MicroStar MSI/KT600/FS400/R/SA/A/GB/1394 (ms-6590-080 (kt6 delta-fis2r)) Motherboard

Pros: Everything you want in a mobo and Overclocking capability.
Cons: Could have used a lot more features and tweak settings on the bios.

When I went to build a new system money was no matter when buying a mobo (Motherboard). Most people like to cut costs here and there, but this is an area you do not want to cut money on. Most AMD mobos will set you back anything from $50-$140. I read up on this board and at the time it beat the Nvidia chipset mobo's in testing. I went ahead and purchased it for $120. I also added a AMD Xp2500, Kingston Hyper X DDR400 (2x512mb) and a MSi FX 5600 VTRD-128. Though the bios could add a lot more features that are provided on there. It's main competition is the ASUS mobo on a Nvidia chipset technology. After figuring out the Volts and neccessary settings I was able to OC my system to a stable AMD XP 2500 to XP 3200. This was reached with stock settings on a crappy ThermalTake Volcano 11. I have had no regrets over this system.