what is a good mother board? what makes a mother board good? can someone please give me a site that would help me and/or tell me exactly or roughly what makes a good mobo. i'm planning on building a ocmputer and this is going to be my first time so i think i may need some assitance. i am also doing some research but i just wanted to see what you intelligent people had to say about it =) thanks

I bought a cheap board and CPU combo at Fry's for my first build, that way, if something happened, I wasn't out too much money. I got my first build done to give me the experience and went from there. I have since moved up to a little bit more expensive setup but now I don't worry about it because I know what I'm doing. I've built close to 20 computers now and still have a bunch in pieces in different states, ie., no CD, no HD, etc. It becomes an addiction and I'm forever at the <nobr><a class="iAs" style="border-bottom:darkgreen 1px solid;text-decoration:underline;color:darkgreen;background-color:transparent;" href="http://itxt.vibrantmedia.com/al.asp?ipid=7&cc=us&cf=1&ai=4888412&di=120367&ts=20031129044326" target="_blank" oncontextmenu="return false;" onmouseover="kwE(event,120367);" onmouseout="kwL(event);" onmousemove="kwM(120367);">computer</nobr> fair spending money LOL. Clyde

Here's a couple of places to start: http://www.motherboards.org/ http://www.tomshardware.com

It is not only the motherboard, but the chipset. Check the reviews on the chipsets too.