Best sub £100 C2D M/B ?

[Hulkster316]

Building a Core 2 duo based PC for Dad working on a budget of £800 so dont want to spend too much on the motherboard as dont need O/C potential as it is only gonna be used for media etc no gaming.
There are quite a few around £75-£100 mark was hoping someone coulkd recommend a decent one cheers.

[dave87]

I'd go for something based around the p965 or 975 chipset, from a decent manufacturer - Abit, Asus, etc which has all the features you need, and none of the ones you dont

[shaithis]

If you aren't going to be using the power of the chip fully, why not save money and build an AM2 system?

[StaffsKieran]

This should do the job for you http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=551602

[staffsMike]

as shaithis says..you can build an AM2 system for around £300 - £350 with decent components using the x2 3800.

[tigerboyce]

especially if its for no games and only media, i wouldnt want to spend any more than £500 max on that, £800 for a media pc seems overkill

[danroyle]

i'd go for the abit ab9 brilliant board

[staffsMike]

LN17364
Abit NF-M2 nView WiFi, NF430, S AM2, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 800, SATA II, SATA RAID, uATX, VGA £49.55 £58.22
LN12200
2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC5400 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12 £69.99 £82.24
LN9709
160 Gb Samsung HD160HJ SpinPoint T166, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ £30.99 £36.41
LN15943
NEC AD-7173A-0B 18x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, IDE, Black, OEM, Labelflash £16.99 £19.96
LN10311
Asus TM-231 uATX Tower Black Hi-End with 300W aFPC PSU £25.59 £30.07
LN15925
AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800+ Windsor Core, Dual Core 2GHz, 2x 512KB Cache, Energy Efficient Retail £44.76 £52.59

Thats basically what you need for a media pc.. Maybe a different case and psu though.

[Hulkster316]

Many thanks for advice think im gonna go Abit as i have used them before and was impressed , sorry but media was a bit misleading its gonna be used for photo and video editing thats why i thought Intel would be the best option .

[EtheAv8r]

the ABIT IB9 I965 S775 MOBO from Scan at £56 plus VAT looks to be very good value - no firewire, but otherwise appears to be good. I ordered one yesterday for a bulid for my daughter (with a E4300).

[markyp23]

Got to be the Gigabyte DS3 or the ASUS P5N-E SLi

[Happyman88]

Gigabyte GA-965P-S3...get revision 3.3 if you can though

Thx for the heads up Flewis

[Flewis]

The ones for £50 arent the 965 chipset, the DS3 with the 965 chipset are about £75

[owen1978]

I got the P5B-E Plus! excellent board!

http://uk.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1...99&modelmenu=1

P5B-E Plus uses all high-quality conductive polymer capacitors onboard for durability, improved lifespan, and enhanced thermal capacity.

[abeacock]

I have the DS3 and I'm very pleased with it. P5B is also a great choice.