Sorry I don't have any experience with that one. Lately for entry level
systems I've been suggesting ASRock motherboard. It has Socket 939 and will
accept the dual core CPU's.
 *ASRock 939Dual-SATA2*
 http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20050916/index.html
 It has the advantage of being extremely flexible and a bit more 'forward'
thinking if there is such a thing nowadays.
Best of Luck and Have fun with it.
 As always, when searching for a 'store' to purchase from check out
http://www.resellerratings.com
for some customer comments
 David
 On 11/18/05, Uzi Paz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I was requested to suggest a relatively low budget computer to a friend.
> It is not meant for gaming, but more for office apps, and for Internet,
> and simple audio and movies.
>
> I thought of:
>
> 1. Sempron: 2500 or 2600 or 2800, box (haven't decided: the differeces are
> not big, neither in price not in performance).
> 2. Gigabyte GA-K8U
> 3. Samsung 512MB RAM (PC3200)
> 4. Compucase 6A19 case+ psu
> 5. DVD-RW: LG 4167B or 4165B (still I did not understand what are the
> differences between them - I might go with the 4165).
> 7. Albatron based on FX5200 display
> 8. HD: WD800JB
>
> There are mainly two questions:
>
> 1) I read very good opinions about the ULi chip used by the K8U, on
> Anandtech and on TomsHardware, but I found not enough opinions on this
> specific board.
> On one of the only places where I found opinios, many said that they are
> happy with it, but some complained about long boot time, and some had
> problems with it. I wish to know if there is some experience with this
> mobo here.
>
> 2) I know that Kingston, and Twinmos sometimes use chips not made by them
> in their memory sticks, and I've heard that there are quality differences
> depending on the brand of the chips themselves. Can anyone elaborate on
> this? and more specific: on those specific brands?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Uzi
>
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