your paying for pure **** software, 3.0 totally blows, i liked vbulletin alot better when it was the 2.0 series.
vB is just a crappier version of invision board.
phpBB is your best way to go, its FREE, customizable, and fairly easy to mod, if you want a IGNBoard look board, but have the security of phpBB, i suggest using HailBoards their free and quick and easy to install.
my boards runs off hailboards.