Budget Mobo Help (onboard graphics, sound)

[gonnawinstate]

I need to build up a cheap budget PC for my aunt. She doesn't need anything fancy, so I want to go with a good budget mobo (preferably AMD). What are the best mobo's out there with onboard graphics and sound? This is the first budget PC I've built, so I don't know about these mobo's. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[KnightPalatine]

Shuttle MN31N ($83.99 at newegg) gets good marks. I'm considering one for my own system upgrade.

 

[Cheetah8799]

If it's for a non-power user, I suggest the Biostar motherboards. They have some very cheap boards that work very well. Even their nForce2 boards are around $65 at NewEgg.

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You can also maybe get used ones on occasion for around $35 - $40. That's how I got a couple of mine.

 

[Vette73]

This is the board for you....

Only $57 shipped at newegg.com

Just built a basic system with it. Very good and stable

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
This is the board for you....

Only $57 shipped at newegg.com

Just built a basic system with it. Very good and stable

That is a nice board, but for only $6 more I just can't see giving up the G4MX IGP and 400fsb support the Biostar M7NCG 400 offers.

 

[Iron Woode]

I am using an MSI KM4M-L on a second system here and it works great. XP3000+ support and DDR.

 

[brentkiosk]

I recently built a system with the Biostar M7VIZ. Used onboard video, sound and LAN. It's a great basic system.

 

[Texun]

Interested in going with an ASUS for $55.99 and free shipping?

Supported CPU: Socket A AMD Duron/Athlon/Athlon XP up to 2600+
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 220D (IGP-64 and MCP-D)
FSB: 266/200MHz
RAM: 2x DIMM support DDR266/200(Unbuffered/Non-ECC) Max 1GB
IDE: 2x UltraDMA 33/66/100 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP 4X, 3x PCI
Ports: 2xPS2,1xLPT,1xCOM,1xVGA,1xLAN,4xUSB1.1(Rear 2),1xGAME,Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: MCP-D Integrated APU with AC3 + Realtek ALC650 6-Channel Codec
Onboard Video: Integrated GeForce2 GPU
Onboard LAN: Realtek 8201L 10/100Mbps
Form Factor: Micro ATX

I built one for a friend back in December. He wanted something reliable for his daughter but didn't care about a lot of extras, just reliability. I did flash the BIOS but it's been stone solid since day one. It won't take a Barton, but for a mom&pop system it should do very well with the Tbread core.