I had planned to buy a new computer but my buddy has convinced me to build it ourselves and Im trying to decide what motherboard to begin with any recomendations
2007-03-23 14:05:35 · 4 answers · asked by billyjharris07 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
There is no real "Best Motherboard" your best bet is to look @ its features. Its best to have 2 PCI-E slots, 4 ram slots, and should support the latest CPU technologies
2007-03-23 14:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by Nirvania 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First thing (honestly) to say is that your buddy should know enough to offer some advice ;-)
Secondly do you want a general purpose computer, gaming, music server, network computer/wireless workstation?
If you don't know much and have never built one I'd go to a parts and repair shop that deals with a lot of used parts are ask the owner a lot of questions and give as many details. Those guys are often happy to help you learn when they have time, but some are kinda frazzled...it's a busy, hard job for some of them!
Best of luck!
2007-03-23 21:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by _ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of good ones, the main thing is to make sure all components are compatible, especially the CPU socket. I like MSI with AMD CPU's myself. You get what you pay for. Take a look at these sites for parts:
www.newegg.com
www.zipzoomfly.com
2007-03-23 21:11:27 · answer #3 · answered by MajorTom © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what CPU do you plan to use? for a Core 2 CPU i would say a motherborad with the intel 965p northbridge and ICH8 southbridge is a very good choice.
MSI is a good motherboard manufacturer.
2007-03-23 21:28:51 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋