Cheapest / Simplest motherboard for T.bird 1.4ghz processor?

[xhedx]

i have some extra parts lying around, and decided to build a system for my girlfriend, but i need a motherboard.

I am a college student, so i have very very little money, so was wondering what's the cheapest and easiest motherboard i can get that will work with a tbird 1.4? i have an asus a7v133 i've tried using, but just can't get an os to stay stable for more than a day or two at a time . so i'm looking to buy something nice and simple

i don't need anything special at all; doesn't have to be fast, doesn't need all kinds of special options, i want something very simple (changing motherboard bios's and installing raid drivers has given me headaches - i'm not too good with building comps). so what i want is something i can basically screw in, plug in the drives/cards, install an os, and be all done

other equipment is:

40gb ibm hard drive
hercules gf2 64mb gts
512mb of generic sdram
turtle beach santa cruz soundcard

and i plan on using windows xp professional

 

[amdskip]

ECS from newegg, little under 60 bones.

 

[TheWart]

another vote for the ECS K7S5a.

 

[aircooled]

Yep. K7S5A all the way for an inexpensive system. I've got several here at work with TBird 1.33's in them and they stay on 24-7.

Just make sure your power supply is sufficient or you will have some issues, otherwise they are rock solid.

 

[thorin]

Here's another vote for the ECS K7S5A .... I picked one up for $80 (CDN) or ~$53 (US) last night and rebuilt my system with a 2200+ on it. (My Celeron 366@550 finally gets to retire).

Thorin

 

[osage]

K7S5A

 

[WhoDeeny]

Originally posted by: osage
K7S5A

 

[thorin]

So have you made your choice?

Is it the K7S5A?

Thorin

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: xhedx
i have some extra parts lying around, and decided to build a system for my girlfriend, but i need a motherboard.

I am a college student, so i have very very little money, so was wondering what's the cheapest and easiest motherboard i can get that will work with a tbird 1.4? i have an asus a7v133 i've tried using, but just can't get an os to stay stable for more than a day or two at a time . so i'm looking to buy something nice and simple

i don't need anything special at all; doesn't have to be fast, doesn't need all kinds of special options, i want something very simple (changing motherboard bios's and installing raid drivers has given me headaches - i'm not too good with building comps). so what i want is something i can basically screw in, plug in the drives/cards, install an os, and be all done

other equipment is:

40gb ibm hard drive
hercules gf2 64mb gts
512mb of generic sdram
turtle beach santa cruz soundcard

and i plan on using windows xp professional

Wait a sec.....

All your parts are equivalent or better than my best system....

for me

for you