Mobo Opionions Please

[NeoStarO1]

Hey Folks,

The lady here who is out of the loop these days needs some advise .

I been asked to put together 2 systems with the possilbity of 3 more systems after this. Anyways make a long story short, I have decided against AMD procs namely due to heat issues of the particulary the XP2000.

So please no redirection to AMD Products please. I'd greatly appreicate it.

Now for my question:

What are the general opionos of the 845, 865 or the SiS651 chipsets? I am leaning towards a gigabyte board in general on the low spectrum of cost but not neccarely the cheapest.

These compuers will be networked using peer to peer network conisting of 2 computers right now plus a printer to be shared with 3 more additional computers added onto the network over time.

[jmichna]

I really like my Asus P4S533, reasonably priced, onboard NIC and good onboard sound. Very limited OC features (but that doesn't sound like what you are interested in anyway). Built a PC for my wife using a P4 1.6/400 and have been running it flawlessly for about a year at 2.134/533.