Hi all, this is my first post, so i'll try to make it count,
I'm looking for a new mother board with a price in the 100 dollar range. My problem is I don't have too much experience with companies, and don't know the best overall board to get.
Here are the things i want:
ATX (no micros please)
uses the Athlon xp
DDR support
ATA 100
Integrated sound (i'm not big on audio, so i'm content with decent onboard sound)
NO integrated video, as i hope this will reduce the cost of the board, or increase the quality of the other parts
integrated lan is a big plus
My thoughts are to wait for a cheaper nForce board to come out, but i kinda want it soon. I've looked around newegg and seen some good ones, but i don't have experience with any of the new chipsets and the quaility of the various onboard sounds. and i don't want video because i couldn't resist that visiontek at bestbuy over thanksgiving, so now i need a new system to put it in
I'm not into overclocking anymore, as i realized i won't see too much result w/o more $ investment for cooling and other stuff.
I'm looking for a new mother board with a price in the 100 dollar range. My problem is I don't have too much experience with companies, and don't know the best overall board to get.
Here are the things i want:
ATX (no micros please)
uses the Athlon xp
DDR support
ATA 100
Integrated sound (i'm not big on audio, so i'm content with decent onboard sound)
NO integrated video, as i hope this will reduce the cost of the board, or increase the quality of the other parts
integrated lan is a big plus
My thoughts are to wait for a cheaper nForce board to come out, but i kinda want it soon. I've looked around newegg and seen some good ones, but i don't have experience with any of the new chipsets and the quaility of the various onboard sounds. and i don't want video because i couldn't resist that visiontek at bestbuy over thanksgiving, so now i need a new system to put it in
I'm not into overclocking anymore, as i realized i won't see too much result w/o more $ investment for cooling and other stuff.
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