pls suggest sckt A mb with video&snd

[chapmc]

I have an extra Duron 750 CPU and I want to build an inexpensive system using it. Can someone please recommend a socket A mobo the is inexpensive but reliable. I am thinking of onboard video and sound just to save a few bucks. This obviously will not be for gaming.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Chap

[Dokeman]

Use the Asus A7S-VM mobo. I have used at least 50 of these for building budget systems and have not had the first problem out of any of them.

http://www.asus.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/socketa/a7s-vm/index.html

They support 200/266fsb
have onbaord video which can be set to 8, 16, or 32 mb shared.
onboard sound
optional realtek NIC
4 PCI (more than most other micro boards)
Extremenly stable and fast
Others will suggest a PC Chips or something but i would have to got with the asus, i mean Asus is known for high quality boards throughout their product line. I think you'll be satisified with this one

[Richard_Cranium72]

Are you getting a deal locally or on-line ?

If on-line, how bout a linky ?

Thx

[chapmc]

Richard_Cranium72

I'm not sure who the "linky" was addressed to. I'm sure that I would buy a mobo online because there is not a lot of selection here in Arkansas. I also need a cheap case that would work with the mobo I get.

Thanks for your interest.
Chap

[Richard_Cranium72]

Errr, that was aimed at Dokeman, my neighbor down the road just a few miles.

If he's getting them locally, it's not much of a drive for me to swing by and grab a couple.

DrVette

[Peter M]

Mind you, those all-in-ones require some experience. They aren't as easy to build and setup a system with, simply because you have to get everything right in one go rather than installing one component at a time.

Most mature and best bargain product in that area is the PC-Chips M810LMR. Using the same SiS 730S chipset as the ASUS product, it offers an AGP slot for later upgrades, includes an AMR modem card, has onboard VGA, LAN and sound (4-channel on the latest board revision!). Needless to say it's still quite a lot cheaper than the ASUS without being worse. There is no end user support from PC-Chips though. BIOS and driver updates, nothing else.

regards, Peter

[otheos]

My vote goes for the PCChips 810LMR. All in one and the setup is extremely easy. The drivers are very mature, install themselves automatically with no effort, and all hardware works great. At the price it comes, the 810LMR is unbeatable!

[chapmc]

Thanks for the advice from everyone. I am going to check some prices before I decide but the choices sound very good.

Chap