Need help choosing a mobo!?

Question

Guys, I would really appreciate your help with this. I am new to building my pc. I would like certain features to be part of my motherboard and i am not sure what is the best motherboard for that.

Here are my specs.

Support for Intel Core 2 Duo 8400

Support for 4 RAM slots. (upto 8GB or more)

Onchip video support

Onchip audio support

atleast 2 IDE slots (one for hard drive and other optical drive)

Price under $100 preferably or under $150, but thats a stretch.

The rest is usual:

(8 or more) USB ports

PCI and PCI express

VGA port.

DVI (may be)...etc.

Purpose:

May be some gamming or photo or video editing but mostly for the fun of having a decently fast computer. Currently i have some celeron processor with 512mb ram. not worth mentioning what the other specs are. it is slow.

Actually i placed an order for Intel DG35EC Media Series G35 Desktop Board and now I am having second thoughts based on some reviews. Also I noticed, after placing the order, that it has only one IDE support.It will be taken by my exisiting harddrive. However, I would like to hook up my DVD writer which is ATA style and currently my mobo does not have provision for it.

Answer 1

Id go with SATA drives. SATA dvd burners cost around $30 now, and 500 GB sata drive costs only $70 these days. as for motherboards, if you plan on using an nvidia card, and want to use a second in the future, then go with the nforce 750i. if you're interested in ATI then an MSI P35 Neo2-FR. as for graphics cards, if you're looking for a good $300 video card, then get an ATI 4870, or an nvidia GTX 260.

Answer 2

I know source of your question