Need MOBO help

[Rainwalker]

Greetings............i am looking for a MOBO for under $500............it needs to be a combo ready to drop in..........ATX...CPU> Athlon 64 about 4000...I have DDR 400/dual processing 3200 C2PT sticks that i will be using...SLI support...SATA support...PCI Express...
kinda leaning towards an ASUS..................any recommendations ?

[Notok]

I can't recommend any specific models, but I can say that ASUS is my preferred when looking for speed and user-friendliness, and Gigabyte when looking for something that's rock solid. Those two brands have always served my friends and me quite well for many years. I still have a celeron 800mhz system with an ASUS motherboard that's been overclocked to 1ghz and hasn't had a single problem in all these years.

Oh, and NewEgg.com is your friend ;D

[divedog]

Go with the A8N-SLI premium. I have one running a 4400x2 it's a very nice board.

[WSFuser]

for just the mobo, id get either an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium (nforce4) or teh MSI K8N Diamond Plus (nforce4 X16).

for a combo cpu/mobo, then go for the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium with an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego

[Rainwalker]

Nice.............thanks guys.....have not done this before and don't want to screw it up.....
Know where i could get the combo and a good price WS ?

[WSFuser]

u can get the combo at monarchcomputers.com (http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=80152&Category_Code=AMDC) but it seems a bit more expensive (still under $500 tho)

[Notok]

NewEgg.com has good deals (with absolutely outstanding service), and http://www.pricewatch.com/ usually has the best deals on the net.

[Rainwalker]

Thanks WSF.............good site.....as you said a bit spendy....
I agree about Newegg Notok, but they don't have MOBO combos.....

[Arup]

Go for ASUS A8N-VM,has everything you are looking for and is priced under $80.

[WSFuser]

{QUOTE-> Go for ASUS A8N-VM,has everything you are looking for and is priced under $80. <-QUOTE}
not exactly. its missing SLI support which Rainwalker asked for. its a good mobo tho.

[Notok]

{QUOTE-> I agree about Newegg Notok, but they don't have MOBO combos..... <-QUOTE}Sure they do: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&SubCategory=446&N=2010200446

But definitely check out Price Watch, they usually have some unbeatable deals posted there.

[Rainwalker]

{QUOTE-> Sure they do: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&SubCategory=446&N=2010200446

But definitely check out Price Watch, they usually have some unbeatable deals posted there. <-QUOTE}
Ok.........thanks....................still looking around..