Need help picking a motherboard

[Taedir]

I'm having trouble picking a motherboard. I'm looking for a socket A board that supports DDR and AGP 8X but is budget minded. Anyone have any suggestions? I'd like to stay around $50 or less. Thanks!

 

[Canadian_Bacon]

I wouldn't go that cheap for your motherboard. Its the heart of your computer. Everything connectects to it. If you are looking for a budget machine, and your're not interested in gamming, look for a better motherboard with onboard video and sound.

 

[o1die]

Both newegg and mwave have the soyo k7vme board with onboard video for around $50. It should work fine if you don't plan on overclocking. But the nforce boards with onboard video are better. Newegg has a biostar board with nforce2 chipset and onboard video for $61. Worth the extra $11 whether overclocking or not.

 

[Taedir]

What do you think of the Biostar M7NCD?

 

[o1die]

Check for customer reviews at newegg. Biostar isn't a top rated board, but you're limiting yourself with a $50 budget. You might even find it refurbished. If you are willing to spend more, I would look at abit, msi, or albatron.

 

[Cybercraig]

I'd rather have Andy Roddick fire a hot coal up my aZZ than settle for a Biostar MB.


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[Crashman]

Remember there's a difference between inexpensive and CHEAP!

The Abit NF7 is around $60, inexepensive, using the nForce2 chipset. Anything with a VIA chipset is cheap, regardless of the price you actually pay.

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[Spitfire_x86]

Increase your budget a little and buy ABIT NF7 v2.0

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