Need Help Choosing Board

[Kente]

Hi, I'm fairly new to this board and I'm looking for some help building a new system from scratch. I'd like to go with AMD since it doesn't bust my balls when it comes to price, but I'm not sure which board/chipset I should go with. I don't need anything top of the line really, I just know that I can't spend too much money since I've got bills to pay and beer to buy (comes with the typical college life). Maybe $80 on the processor, and up to $120 on the board. Another thing is that this is my first attempt at building my own box, so a board with an easy setup would be nice

Any help would muchly be appreciated-

 

[bgeh]

an nforce2 based mobo will be fine
i'd recommend an epox 8RDA or an abit nforce2 board
an asus is good, but i personally don't like it because it usually costs higher

 

[nick1985]

asus a7n8x for 125, nforce2 rock

 

[nick1985]

oops, thats found at www.newegg.com

 

[Kente]

What's wrong with newegg?

 

[Kente]

By the way, thanks for the help guys.... I was just checking out the board price comparisons, and I think I will go with an nforce2 chipset. Here's how it's looking so far:

EPoX 8RDA+
Athlon XP 2000+
256 MB DDR 2700

Just one more thing to get.... a power supply. After reading the posts on here about getting a bad ps and frying everything, I'm kind of worried. Any suggestions?

 

[nick1985]

who said anything is wrong with newegg?? i have heard that antecs have the best psu's. although expensive

 

[Kente]

I hope nothing's wrong with newegg, that's where I'm about to order all of my parts from:0 And I think I've found a case and power supply.... EVERCASE E4252-ABV 10-BAY MID-TOWER CASE 300W PS. Found it on newegg and it had pretty good reviews and for only $36 I figured I can't beat that.

 

[nick1985]

nothing is wrong with newegg. i dont know where you got that idea from. i order all of my stuff from newegg also...