Need mobo for fast, non overclocked business PC

My dad wants a new pc. No gaming, no overclocking, just stable, fast, etc

He'll be runngin lots of programs at once and multitasking. Probably going to be working with a $1000 budget.

How are the X38 intel boards?

I would vote for a P35-e myself, cheap and very stable.

I doubt he needs any of the advanced graphics / raid / CPU features on the new X38 boards.

This is about as good as I can see for $1000. Comes to $994 shipped with cd rom, floppy drive, etc. he wanted a nice slick case too and has commented that he likes my black PC-V1000 so I figured the smaller one would be a good choice.



Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

MSI NX7300LE-TD128EH GeForce 7300LE 128MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail

CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply

LIAN LI PC-V600B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail