Here on the Ghost Planet we prefer to use mobos with seperate cards. We find you can get older cards cheap, new or used, that are fully supported. And this gives you built-in flexibility - you can always upgrade the card in case you want better functionality in an area. Also, if you decide to do this with an all-in-one mobo you may find (as many have) that it is dificult if not impossible to disable the on-board feature. There are better ways to save money - a used pentium isnt that expensive. The desire to conserve funds is well understood, but dont be penny wise and feature foolish...
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Here on the Ghost Planet we prefer to use mobos with seperate cards. We find you can get older cards cheap, new or used, that are fully supported. And this gives you built-in flexibility - you can always upgrade the card in case you want better functionality in an area. Also, if you decide to do this with an all-in-one mobo you may find (as many have) that it is dificult if not impossible to disable the on-board feature. There are better ways to save money - a used pentium isnt that expensive. The desire to conserve funds is well understood, but dont be penny wise and feature foolish...