you can also check out the epox 8rda board.. i got it for around $90 and it's been rock solid and fast as hell
http://www.epox.com/html/motherboard...ket%20a&lang=1
you can look at the plus and non plus versions there, the plus version adds onboard dual lan, 5.1 audio, and firewire, it goes for about $110 i think
for a pci controller, i like highpoints cards, you can get an ata133 card for about 40 bucks i think