I need help making a 939 pin MB decision

Hi, everyone.

I'm in need for some advice with my motherboard. I had an Asus a8n-e 939 pin motherboard, the sata controller broke on it, so I sent it back to Asus. The problem is my school starts next week, so I need to get a new motherboard before Asus can refurbish the old one that I sent in.

I don't want to spend a lot, but I want something reliable and good. Preferably something that's been around for a while.

The only board I can find locally is the a8v-vm se. This board has virtually no reviews on the entire internet. Which I really can't believe, but I've searched. The boards older model the a8v-vm, is reported to have mannnny problems, so I'm hesitant to buy this board.

If anyone could recommend a next move to me, I would appreciate it.

My current setup is (was)


XP
Athlon 3700 g4 (san diego (sp?) model
xfx 8600 gt
2 gigs ocz ram
650 watt cooler master pure pro
Seagate sata 3.0 300 gigs


G.

have you considered ebay every now and then you will find the same board as yours.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] w-computer

i tried a quick search.

who needs computer problems.

if the vendor is honest, that Tyan sounds good.
is that the one that had the RAM slots at an angle ?
or maybe i'm thinking a Tyan Athlon board.