adding 0.5k more u can get the best MSI P45 Neo F...or with current budget go for MSI P35 Neo F
Since he wants onboard and does not want to game, its pretty pointless IMO to buy an expensive motherboard like that.
And it also does not have an onboard graphics solution to help save power/money.
I will buy E7200 / E7300 processor so need a good motherboard ... i will use it for mainly official work like surfing, web design etc. & occasionally running video editing software.... no gaming.
thanks
Then you can try my configuration. Gigabyte G31 pairs with E7200 or E7300 wonderfully and is damn cheap at 2.3K. Its got some neat power saving features and onboard graphics.
And the money you save can be used on an external graphics card, and even if you don't game, it would definitely help accelerate graphics performance with apps like maya, and also help in HD Video decoding.
There are really cheap graphics cards available, and 9500GT at 3.4K would be the highest you can buy in your budget and it can even game. But you can always select the onboard graphics solution as video device from your BIOS if you want to save power.
Anyway, for the work you are going to be using the system for, an E7200 is not even needed. You can easily do with lesser CPUs.
Since your work is just browsing, office and web design, I suggest going for an AMD solution with AMD Athlon X2 CPU along with a Biostar 780G board.
Check this motherboard out:
*lynx-india.com/index.php?productID=3227
And this CPU:
*lynx-india.com/index.php?productID=870
Would do the job well and consume quite less power. Advantage here is that you have plenty of expansion slots, and future processors are compatible with this board. The onboard performance is quite high compared to intel chipsets.