For $50 this ECS board isn't half bad... The 848 chipset is an Intel 865 chipset with single channel memory. I built a couple of Intel rigs with this board and they run very well.
If you get the ecs 848 board, be sure to download the latest sound driver (for onboard sound only). I had problems getting the original driver to work. Asrock makes a cheap 865gv board with onboard video for less than $60 at newegg.
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