On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 09:06:36AM -0500, Steven Grunza wrote:
> I'm looking into building a AMD Duron based PC as a crash-n-burn / 
> development box.  I would like to use an AMD Duron for $/perf reasons.  I 
> need AGP on the motherboard, integrated audio and LAN would be nice since 
> I'll be adding three or more PCI cards.
> 
> Anyone have suggestions on what motherboard manufacturer to look at, any to 
> avoid?  Anyone have a preferred motherboard or chip set?  Thanks for any 
> suggestions.  Since this is a development / crash-n-burn box I don't want 
> to spend too much but it needs to be fast (599+ Mhz Duron should be enough)

I recently bought an Epox 8K7A+ for about $75.  It is based on an AMD761
northbridge, and a VIA southbridge.  It doesn't have integrated ethernet
or video, but does have integrated audio, 6 PCI slots, an AGP slot, and
a Highpoint UDMA100 "raid" controller.
The audio is 'auvia' based so probably has sample rate issues, but I don't
use it anyway. :)

So far it has been stable and performing well.

-Andrew