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[teddy710]

What do I look for and what should I know about motherboards before buying one and what makes a motherboard good? With a good explanation please! Thanks!

[done12many2]

2 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

What tf do I look for and what should I know about motherboards before buying one and what makes a motherboard good? With a good explanation please! Thanks!

Buy the right socket so that your CPU fits.

 

Seriously, you need to put more into your post to get a "good explanation"

 

What is your computer used for?

[teddy710]

2 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

Buy the right socket so that your CPU fits.

 

Seriously, you need to put more into your post to get a "good explanation"

 

What is your computer used for?

Gonna be gaming and some light video editing. And just asked for a good basic motherboard explanation

[Moonzy]

9 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

What do I look for and what should I know about motherboards before buying one and what makes a motherboard good? With a good explanation please! Thanks!

1) make sure its the right socket for your cpu

2) make sure its the best chipset for your cpu (overclocking chipset for OC chips, but OC boards are fine to run locked chips too, just that OC boards normally cost more)

3) make sure it have all the connection you need (sata, usb 3, usb 2, PS-2 port, LAN, Wifi etc etc)

4) make sure it supports your gpu configuration (sli or CF supported boards if u want to run either)

5) make sure it fits in your case (ATX, mATX, mITX, eATX)

[papapoi]

1) what cpu you want to buy

2) features you want, m.2 slot, usb 3.1, sli and/or crossfire ready, built in wifi, amount of pci and rams slots, amount of usb 3.0 headers(one for your case, and one in case you get an external card reader, fan controller, etc), 

3) budget , how much you willing to pay , more features usually mean more cash

4) if your going to overclock i suggest gettiing a board with an easy bios, like gigabyte asus , msi, etc

5) size of the board for your build, mini-itx, micro atx, full atx, etc because that will dictate the case size

 

every motherboard has its pluses and minuses, the one good thing about sticking with the likes of gigabyte, asus and msi is that a google search could easily trouble shoot any problem you might encounter, thats the main reason i went with an asus, good info on their site, lots of people using their boards and an easy bios to work with when i overclock my system, and there are alot of videos with my board to follow.

 

[teddy710]

23 hours ago, papapoi said:

1) what cpu you want to buy

2) features you want, m.2 slot, usb 3.1, sli and/or crossfire ready, built in wifi, amount of pci and rams slots, amount of usb 3.0 headers(one for your case, and one in case you get an external card reader, fan controller, etc), 

3) budget , how much you willing to pay , more features usually mean more cash

4) if your going to overclock i suggest gettiing a board with an easy bios, like gigabyte asus , msi, etc

5) size of the board for your build, mini-itx, micro atx, full atx, etc because that will dictate the case size

 

every motherboard has its pluses and minuses, the one good thing about sticking with the likes of gigabyte, asus and msi is that a google search could easily trouble shoot any problem you might encounter, thats the main reason i went with an asus, good info on their site, lots of people using their boards and an easy bios to work with when i overclock my system, and there are alot of videos with my board to follow.

 

What does BIOS mean? And also built in wifi

[papapoi]

the bios is like the operating system of the motherboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS

this is where you can change boot options, set passwords, overclock, etc

 

3 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

And also built in wifi

built in wifi is good but sometimes makes the board expensive, almost all boards come with ethernet/lan ports but wireless/wifi is usually an addon but you could always buy a pci card instead, here is an example of a board with wifi

http://smile.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Durable-GA-H97N-WIFI-Motherboard-LGA-1150/dp/B00KC7ZY2U?ie=UTF8&keywords=motherboard%20wifi&qid=1460355028&ref_=sr_1_1&s=pc&sr=1-1

same board without

http://smile.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-Ultra-Durable-Desktop-Motherboard/dp/B00OFP88C8?ie=UTF8&keywords=motherboard%20h97n&qid=1460355134&ref_=sr_1_2&s=pc&sr=1-2

[teddy710]

5 minutes ago, papapoi said:

the bios is like the operating system of the motherboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS

this is where you can change boot options, set passwords, overclock, etc

 

built in wifi is good but sometimes makes the board expensive, almost all boards come with ethernet/lan ports but wireless/wifi is usually an addon but you could always buy a pci card instead, here is an example of a board with wifi

http://smile.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Durable-GA-H97N-WIFI-Motherboard-LGA-1150/dp/B00KC7ZY2U?ie=UTF8&keywords=motherboard%20wifi&qid=1460355028&ref_=sr_1_1&s=pc&sr=1-1

same board without

http://smile.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-Ultra-Durable-Desktop-Motherboard/dp/B00OFP88C8?ie=UTF8&keywords=motherboard%20h97n&qid=1460355134&ref_=sr_1_2&s=pc&sr=1-2

For $20 or so I feel it's be worth it to get built in wifi

[papapoi]

8 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

For $20 or so I feel it's be worth it to get built in wifi

yea, especially if your pc is not going to be near the router and that would free up a pci slot for other things

[teddy710]

1 minute ago, papapoi said:

yea, especially if your pc is not going to be near the router and that would free up a pci slot for other things

Thanks