when I built my last computer I looked for support from the manufacture. I ended up with an Intel board. I wanted to go with a Coreboot bios but was out of my price range at the time http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot can check out http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=category&item=Motherboards good luck. Id like to hear what you end up with Shannon