Hi Chuck, > I am looking for a motherboard and am >willing to spend $100-$150. I'm not >using a Pentium II and probably don't need >AGP, but it couldn't hurt to >have it. It must support socket 7 and >hopefully chip speeds up to 400-500?MHz for >continued usability. What are some possible >options for the best motherboards in this >price range? FIC makes the VA-503+ that fits the criterion. I bought mine for $103. It uses the VIA VP3 chipset and has 1mb L2 cache. It also supports the 100mhz bus (as well as 66-75-83 and undocumented 112mhz). It has a 5X jumper, so theoretically it could run at 500mhz. It also supports the 2X AGP. I bought mine locally but I have seen it at tccomputers.com for $99. This is my 3rd FIC motherboard and bought the previous 2 boards from TC computers (PA-2007 & VA-503). I have been very happy with the FIC motherboards. If you are planning on going with the ATX form, then FIC makes the PA-2013 but does not support the 100mhz bus. BTW, I am running an AMD K6-2/3D 300mhz CPU on the VA-503+, so if you were looking at the K6-2 CPU line it will support it. Good luck in your search, LaMont