I understand her fear. The problem is that you can't buy a budget BMW. The under $60 MOBO market is not populated with the A+ brands, but you can find some low cost gems.
Some food for thought;
http://www.ultimatehardware.net/k7s8xe/k7s8xe.htm
http://www.ultimatehardware.net/k7s8xe_bio...k7s8xe_bios.htm
Using a "performance bios v1.44P" upgrade(downgrade), it compares favorably to the ASUS A7N8X-X which is what I built my recent machines on, which is still $70 (I think I paid $90).
Some food for thought;
http://www.ultimatehardware.net/k7s8xe/k7s8xe.htm
http://www.ultimatehardware.net/k7s8xe_bio...k7s8xe_bios.htm
Using a "performance bios v1.44P" upgrade(downgrade), it compares favorably to the ASUS A7N8X-X which is what I built my recent machines on, which is still $70 (I think I paid $90).