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Selecting motherboard is really simple. As name suggests
"Motherboard" acts as a protective mother of CPU, RAM and other
add on cards since these components stand firmly on motherboard.
Number of devices have been integrated on motherboard over a
period of time. Now a days motherboard with onboard features is
more popular in Branded PCs. Onboard integrated peripherals are
offered by many branded PC manufacturers to provide you latest
technology if you buy a system from a big computer manufacturer
recently.
It is recommended to select motherboard with maximum number of
ports preferably with 2 serial, 1 parallel and 4 USB ports. Most
of the recent devices have USB port. Also check the upgradation
options such as memory support and number of available PCI slots
etc.
Technology changes so rapidly that manufacturers add the new
features such as serial ATA, USB 2.0 and RAID on the motherboard
to stay ahead of the competition. Many manufacturers even
provides FM radio on the motherboard to survive in the race
making it fully entertainment machine.
Important Motherboard Tips:
1) Do the survey by reading the reviews on motherboards and then
look for either same motherboard or compare it with it's
competitors product in the market.
2) Don't buy the costliest motherboard if you are not going to
use additional features. Always check cost to benefit ratio and
make the selection just by assessing the utility value.
3) If you are dedicated gamer or fan of overclocking, verify
whether the space around CPU is spacious enough for you to
install a larger heat sink-fan combination for cooling. Go for
motherboard, which has the facility to overclock FSB in steps of
1 MHz and core voltage adjustment.
4) Confirm that chipset on the motherboard is compatible with
the speed of the processor and speed of FSB. It is very
important to check the compatibility to improve the system
performance.
5) Select feature rich motherboard for future up gradation. Also
ensure that it has enough PCI and memory slots for future
expansion.
6) If planning for expensive motherboard go for the motherboard
with onboard video chipset and an AGP slot. Don't forget to
check whether AGP slot supports latest transfer rate.
7) Also see whether motherboard has onboard sound and integrated
Ethernet.
8) Check the type of memory that supports motherboard.
9) DDR RAM is the most popular option today. Most motherboards
have at least two slots. But expensive motherboards have 4
slots. The total amount RAM you can install is also dependent on
the motherboard chipset.
10) The smooth transfer of data without errors is the most
important function of the chipset. This function of the chipset
decides overall performance of the system. That is why the
maximum speed a processor that the chipset supports is very
important. In case of future upgrades you will need to change
only the processor. This will save your time and money.
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