Simple, Bare-Bones Motherboards?

Posted by timothy on Saturday May 7, 2005 @01:50PM from the keep-it-simple-stupid dept.

basic0 writes "After my Windows box recently lost its life in a puff of awful smelling smoke, I tracked the fault to the motherboard. Now I'm in the market for a replacement board, but all the boards I find seem to be all-in-one models with on-board everything. I already have a good graphics card, NIC, USB audio device, etc. I just need a no-frills motherboard like I used to be able to buy. It seems like a waste to buy a board with all the built-in stuff (and probably pay extra for it) when I'm never going to use it. Has anyone else had similar experiences? Do a lot of people actually use the on-board stuff? Is it still possible to purchase a motherboard that's *just* a motherboard?"

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Re:You'll end up paying more by wizardguy · 2005-05-07 14:12 · Score: 0, Redundant

I second that. Might as well use all the onboard stuff and sell the cards (if anyone would buy them) Also you save on slots(but you don't have anything to put there except a great PCI express graphics card )
Re:More importantly... by raehl · 2005-05-07 16:27 · Score: 0, Redundant

If there is no value to old tech then why aren't we all using Windows 98? It too was new at one time.

You mean, like, when it wasn't old?

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