1. What does a motherboard actually do and affect on the computer?
2. What is the difference between Intel/AMD Motherboards?
3. What is the best motherboard available for Intel/AMD?
2007-04-27 00:37:25 · 7 answers · asked by optimistic_pessimist1985 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
4. Will upgrading a motherboard improve CPU Performance?
2007-04-27 03:41:26 · update #1
its the main circuitboard.
intel boards have intel pentium processors while amd boards have athlons, durons cpus etc
look for the latest pci express boards for the latest processors
2007-04-27 00:41:01 · answer #1 · answered by colesey72 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. What does a motherboard actually do and affect on the computer?
>> The Motherboard is the metaphorical "hub" for all components in your computer to talk to one another. Some people also call it a "logic board".
2. What is the difference between Intel/AMD Motherboards?
>> Nothing except what chip [socket] they use. Intel happens to make their own motherboards, but there are dozens of companies that make boards that support Intel processors.
AMD is purely a chip company (which just bought ATi not long ago) and sells it's chips to these companies to make boards that run their processors.
3. What is the best motherboard available for Intel/AMD?
Intel boards are generally preferred for people who buy/build Intel-based machines. For AMD, it's up for debate but I've bought ASUS, ABIT, and TYAN in the past and each has been fine.
2007-04-27 10:54:28 · answer #2 · answered by Guapo Gringo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A motherboard is the central or primary circuit board making up a complex electronic system, such as a modern computer. It may also known be known as a mainboard, baseboard, system board, or logic board on Apple computers, and is sometimes abbreviated as mobo.[1]
The basic purpose of the motherboard is to provide the electrical and logical connections by which the other components of the system communicate.
A typical desktop computer is built with the microprocessor, main memory, and other essential components on the motherboard. Other components such as external storage, controllers for video display and sound, and peripheral devices are typically attached to the motherboard via edge connectors and cables, although in modern computers it is increasingly common to integrate these "peripherals" into the motherboard.
I don't know that there is a severe difference in quality between different brand names. Since there are no moving parts I typically get the cheapest i can find and run with that.
2007-04-27 07:41:30 · answer #3 · answered by c_crum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The motherboard is where you install your computer pieces including the processor, ram, and graphic and audio cards.
Intel motherboard only support Intel processor. you cant install AMD processor on Intel motherboards and vice versa. Intel processors for example are Core Duo, Pentium and Celeron, and AMD processors are Athlon and Sempron.
as for the third questions, read some reviews on computer reviews site such as zdnet, pcworld, pcmag or cnet. there you can get professional review of motherboard and many other computer stuff.
2007-04-27 07:43:28 · answer #4 · answered by King 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) The motherboard is kinda like the nervous/circulatory system in your body. It moves all traffic and power around the computer and allow things like your hard drive, processor, and video card to communicate.
2) The difference that you would understand is the pins on the bottom of the processor. They only fit into the slot designed for it. Think of it kinda like a jigsaw puzzle. Each piece has another piece specifically for it
3) That really depends on your applications. Are you gaming? Is it for business? You also need to know the type of computer case (AT/ATX/whatever). Different cases will have different sizes of motherboards. There also feature differences, stuff like onboard video (it uses your computer's memory), dual processor support (it's kinda like having two brains to think with instead of one), dual video card support, built-in wireless, etc.
If you were to be more specific in what you're wanting for a PC we could help you a lot better.
2007-04-27 07:43:59 · answer #5 · answered by mlw4428 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mother board is mediator in between Input Output Devices. and restricts the all commands to the all units,pentium Processors Require Intel boards .
AMD Boards require Athlon Processor .
Varition between Thede to is AMD Board And Processocer Provides More Graphical Support.
2007-04-27 10:26:19 · answer #6 · answered by kiran k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Search www.wikipedia.org for 1 & 2.
For 3, go to :
2007-04-27 07:42:03 · answer #7 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋