Need advice to buy motherboard

[-=joe=-]

I am looking to buy a new motherboard. My price range is $120
and below. The motherboard that I have now I dont really like.
So here are the motherboard specs
Motherboard Supplier
ASUS

System BIOS Supplier
ASUS/AMI

Form Factor
uATX

Processor Brand
AMD

Processor Socket Type
Socket A (PGA462)

Processor Family
AthlonXP (Barton, Thoroughbred, Palomino)

Processor FSB Frequency
266/333 MHz

Chipset Name
NVIDIA nForce2

Chipset 'Northbridge', Revision/Stepping
IGP, A03

Chipset 'Southbridge', Revision/Stepping
MPC2, A04

Super I/O, Revision/Stepping
ITE, 8712F-A

Flash BIOS Device
4 Mbit

Memory Type
DDR

Memory Speed
PC2700/PC2100

Memory Sockets
2DDR DIMM (184-pin)

Maximum Memory
2 GB

Graphics Supplier
NVIDIA nForce2

Graphics Configuration
On-Board

Onboard Graphics Memory
UMA up to 128 MB

Graphics Connector
AGP 8X

TV-Out Device
No

TV-Out Configuration
No

Audio
AC'97 On-Board

AC'97 CODEC Device
Realtek ALC650

Audio Jacks
Microphone, Line-In, Line-Out, Speaker, MIDI/Game

External Audio Connectors
Microphone, Line-In

Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier
Realtek 8201BL

Ethernet Configuration
Integrated, On-Board

IDE UDMA Modes
ATA-133/100/66/33

Expansion Slots
AGP 8X, Three PCI

USB Ports
Six USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 back)

External Ports
One Serial, One Parallel, One Floppy, PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, One 1394 (front)

Serial Port Front Chassis Option
No

Available Manufacturer On-Board Options
Graphics, Lan, 1394, 6 Speaker Mode (Dolby 5

 

[kboy]

Didn't give us enough Info Joe...LOL.. I use the ASUS & It works great. Also I like the ASUS Bios Update Tool Which works pretty Cool.

 

[-=joe=-]

LOL.....yeah it is a good mobo but i want a new one. So.....anything?

 

[pete]

yup! I only had bought asus and CPU combo. Making sure all my hardware is comparable. I had reliable service so far!

 

[Martin]

If that ASUS motherboard is not very reliable and giving you severe issues, then you may consider getting some tech support. Otherwise, if it's a hardware related issue, you may have to go through the experiment of trial-and-error (e.g. taking out interface cards, determining shorts, etc.).

But if the nForce2 IGP chipset isn't working out for you, the only other thing I can recommend if you already have a discrete graphics card is the A7N8X Deluxe, but you'll only gain a couple new features from the switch.

If it's a severe hardware issue, then RMA it if possible.

 

[dethangel]

ive been working on trying to get my msi 875p neo fis2r mobo working for about 3 months now, for some reason it will only recognize 1 hard drive at a time, so i figure, well, ill just install the OS with 1 HDD in and ass the other one later, i go to install the OS and what happens? it freezes while loading drivers.cab almost every time, i dont think its the CD, becuz ive tried 3 different CDs from 2 different people, its a real pain in the ass, so im just going to wait and build a 2nd PC instead of upgrading my old one, sigh and i was really looking forward to that 2.8GHz processor and 2GB of ram...