The Asus A7V8x is a good mainboard, though not quite up to nForce2 standards.

Here's a review you can check out if you're feeling brave ...

Asus A7V8X

Well the KT400 is just about par with nForce2...From what i've seen nothing to brag about.

The A7n8 DX is a wonderful mobo, although I would recommended getting AT LEAST 1GB RAM. Thus giving you the advantage of; Less in game/all round lag, easy convert o vista via games also, and it's able to support all programs...
As for a graphix card, I could get a Gforce 9800gt pro and OC it to about 10500...As for the processor, you can make a 1.1ghz run at 3.2ghz just fine, although you should have A REALLY GOOD HEAD SINK, OR COOLANT, it gets really hot, trust me, I've melted 3....
Other than that it's all good.

It Lives! IT LIVES!

But seriously, this thread is more than 6 years old. Please look at the date of the last post before deciding to revive dead threads.

I was about to say, "there are some better budget choices out there...", but then I saw the date.

Hello im 15 years old im looking forward to making my own gaming computer, this will help me out in the future to save money rather than buy a new computer. I need help my father can build computers really easy but I want to test my skills with out his help. I want to know what kind of mother board should I get? Right now I found my CPU im thinking about getting a Intel Pentium Dual Core I'm just wondering what kind of motherboard should i get for this CPU im looking for one that will make a really good gaming computer i currently had a AlienWare it was awsome buy cost alot of money and I dont want to spen 1,500 dollars on a computer thank you.

xlabitor, go read reviews. Type in Intel Pentium Dual Core review, and it websites will have full blown articals explaining processor aritecture, to benchmarks comparing The Pentium Dual Core at X speed against say a Core 2 Duo at X speed and an Athlon processor and X speed. Go read lots of reviews! See what motherboards they are using, what speed the memory is, and so fourth. Good luck!

Sounds like you need your own thread instead of jacking a dead one.
Make sure to take a look at red1776's Budget Gaming Guide..

Basically people and the forum moderators prefer you to make your own thread instead of asking a question in someone elses question, discussion, or thread.

Also people tend to pay a bit more attention.