Need help choosing motherboard for new system.

[ddeder]

The CPU is an AMD Athlon 1500+.

I need a motherboard that supports SDRAM memory and has onboard sound and video.

Preferably one that I can buy from newegg.

Can anyone suggest a motherboard for me?

Thanks.

 

[ddeder]

I have narrowed it down to two boards:

MSI KM133A (MS-6340) PRO VIA KM133A 266 MHz FSB MICRO-ATX MOTHERBOARD - RETAIL UDMA 100, 3-PCI, 2 DIMM, 1-AGP, On-baord S3 Savage4 VGA and AC97 Audio. P/N# MS-6340M-070 (V. 3.0).

and

Biostar M7VKS mATX Vid/Snd (Via KL133 chipset)

These are the least expensive motherboards I could find. The MSI motherboard looks like it is on AMD's recommended list while the Biostar mobo is not. According to the place where I found it, it does support the Athlon XP 1500+ CPU.

Can anyone comment on either of these boards? I know the chipset is not the best (in fact I imagine that it is at the opposite end of the spectrum), but will this cause errors/lockups/crashes or just hinder the performance of the system?

I am trying to keep this system as inexpensive as possible.

Please help me with your comments.

 

[lefthandedgoat]

Looking at newegg.com both of those boards are out of stock. I'd pick the MSI board out of those two. It was 80 bucks. I personally would get the ECS K7S5A, its 57 bucks, and it has onboad lan. I know it does not have integrated video, but you can pick up some older ATI cards for 20 bucks, or take a real step up from a savage 4, and drop 50 bucks on a raedon VE, with flat screen monitor compatability, tv out, etc. that would be
57+50=107, only 27 bucks more than the otherboard, and you get tv out and better quality video, plus onboard lan.
just my 2 cents