Good cheap amd mobo with onboard video, sound lan

[Rainman]

I'm looking to build a sub 500 dollar system including monitor and am looking for a cheap mobo that is reliable and has onboard video, audio and lan. I'm guessing this will be an amd board.

 

[human2k]

DOOD YOU GOT A DELL!

 

[bozo1]

ECS K7SEM is the only thing that comes to mind. I've used them before. No frills but it has onboard video, lan, audio. PC100/133 memory, micro-ATX board. (2 PCI slots) The only concern I would have is that statement on ECS's website:

We had verified and confirmed that K7SEM can be guaranteed to support 100MHz AMD CPU and the MAJORITY OF THE 133MHz CPUs.

The two I've built used 900 Durons.

 

[Tsaico]

I like this one... you might be pushing 500 with monitor, but assuming you get a small one, it can be done. Pus if you want to upgrade video later, you can. I liked this one, since you can make it as basic as possible, but it has some limited flexability when it comes to upgrading things... only $81 from mwave.com. Plus I like MSI boards better then ECS ones...

 

[FishTankX]

Consider the 810E.

 

[sandorski]

Or this one. It'll give you a decent gaming system, though it costs more than the other 3 choices.

 

[Tsaico]

That is a nice one... But my first note would be that the Nforce is new, so there might be glitches here and there, as in all new products... personally I wouldn't mind giving it a try...

 

[sandorski]

It's not that new anymore, just avoid Win9x/ME and update the BIOS and all is good.

 

[Athlon4all]

Another vote for K7SEM, or K7N420 Pro if u have the money

 

[Shalmanese]

Try one with the Via KM133A Chips.

I assume this is not going to be a gsming machine.

 

[Rainman]

Thanks for the recommendations guys.

Yeah this isn't going to be a gaming machine at all. Web browsing, email and word processing.

Damn you guys know your stuff, I'm impressed.