FIC VA-503+ (Socket 7) motherboard approximately $67 plus S/H
AMD K6-2 450MHz CPU approximately $90.00 delivered Retail w/ fan/heatsink.

With this board you may use your current RAM until you wish to upgrade.

The motherboard is Baby AT form factor, has both AT and ATX power connectors
on it.
It has 4 SIMMs and 2 DIMMs so that takes care of the memory part.  1 AGP, 4
PCI, 3 ISA.  ( thought it was 2 ISA, at any rate.... It may fit your
existing case depending on what you have.

http://www.tomshardware.com rated it very favorably quite awhile back.
I have used several of these with no failures.

HTH
David A. Abbe
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(now let the arguments begin against FIC) :-)


> I need to either upgrade or build a new computer.  I'd like to
> keep my cost
> at $200 US for a motherboard and processor and possibly memory.
>
> Presently I own a computer which has a new 13.6 HD
> 48 MEg of EDO RAM (72 pin SIMM0
> CD rom
> Scanner (ISA card)
> 2 Meg Trident PCI video
> AW35 PRO sound
> USR 56 K WInmodem
> IBM 4x CDrom
> INTEL 75 MHZ PEntium Classic

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