Netgear: Never works right, one of the worst methods to install them (wifi is off on default...dumbass'). I always had solid performance with most DLINK products (some are duds, but if you find there good ones...rock solid).
ECS: Never works what so ever. There newly made boards are stale, comes with old bios. Very cheap, dies with no reason.
LITE-ON: There drives dont work on many boards, lot of basic boot disk cannot even see the drive. Installing windows = BSOD.
LSI Logic: Cannot even install a $1000 dollar SCSI card. Windows drivers are newer than the supplied drivers and they dont work. I had to dish out my old early '90 adaptec scsi card to install windows and drivers, then switch over to the LSI.
Intel Mobo's: Utter crap, takes forever to post. Bios menu is horrible.