My opinion..
Get phpbb3..its stable,has thousand of users and support is to the max..when u have a problem u have the solution the same time..i have started many sites and i used all the time phpbb3..i once used SMF and i liked that with one click u installed every mod and theme..anyway to use null version of VB or IPB its something wrong for me..and thats cause u are novice.u probably do not know many stuff and with phpbb3 u will learn many stuff..and having a site means that u need knowledge..u can find many themes,tons of mods and can request whatever u like and and and..
And don't forget that is so light that u won't be afraid so much about bandwidth and space..
And one of the biggest forums non warez is made on PHPBB!!!<3
Get phpbb3..its stable,has thousand of users and support is to the max..when u have a problem u have the solution the same time..i have started many sites and i used all the time phpbb3..i once used SMF and i liked that with one click u installed every mod and theme..anyway to use null version of VB or IPB its something wrong for me..and thats cause u are novice.u probably do not know many stuff and with phpbb3 u will learn many stuff..and having a site means that u need knowledge..u can find many themes,tons of mods and can request whatever u like and and and..
And don't forget that is so light that u won't be afraid so much about bandwidth and space..
And one of the biggest forums non warez is made on PHPBB!!!<3