cheap motherboard w/ integrated everything

[Colin McGregor]

I don't have any specific knowledge of any of the motherboards you note, but
I have normally had very good experiences with ASUS brand boards. That noted
my first impulse would be to run not walk away from any motherboard with
integrated video having run into a nasty little nightmare in the past with
integrated video (which in the end had me disable the motherboard based
video and install a PCI based video card (the motherboard had not bothered
with a AGP card slot...)). If you do go for an integrated everything
motherboard (unwise in my books, but hey it's your money) do make sure that
you can disable the on-board video and do see if there is an AGP slot...


"Lloyd D Budd" <foolswisdom-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> on Saturday, November 13, 2004 6:01
PM wrote:


> Hi ,
>
> I am still working on constructing myself a PC -- time isn't money ,
> money is money .  I am looking @ a few very cheap motherboards with
> integrated everything :
>
> ASRock K7S41GX
> $46.48  CAD , only 2PCI , FSB/DDR 333 , cannot find Linux info
>
> ECS 741GX-M
> $52.50  CAD , but only FSB/DDR 333 , Linspire lists it as compatible .
>
> ASUS A7V400-MX
> $59.85  CAD , found good information about Linux
>
> Anyone able to scare me off these boards ?  -- and I know that I get
> what I pay for when it comes to integrated video .  Better yet would
> be success stories with any of the boards . ?
>
>
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> Peace be in you ,
> Lloyd D Budd
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