"Capman" wrote in message
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I am looking into building a PC for our daughter and wanted to get
some suggestions on a good Asus or Abit motherboard for an AMD 64
3200+ cpu.

If I went the socket 754 way, several people have suggested the ASUS
K8N-E Deluxe.

What motherboard would be recommended in Socket 939?
I am looking for stability above all else and would like the extras
such as firewire if at all possible.

It comes down to a question of video card type and intended use.
If you want to use an existing AGP video card, the Asus A8V Deluxe is an
excellent choice. If you plan to purchase a new video card and want to go to
PCI-Express, then the A8V-E Deluxe would do well. If, by some chance, your
daughter is an avid gamer and you want to equip her with the ultimate in
video horsepower, consider the A8N-SLI with two PCI-E video cards.
As 40 PC told you, all these seem to be without major issues and my
experience with the A8V-Deluxe bears that out. No problems and excellent
performance.
I can't comment on Abit.