling 1500W. At some point, the wire failed. The copper inside was so tarnished that you could make it fall into pieces just by rubbing it with your hands. This happened after 45 years more or less. A better copper cable could have lasted 50, 65, i don't know. But does it matter? By the time copper is so tarnished to kill the board, the CPU will be like a Pentium MMX. The board will have died earlier probably due to some capacitor (solid caps eventually fail too, they just don't blow up).
Last edited: