Looking for cheap 775 mobo that takes DDR or DDR2

So I'm looking to upgrade my Althon XP machine, I usually use it for people who need a pc, but somehow I always get it back eventually. I think it's time I upgrade the thing and maybe next time someone will actually keep it! I've got a lot of DDR ram, and worst case I could use a 1 gig kit of some DDR2 I have, although I'm trying to get that back into my main machine.

So what would be the cheapest motherboard out there is socket 775? I look at newegg and there a re a couple G41/G31 motherboards. I'm not really looking for anything with much overclock but I do want quality. I know quality and cheap don't go but what I don't want to spend is $100, on this. I was thinking of looking for the Conreo865PE by ASRock but I could only find two on ebay.

Also I'll probably need a small psu, any recommendations? I doubt the psu on the althon xp has much of a life left in it, or even the amps on the 12v rail to power a conroe.


Thanks!

Well, there's the Asrock 775Dual-VSTA and 4CoreDual-SATA2, those support both DDR and DDR2, and are pretty cheap.

i think im in the same boat as u since my mobo doesnt seem to be working as of late

i would definitely replace that psu, the xps ran of the 5v rail so the 12v+ rails aren't that strong on those old power units

Looking at everything though I can use just my DD2, it seems like I can get a G41/G31 board for the price of the ASRock boards. I don't have a gpu so it'll be integrated graphcs and the G41/G31 has "better" integrated for being very close in price, no?

This PSU doesn't even have a P4 plug! I'll defiantly have to find a new one.

Gots me a 4CoreDual-SATA2 when I stepped up from Socket A. Lemme tell you a few things about them.

1) The PCI-E is only x4 (physical slot is x16 but electronics are only x4).

2) The AGP and PCI-E cannot be used at the same time, so you couldn't add a high end PCI-E sound card (or raid/firewire/gigabit lan/whatever) and run the AGP socket at the same time.

3) The board clocks older hardware much better than the new stuff. With DDR1, AGP and PATA I got a 60% OC . Once I got DDR2, PCI-E and SATA I was dropped down to 15%, same CPU.

Having said that they are good boards if you don't expect the moon. But you probably could do better.