A good Mobo?

[Geniere]

I?m upgrading my wife?s PC. I?ve got an AMD 2500+(Barton) CPU and 512meg of 3200 memory. PC used mostly for browsing and E-mail, no games except for bingo on line.

What?s a good choice for a Mobo at about $95.00?

Thanks

 

[speedstream5621]

Really any mobo will work fine:

Epox 8RDA3+
Shuttle AN35N Ultra
DFI Infinity based on the NF2 chipset.

All of these boards have the ability to take advantage of that PC3200 RAM too.:sun:

 

[FrustratedUser]

ABIT NF7-S, a bit more than $95 but a very good mobo.

 

[MDE]

Or just the plain NF7, no SATA or SoundStorm, but those shoudn't matter for basic use.

 

[Sid59]

i recommend ..

anything NF2 .. they are different because people want different functions. decide what you want and choose.

 

[Cygni]

Since the computer isnt going to be hitting games too hard, and i imagine you arent too interested in extreme overclocking, you might want to look at an integrated solution.

There are lots of choices for Micro ATX Nforce2 IGP fully integrated (Video + Sound + LAN) boards that will actually fit into your price range. If Micro ATX wont cut it and you need all the PCI slots you can get, Abit's NF7-M will probably fit the bill.

As far as which Nforce2 mATX board to get? Shuttle's MN31N is at a medium price point, has the MCP-T southbridge with SoundStorm (the board isnt FULLY soundstorm compliant though, as there is no seperate subwoofer plug... but it IS SoundStorm quality audio). On the low end of the price spectrum, Biostar's M7NCG 400 seems to be fairly solid, as well, and is under $70!

 

[Macro2]

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