Mobo Selection

[imported_Kainz]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138259
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127191

Setup for the mobo
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton 333MHz FSB
CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600PRO 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner
Western Digital Caviar 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100
ASPIRE X-QPACK-AL/420 Black/Silver Aluminum MicroATX

This system is goin to be playing the sims 2, counter-strike, gunbound, the specialist.. and some other lower quality games.. which mobo would be the better buy? and if you guys got any other suggestions for parts.. let me know.. I have a budget of $500 at the MAX. This is for my gf. I posted something like this b4.. but newegg doesnt have the mobo I was going to get..

 

[Zepper]

A good Via KT880 based mobo from MSI or Asrock would do you. Oops, you need a micro ATX mobo e.g. Asrock SiS based or similar Foxconn or this Via based DFI or this nF2 based MSI or this Epox.

. Of those mentioned, I'd probably go with the Asrock.
. IAC, be sure the one you get has the P4-12V socket for powering the CPU as it will take best advantage of your PSU.

.bh.

 

[KoolDrew]

Maybe this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131478