What is the Best Motherboard w/sound/video?

[GarbMan]

I usually dont buy a motherboard with all these things built in, but I need something simple for my sister-in-law. I need to upgrade her Gateway PII 300Mhz. Looks like it's a standard ATX and I will have to get a CPU too. I perfer using a Athlon XP CPU. Price is an issue so I want to get the best bang for my buck.

 

[vicvon]

The Asus A7M266-VM is fairly cheap (about $70.00 at Newegg) and is a very good solution for an integrated chipset.


In fact, it was probably the easiest system build I have done.

 

[GarbMan]

Thanks, I will look at it.

 

[JonTheBaller]

Originally posted by: vicvonglahn
The Asus A7M266-VM is fairly cheap (about $70.00 at Newegg) and is a very good solution for an integrated chipset.


In fact, it was probably the easiest system build I have done.

Thanks for the advice, I just ordered one for a system I am building my dad.

 

[Peter]

The radical approach for hardly-ever-upgraded systems is this:

http://www.pcchips.com.tw/M810Lv71c.html

It has onboard everything (including a CPU!), modem card included, and it'll even run your existing SDRAM if it's at least PC100.