Best mobo

[lynmachine]

ok i have cpu=
amd athlon 64 x2 5000+
socket amd2 940

need to know what whould be the best mobo to buy to fit this cpu trying to upgrade some stuff i will be upgrading to am3 cpu but not right now so the mobo has to be compatable with am2 and am3. also if i get a am3 mobo will i have to flash the bios for the am2 chip and if i do how do i do it.
lynmachine

 

[o1die]

There is an amd board with 2 ddr2 and 2 ddr3 slots that will take am2 or am3 cpus. The asrock n68c-s UCC is ideal for someone in your situation. You can change later to am3 and ddr3 with this board. Don't expect to overclock or use 2 video cards with it. It's a low budget board for doing regular stuff on your pc, not for enthusiasists. And when you upgrade, read the "cpu support" section on asrock's website before changing cpus.

 

[mosox]

You can use your DDR2 RAM with those, they can take any AM2, AM2+ and AM3 CPU:

GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128394
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GA-MA785GM-US2H-Micro-ATX-Motherboard/dp/B002HJ2CA8/ref=sr_1_5?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1299035174&sr=1-5
MSI 785GTM-E45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130237
ASUS M4A785-M
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131595

LE The MSI has only two RAM slots.