Need help want to build

[geo]

I've built a few computers over the last 8 years, but have not done much
with them lately. I need some help in selecting a motherboad for my project.
Have not been into it for a long time, and don't know what to buy.

I want a board with everything on boad, sound, video, NIC etc. I read a
somewhere on the ECS/Elitegroup 760GX-M as it being decent, nice price,
around $50, but something about it not recognizing the AMD Semperon chip and
having to flash the bios and a few people having problems with it.

Can anyone recommend a board that will get the job done?

thanks,
geo

 

[JAD]

I've built a few computers over the last 8 years, but have not done much
with them lately. I need some help in selecting a motherboard for my project.
Have not been into it for a long time, and don't know what to buy.

I want a board with everything on board, sound, video, NIC etc. I read a
somewhere on the ECS/Elitegroup 760GX-M as it being decent, nice price,
around $50, but something about it not recognizing the AMD Semperon chip and
having to flash the bios and a few people having problems with it.

Can anyone recommend a board that will get the job done?

thanks,
geo

I think people who are AMD fans take the 'bang for the buck' stuff too far.
Then demand the stability everyone else is getting. You get what you pay
for. I wouldn't put a junkyard engine in a car unless its going into a
demolition derby. ECS FIC shuttle jetway and some MSI stuff I wouldn't
touch. Strictly my opinion, brought about by, listening to people who buy
this stuff.

 

[Gary H]

I've built a few computers over the last 8 years, but have not done much
with them lately. I need some help in selecting a motherboad for my project.
Have not been into it for a long time, and don't know what to buy.

I want a board with everything on boad, sound, video, NIC etc. I read a
somewhere on the ECS/Elitegroup 760GX-M as it being decent, nice price,
around $50, but something about it not recognizing the AMD Semperon chip and
having to flash the bios and a few people having problems with it.

Can anyone recommend a board that will get the job done?

thanks,
geo

Damn fine mainboard:

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=98&type=expert

Available from Amazon for 162 bucks

Only 3 times as much as the "almost" mainboard you're looking
at.