Ok. I have chosen and putting some deep consideration into this MOBO W/ CPU Combo......AMD XP 1800+ & Gigabyte GA-7VKMLS MB..........Chipset VIA KM266 North Bridge
VIA 8233A(CE) South Bridge
CPU : AMD XP 1800+.
MEMORY EXPANSION SLOTS : Supports PC133 SDRAM memory
Supports up to 1GB SDRAM memory
FEATURES : EXPANSION SLOT
3 x PCI slots support 33MHz and PCI 2.2 compliant
I/O
2 x USB,1 x COM, 1 x LPT, PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse and 1 x VGA out on rear side
2 x ATA 66/100/133 bus master IDE ports on board
1 x FDD, 2 x HDD and 1 x CD audio input on board
IrDA(1x5) and COM2 on board
1 x RJ45 LAN port on board
GBT standard front panel and 2X front USB port on board
POWER
ATX 20-pin power connector
Includes CPU, system fan control
ACPI states supported
Wake up from S1 and power on from S5
FORM FACTOR
Micro ATX and 4 layers PCB ( 24.4 x 21.5 cm)
H/W MONITORING
System voltage detect (Vcore, VDD, Vcc,+12V)
H/W detect and report power-in voltage, CPU voltage
CPU/System fan revolution and temperature detect
BIOS
2Mbit flash ROM
IDE#1~#4, SCSI, LS120, ZIP and CD-ROM bootable
Supports @BIOS™ Live Update utility
Auto-detect and report system health status
AMI BIOS with enhanced ACPI feature for PC98/Win98/Win2000/ME/XP compliance, Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (>8.4GB) and Anti-Virus functions
OTHER FEATURES
Suspend-To-RAM (STR)
Supports @BIOS™ and Q-Flash
DRIVER
VIA 4-in-1 service pack utility
Gigabyte Windows Utility Manager
RealTek LAN driver
It is a micro ATX which is what I want for right now, but is this a good Board and CPU in opinion??? Thanks for your input.