How to pick a mobo???

[KLS]

I'm getting ready to build a budget system, no gaming nor video, onboard graphics, and thinking of a New Pentium chip, maybe a G840. It uses an 1155 socket, then what? There are, what?, seven chipsets available! How do I choose a chipset? H61? H67? Or what?

How do I choose a board in about the $80~$100 range? I will need to run one IDE HD, but I think I can run it off an old raid board in my junk box--so it needs a PCI slot. I'd use two RAM slots, but would like to have two extra, four total, but not essential. Onboard ethernet, maybe onboard wireless, onboard sound, no overclocking, what else?

 

[ShadowVVL]

dont know why you need 4 slots since ddr3 comes in 4 gb per stick now.
I dont see alot of boards with ide these days you would be better off picking up a cheap $59 500gb wd or samsung sata

depends on if you want usb 3.0 and sata 6gb like this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131712

if you dont need usb 3.0 or sata 6gb then any $80 h61 board should work fine like this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131716

also make sure you buy ram that is compatible with your motherboard.
and get a little 300w antec psu

 

[trollolo]

I'm getting ready to build a budget system, no gaming nor video

before you decide on that, give AMD's APU line a look, they're great for budget PC's. You can build one for 430$ that could handle plenty of gaming

as for the specs, the biggest things are:

CPU socket type
RAM Pin Count
RAM Type
SATA Y/N
PCI Express Y/N (for wireless card)