I use an msi g31 chipset board, and it works fine, if you don't overclock. Most micro atx boards don't have many overclocking settings, but abit or asus might if you need them. Asrock is also a good budget board. Fry's has a couple of combo deals at stores only in today's ad; both with micro atx boards. One is with the e4500 ($80) and the other is amd's 4800 ($70). Both are ecs boards with nvidia chipsets.