Looking for an OK board now

[Juan]

I don't know if I want to get a nForce chipset board or a Via chipset board w/VC for my dad. I have tight budget and again this is for my dad. I think the nForce board..mainly the Abit nForce board would work fine for him but I want to see what you guys think. I use Abit, never had a problem with them, and I wouldn't mind sticking to them but I wouldn't mind hearing your guys input on this one. Anybody that responds to this I want to think you in advance because you are helping me out alot..I mean helping me make my mind up!!

[Joe]

I take it this is not gonna be some overclocking project but rather a decent system that is just simply gonna be speedy and not crash right? <BR><BR>if you want cheap i would go with a chaintek board .. i have not personally used them yet .. but i have heard they are great. ecs boards are real cheap .. but tend to lack options

[Juan]

I have used ECS before and yes they are cheap but I have never had anybody have a problem with it. Chaintech..I have heard alot of good stuff about them. What about Albatron..any good or should I go with Chaintech?

[Avid6eek]

New nForce boards should be out anytime now with the GeForce4 Graphics core. Once they come out the original nForce boards should much cheaper. Just keep that in mind.

[Joe]

I am not so sure about albatron .. are they a new company? .. i have seen they have vid cards .. but i didnt know they made mobos as well. <BR><BR>is this system going to be for gaming or just like web browseing?