$15 mobo

[oldman_gamer]

I was curious as hell about this board and it's price.I didnt know they even had this low end of a board around yet.Probably something they give you in a blue hippo deal.....and charge you $850 +$1100 in interest.

[Tech Geek Deluxe]

Cheapo boards typically aren't worth it.

I have done well with Neweggs "Open Box" boards ... bought 3 of them in the last 6 Months.

The last one was an Abit Quad GT ... I got the complete setup with all the parts for $100 off their regular price.

The other 2 boards I bought did not have all the other misc parts ... but I have plenty of cables etc.

Bought an Asus P5B-Plus and a P5B-Deluxe ... all the boards were the 965 Chipset ... Very nice and stable chipset.

So if you are looking for saving and know how to build ... the Quad GT and the P5B-Plus are decent boards. [as long as you get them for below $75]

[Carl Martin]

Sometimes folks just don't need much of a computer or really can't afford much. When that's the case, another cheapo route for a simple build is a barebones package. Newegg.com - MSI MBOX K9VGM-V AMD Socket AM2 AMD Athlon X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 VIA K9M890 2 x 240Pin VIA Chrome9 Barebone - Retail Add $25 for a gig of ram, $70 for a 250 GB hard drive, $30 for an optical drive, and $60-$70 for a little dual core CPU, load Ubuntu, and you've got a good little mom and pop desktop for less than 300 bucks.