[Revel]

I have my eye on the new Soyo dragon Plus. I have had bad luck with Asus recently. If you read the forums at amdmb.com then you can see that these newer boards have lots of problems. The Soyo seems to come out on top. But at around $175.00 (Not including updating to DDR)it is still on my wish list. So you think those Dragon boards are great? I like all the extras that come with them too. Of course for those who don't want all the bells and whistles then there are cheaper dragon boards.

[CFC__VRWC]

Damn, I was thinking about buying an Asus. I had heard they were pretty good boards. My local dealer stocks the Asus and the Biostar boards -have you had any experience with the Biostars?

[John Lenin]

The Dragon is a nice board, I have it, no problems with at all.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I put together a nice system this summer with an AMD Athlon XP 2000+, Gigabyte GA-7vaxp motherboard, 512 mbyte of Ram and other goodies, MoBo available at new egg for about 112$, will have AGP 8X and support the newest fastest memory, on board 5.1 sound, ethernet, RAID Firewire, USB 2.0.

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Gigabyte GA-7VAXP, VIA KT400 chipset 8X AGP ATX motherboard Retail
Specifications:
CPU Support: Socket A for AMD Athlon XP /Athlon/Duron processors
Chipset: VIA KT400/VIA 8235
Controllers: Promise PDC20276 ATA 133 RAID controller, Realtek 8100BL Ethernet 10/100Mb LAN controller, AC97 Realtek ALC650 6-channel sound Chip
Memory: 3x 184-pin DIMM slots
Memory Type: DDR400(PC3200) / DDR333 (PC2700) / DDR266 (PC2100) / DDR200 (PC1600), 3GB Max
IDE: 4 x UDMA ATA133/100/66 Bus Master IDE ports
Slots: 1x AGP(8X), 5x PCI
Ports: 1x FDD, PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse, 2x USB 2.0, 2x COM, 1x RJ45, Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) connector Model#: GA-7VAXP  user reviews-GA-7VAX   Special Free FedEx Saver Shipping

Add this for $91:

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And for a really nice looking box go with this:

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Price is down to $173:

Cooler Master ATC-210-VX1 (VERDANT). All Aluminum and Acrylic Case. Dual USB ports at the front. Drive Bay: 5.25' Bays (Exposed) x 4, 3.5' Bays (Exposed) x 2, 3.5' Bays (Shadow) x 4. 2 fans. Slot Bracket: 7. M/B Type: Standard ATX MB. Dimension: 520 mm(L) x 196 mm(W) x 452 mm(H). No Power Supply. Model#: ATC-210-VX1(VERDANT)   (Click here for Power Supplies)  FedEx Saver Shipping $12.00

Has a removable motherboard tray, and you will need a good power supply!

Several choices on the acrylic, blue and frosted blue!

All othe above available from newegg!

[Terriergal]

It seems to work fine for us. I would talk to Cyrano for more specifics, as he put it all together. I am not that adept yet!