msi are the only boards you really needs...

1>good looking even if they are pink
2>stable for overclocking
3>d-led diagnotics
4>etc etc

now there is nothing left.. the world needs a service area in the bios.. which consists of a menu to launch from a onboard flashdrive :

1>openSuse live cd. for when all your IT warfare skills fail. and need to salvage some files before restoring a drive image or fully reinstalling windows, its the best all round linux, and the only live distro that can read/write to NTFS and has all teh tools you need except writing to DVD, and if you have linux installed you will need the linux partitioner and drive backup apps

2>powerquest partition magic
3>pwerquest drive image

4>d-led should be onboard display too, anyone doing maintenance on a system will have the case open