cheap reliable motherboard and ram

[68falcon]

whats a inexpensive reliable motherboard, no overclocking,
if u could list two one with onboard video and one without, both with onboard sound
and whats inexpensive ram i want 512, should i go 2x256 or 1x512
thanks

 

[Crism]

To be honest, I've never had a major problem with an Albatron board. Gigabyte boards also are very stable at stock speeds. However, EVERY Biostar board I've gotten has been a POS and was set back for an Albatron or Gigabyte replacement. Crucial RAM is good, Kingston is good, Corsair is good....just be sure to get a name brand and it should be good 🙂

Edit: You can get 1GB of PQI on Newegg for like $79 now I think

 

[KoolDrew]

MSI has a nice board with onboard video. Then for without onboard video the Chaintech VNF4 Ultra and Epox's NF4 Ultra board are both great. The Epox i better, but more expensive too.

 

[68falcon]

oh yeah i forgot, p4 motherboards only, thanks for the info allready

 

[68falcon]

basicaly what im trying to do is build a cheap reliable system for my mom, shes looking at one from dell for around 700 dollars and i want to see if i could build her one for less. she surfs the web on dial-up, and does cad drawings for her work. she has to have a cd-burner and some sort of nic. any suggestions or questions please included xp pro and office (with word and exel) in prices thanks

 

[sonoma1993]

well office alone is going to set you back $300+ for full verstion retail edition, and windows xp pro is between $139.00 for full version oem to $299 for full version retail edition.