Monday, 1 November 2010

How do you find the best motherboard for you

A leader in the motherboard and components. After reading this article, you'll get a good impression on the main board and the various components.Before you buy a motherboard, you should decide which CPU you are going to buy.

The base
The socket on the motherboard supports the CPU. Intel and AMD use different types of outlets. Intel is using land grid array (LGA) and AMD uses Pin Grid Array (PGA). Socket 775 and Socket 1156 are the most common sockets for IntelProcessors (available now). Socket 1156 is the last one that provides support for the Core series (i3, i5, i7) processors. AMD Socket AM2 + and AM3 are the common ground. AM3 is the latest model that provides support for the CPU as Athlon II

Bus Speed
The front side bus (FSB) is a system that connects the CPU to the Northbridge. The contacts of the North Bridge memory (RAM) and other components and passes the data to the CPU. The speed of the FSB is playing a very important role in the overallPerformance of a computer. How to choose a motherboard with a high speed FSB. This allows you to install a faster CPU in the future if necessary. Overclocking is another advantage that I'm not going to cover here.

The chipset
The north-south bridge and the bridge form the chipset. L '

North Bridge is the most important component, because it involved more with the CPU. The chipset has an important role in the graphics performance of the machines without graphicsMaps because it is the seat of the IGP (Integrated / integrated graphics processor). Other features include a memory controller (controls communication between the CPU and RAM), graphics controller (controls communication between GPU and CPU) on board audio etc. So try a motherboard that now is a good chipset. Go to the website of a manufacturer and allow the chipset that meets your needs.

Most of the paragraph above do not apply to high-end models of nuclearNumber of CPUs from Intel (series I). The GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), memory controller and graphics card, the integrated CPU die itself!

AMD had moved the memory controller into the CPU die long ago. But nothing much has happened since then.

Memory Slots
E 'in the memory slot that you have the RAM. DDR, DDR2 and DDR 3 are the three types of RAM are in use today, and DDR3 is the fastest of all. The type of RAM, the motherboardwill be specified in the guide. One slot can accept only one type of RAM. Always go for the form of RAM your motherboard supports the latest. Number of slots and max. Memory support, the other two factors. This is not very relevant to a user's desktop, like most boards these days have at least 4 slots and can support a minimum of 4 GB which is more than enough. If you are a professional. Player or someone who can frequently used memory-intensive programs, consider these two factorstoo.

Peripheral Interfaces
As you know, all devices connected to the computer

the motherboard. There are doors inside and outside of the main circuit to which we connect to the periphery. different types of ports are described below:

IDE port: port SATA predecessor. Used for connecting optical drives, hard disk.

SATA connector: a lot faster than PATA. It is modern in all systems.

FDD Connector: Floppy DriveUnits are not (usually) used, but many motherboards come with FDD port. Perhaps for advanced users. But even a BIOS update should be easy these days so do not worry.

USB port: usually used in particular for connecting external devices. USB flash drives, external hard drives, printers to the PC. USB 3.0 is the latest. Make sure you buy a card that supports USB 3.0. It is about 10 times faster than USB 2.0.

FireWire: Very similar to USB,but offers a higher speed (not on paper but in reality) and networking capabilities. Almost all modern motherboards have a FireWire (IEEE 1394).

Others, like the parallel port, serial port, etc., are standard on all motherboards.

Expansion Slots
These are the series of slots on the southern and central part of the plate away. They are generally

only 3 types of expansion slots to see theses days: PCI, PCI Express x1 and PCI Express x16. The PCISlot houses devices such as a LAN card, sound card, etc., PCI x1 release does not often used. Some TV tuner cards and use graphics. PCI-Express x16 slot is used by graphics cards. Make at least two PCI slots and one PCI Express x16 slot on the motherboard are.

Vendor reputation
It 's always better to buy a key component as a mother from a reputable manufacturer. Reliability and after-sales service are the main reasons. Gigabyte, Asus,MSI and Intel are among the major producers. If you ask me, I always recommend Gigabyte motherboards. Often add useful features to their mother. It 'also the motherboard is more stable.

Final words
I hope in fact, almost all the factors you should consider to cover the purchase of a motherboard. A good board can not by itself a super fast. This is a combined work. CPU, RAM and hard drive are three other key members ofNet sure that the other three are in good condition.

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