integrated motherboard reco wanted

[sykez]

I'm looking to buy a couple integrated motherboards and can't find any shootouts / roundups / mulitple motherboard comparisions on the internet that are relatively recent. I'm leaning towards the nforce2 chipset because it offers the best overall integrated performance (but is also the most expensive). So does anyone know of a good mobo that would fit? Or of extensive motherboard roundup?

needs:
integrated video, lan, and audio
price under 100 (with a cpu)

prefer:
AMD over Intel
price under 70

would be nice:
DDR
known to have linux friendly drivers

*Please don't rant because I'm looking at integrated boards. I've built plenty of systems and would never personally own one, but a few boxes are needed and non-integrated systems can't really be justified*

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Thanks guys. Decent never exceptional video will be needed. Right now lower power processors would probably be best; in fact a motherboard with decent video but with a scalable CPU and memory configuration would be the best (thats why I was leaning towards the nforce2). I'll narrow down the boards, research drivers, and weigh the results. anyway, my bad for not being more specific.

 

[nick1985]

nforce2 IGP

 

[Vette73]

Newegg.com has a Biostar VIA KM400 board with a Athlon 1800 retail chip for $100 shipped right now. Has everthing you want, and VIA is pretty good about Linux drivers

 

[Peter]

Your best bet if it's going to be Linux is a VIA chipset. This is because they're the only ones who really, actively, DO care about Linux drivers. Unlike NVidia and very unlike SiS.

 

[lycurgus]

nForce2 would be best if you want / need good video. But it's going to be pretty tight to get one WITH a processor for under $100. Are you willing to go for a CPU like a 1GHz Duron? In any case, if you can't manage an nForce2 m/b, you might consider nForce1. How about the ASUS A7N266-VM?

 

[Peter]

nForce driver support in Linux is incomplete, to put it politely. Noone else but VIA offer Linux drivers (and tutorials!) for _everything_ that's integrated into their chipsets.

Just look at www.viaarena.com 's Linux section to see the difference.

 

[lycurgus]

Sure, I'm not disupting your point. But just because nVidia doesn't emphasize Linux to the same extent as Via doesn't mean it won't work. Plus, the fact is the nForce2 has the best integrated video available in the mainstream. What kind of integrated video are you going to get on a Via chipset m/b? Seems like it's a bit of a trade off; Via with the better Linux support and nVidia with the better integrated video. Maybe another point for Via is that their boards seem to be cheaper these days, since nForce2 has established itself as the top socket A chipset.