I, personally, would recommend the SiS boards.  Many of the Amptron boards
I've used were a big disappointment.....defective.

Byron Wolter

"Nasser, David" wrote:

> Good folk,
>
> I have built a scant few desktop systems. All featured
> Intel cpu's and chipsets. The last I built was a year
> ago. I am somewhat out of touch.
>
> Myself and a friend with similar experience need to
> build a desktop system for a retired gentleman who
> is expected to run only Quicken and a web browser.
> Cost and reliability are top priority: performance
> is much less important.
>
> My friend has an old AT case and power supply. We are
> thinking that it _might_ be practical to find a good
> inexpensive lo-end motherboard with built-in features
> (sound, etc.) that supports AMD K6-2 cpu, socket 7.
>
> My friend is looking at Amptron boards. I lack
> familiarity with the equipment, vendors.
>
> Any advice is welcome. Should we be looking at
> Amptron boards? Soyo? SIS or other chipsets??
>
>   Zalut and TIA,
>   David
>
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