best budget AM2 mobo

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Hi i'm looking for a budget (<£50) mobo with an integrated GPU, or a mobo that is under budget so i can get a cheap GPU (6200LE?).

So far I've found the Asus M2NPV-MX or M2NPV-VM (mATX), the Gigabyte GA_M51GM-S2G (mATX), or the Asrock ALiveNF4G-DVI. Can't decide which is better though.

Anyone have any advice?

Components to go in are:
AMD AM2 3500
Corsair DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 (2x512)
Samsung Spinpoint 80GB SATAII
all into an Antec SLK3800B-uk case (+ 400Wsmartpower).

I know someone is probably going to tell me to get a core 2 duo, but as this PC is only for work, web, music, and maybe video watching, i can see no point in paying the extra for an e6300.
May well be upgrading to Vista when it arrives.

thanks
 
i had the Asus M2NPV-MX, it is a cheap and solid board but has minimal
overclocking options. I picked myself a Abit NFM2-nView, although it looks
amazing it has all the features of the asus one including DVI, optical out,
raid, and not to mention tons of overclocking options.

Probably the most feature rich matx board ever

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Not as cheap as the asus but at £65 its cheap considering it has on board graphics too.

I would recommend the asus one if your on a tight budget.
Although it really bugs me that i couldnt overclock much with it lol
 
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