O.T. Replace motherboard ... advice anyone?

["Dan.Hunt" <dhunt@sasktel.net>]

I'm looking to replace the motherboard CPU, and re-use many of the
other components of my old system. My old AMD Duron 800 has been
locking up after 3 years of faithful service.
These boards were suggested
http://www.syntaxgroups.com/SV266A.htm and
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_spec/product_detail.asp?model=KM2M_Combo-L
with a "AMD Athlon 1800+"  
I would like a "debian" opinion, as many keen eye's are better than two.
Kind regards
Dan