BioStar P35D2-A7

Biostar's TP35D2-A7 motherboard is built with Intel's P35 Express and ICH9 chipsets, so with a Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad processor it becomes the backbone for a good WindowsXP or Vista PC. The board retails for a mere $108 CDN ($111 US, £54 GBP), and offers a basic integrated feature set; Gigabit networking, 7.1 channel High Definition audio, an IDE controller for legacy optical drives, plenty of expansion slots both PCI and PCI Express.