MB for an Athlon, or is that bad?

[Serentius]

Hello, I am newbie, My name is Zeke

I am building a new computer(basicly my first) and I am going with an Athlon 1.8Ghz or a 1.9Ghz, Is that Ok? Should I go ahead for an XP 2000?
First of all, are there any major problems with Athlons that are surpassed by the pentium?
But more importantly, What would be the right, or a good motherboard for an Athlon of said speeds?
I am going to be using this new computer for gaming and web-design. Also, are 4 memory slots really uncommon? or Is it perfectly possible to get a motherboard with 4 slots? And how many PCI Slots do I reall need? I will definitely need an AGP slot as well. *Summary* What is a good motherboard for an Athlon with an AGP slot and enough PCI and Ram Slots?

Note: I dont really want to trouble myself with overclocking, if at all possible.

 

[Boonesmi]

link1
link2

both of those are good roundups of current socketA motherboards

i really like the soyo dragon+
if you want 4 dimm slots you might want to check out the abit kr7a

 

[zzzz]

yes the KR7a is an excellent board but if you are not overclocking, it might not be worth it. I think Shuttles board also comes with 4 dimm slots

 

[osage]

the Shuttle is a nice mobo. so is the Abit K7G