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There isn't any great manufacturer of motherboards. Gigabyte is mostly adequate, while ASUS and MSI are less preferred for me.

For GPUs eVGA was the king, but they exited the GPU market because of Nvidia's requirements for the 4000 series. Again, nothing is particularly standout now.

Honestly I pay the premium at Amazon just so I can do hassle free exchanges, just drop the box off at Kohl's.

ASRock / ASRock Rack for motherboards.

GPUs depend on the make and model, but mainly, you look at board design, warranty, and RMA turnaround.

That’s wild because 10 years ago they were known as the cheap brand. Will take a closer look at them, thanks!

I’ve been all asrock and asus for a long time. Asrock had been the better value for me for awhile now. Think I started using them for the original threadrippers. Been happy.

Definitely ASRock, as they seem to make reliable stuff and have explicit ECC support in their AMD (Ryzen) motherboards.