cheap motherboard w/ integrated everything

[Francois Ouellette]

I tend to agree with this statement, however many ASUS "value" boards come
with decent on-board AGP video and sound chips (such as the VIA chipset
and associated video chip). But without a AGP slot these are somehow
limited even when you don't need fast, gaming-style video features.

Also, remember that Intel CPU's are more expensive than AMD and you
usually get a lot more power for less $$$ with an Athlon or Sempron.
The Athlon 64 is about the same price as a 32-bit P4 of equivalent  clock
speed!

 François Ouellette
<fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>

> 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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>> Lloyd D Budd
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