[Goku]

First off its matx. You are limiting your number of expansion slots. The warranty is only 2 years vs 3 years on the Gigabyte. Limited number of dimm slots verse the 4 on the gigabyte. Future added cost of getting a firewire card when its already on the gigabyte. I hardly see Asrock as the being in the top among mobo makers. The big three really are ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI currently. There is no issues with MIRs as long as you get them in a timely manner also. Gigabyte isn't known for screwing people over for that.