Recommendations for new mobo

[Romma]

Anyways i am fairly new to the business of motherboards and this is the first mobo i am buying for my computre, i want an scoket A mobo in the range between 90-130 pounds, i want one that will last me a while and have the technology to do this

preferred :firewire, usb2, etc

any recommendations, so far i have shortlisted these, tell me what you think

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/k.asp?ck=1&r=1&action=info&s=pl&p=28214&AvdID=1&CatID=10&GrpID=5

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?action=info&AvdID=1&CatID=10&GrpID=&p=25880&t=&l=&view=default

http://tw.giga-byte.com/products/7vaxp.htm

i want a real good one so if you have any recommendations i would be happy. Is there anything that is essential or features that i really should have??

[Raven]

Well you might have a look at the ABIT AT7 MAX2. It's a very good performer in the KT400 arena, and has what you requested.

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?action=info&p=26756&t=&l=&AvdID=1&CatID=10&GrpID=5&s=sr

As for the rest of those boards: They're all pretty good boards. The MSI KT4 is pretty good, and the gigabyte has some good features you might be interested in.

You may want to check out our comparison of the new KT400 motherboards. It's got some good information:

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=article&dId=391