what should I consider when choosing motherboard?

Question

what is important on a motherboard? and how / what it function?

what is important on a motherboard? and how / what it function? I should choose mother board 1st, or other component 1st?

what is important on a motherboard? and how / what it function? I should choose mother board 1st, or other component 1st?
***(study use)

processor choosen : AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core

hard disk is SATA II

Answer 1

That's a very good question, one that I struggled with many times.

First of all, you need a motherboard that supports the type of processor you'll be using. If you plan on buying a dual core processor, get a board that specifies dual core compatibility. If your chip is LGA 775, make sure the motherboard is compatible.

Secondly, you want to look at how you're going to accessorize your computer. If you want to add a powerful video card, you'll want to consider boards that have PCI-x slots since most newer graphics cards are headed in that direction. Make sure you get enough PCI slots so that you can fit all the accessories (sound card, etc) that you want to fit in the PC.

Lastly look at the extra features you will get with the mother board. If you don't want to buy a sound card, make sure your motherboard has a sound card built in (most do). If you want to do RAID with your hard drives without having an extra card, make sure your motherboard has a built in RAID function.

A good motherboard will run you somewhere between $70 to $200 depending on what you need it to do.

Good luck!!

Answer 2

Well you have the processor ,and the drives ,then a fan to cool it off (the processor that is ) but when you buy a case that should already come with a fan also to cool the power supply off,then you must have at least one hard drive that's where all your information is at , if you don't have one you mite as well say you don't have a computer ,basically that's the computers storage place ,and you must have memory ,with out memory your computer will go ssssllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww!!!!the more memory and the higher the processor the faster your computer will react or go !!! if you want a good processor go with AMD its a very good one , as for Pentium 4 is not as good. Most Pentium computers have problems freezing up and you don't want to just stand there and look at the computer all day wondering if its gonna start moving again....lol..... but anyway hope i helped you with enough info , if you need to know about some computer places , just look up on the Internet , we have this place called tiger direct where I'm at , its basically a computer warehouse (new stuff) a Lil used but works great !!!! have a nice day !!!!!!!

Answer 3

you want

4 - 6 PCI Express slots
2 Serial ATA
Audio with onboard Amp
1 CNR slot
1 or 2 IDE if you need it for your CD/DVD drives
Onboard Graphics to use if your Graphics Card goes down.
Match up the processor socket with the one you might need
Get a full size board if possible
At least 6 USB ports
Support for rear and front headphone and mic jacks
support to run 3 cooling fans.
Ethernet port
Joystick port
Mouse Port
Keyboard Port
Serial if you have an older printer.

Answer 4

well, first check compatibility with the processor. Then you have to consider inbuilt features such as pci slots, sound card, vga, etc depending on how you need to use it. If its for games and video, make sure all features are present. have a good time.

Answer 5

Really depends on usage,Is it going to be a game pc or an office pc,for gaming go AMD and for office app's and video conversion and the such go INTEL.Budget makes a difference.But it realy does depend on what you'r going to use it for.

succes

Answer 6

PCI slots, upgradeabiliy, try to get a Conroe compliant mobo right now, since Conroe will be released soon.

Make sure it supports your video card and can hook up IDE, SATA, ATA, handle RAID or whatever you need.

Answer 7

If you can use it to take over the earth. Then it's a good board.