Big update! http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=498
Naushad Zulfiqar wrote:
I'm thinking of building a new system. I really really don't want a monster case style system. After looking at shuttle's prices, I think I can build my own for a bit cheaper, but I would like to do a bit of comparison first. I have settled on a Silverstone case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163078 to which I would like to pair an appropriate mATX motherboard. Right now I haven't settled on AMD or INTEL, but I am leaning a bit towards AMD. You can pick up a Phenom X3 for around a hundred bucks, and the mobo should be around a 100 bucks too. I can scrounge up some drives and optical drives from here and there, and RAM is dirt cheap these days, so I could have a system up and running in no time. For VGA card, I think I will go with an ATI solution. Which one, I don't know, but something in the 200-250 range. That being said, I think I can have a very nice computer and very small in size for around 500 bucks or so. So, which mATX motherboard is really good. Intel or AMD. Right now I'm in the planning phase so it's all in the air right now.
