Building a Computer - Shopping List Part 2 - Motherboards [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

Building a Computer - Shopping List Part 2 - Motherboards [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

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This post is going to cover motherboards. Motherboards are very important because they connect all the other components together. Without a good motherboard your computer won't perform well. This post will try to help you understand what to look for when purchasing a motherboard.  Be forewarned this is a long post so be prepared for a lot of information.

When picking a motherboard there are a lot of very important things to look at. The first one you should look at is what socket it is. Remember in my previous post I told you to remember what socket the processor you picked is? Well this is why if you purchase a motherboard that is a different socket from your processor then the processor won't fit and you could ruin both your motherboard and CPU if you try and force incompatible parts together. Another important thing to look at is the maximum supported memory for someone wanting to build a machine just to surf the internet ninety percent of the motherboards ou t there will support plenty of memory. If you are building a machine for media editing or gaming I would suggest at least four gigabytes supported. If you really want to make sure you will never have a memory problem pick a board that supports eight just to be safe. You also want to see what type of memory is supported the most common at the time I am writing this is ddr2 dual channel 800 MHz. Another important thing for someone building a workstation is check to see if it has on board graphics if it does then you wont need a graphics card and that can save you money. Everyone else reading this should check the number of PCI express ports gamers and media editors will want as many of these as possible at least one but more allow for expansion and Crossfire or SLI I will explain these topics when I get to graphics cards.

For the workstation users I would recommend the Biostar TF7150U-M7. It is a socket 775 board so it will work with any of my previous CPU suggestions. I t supports 4gb of RAM (memory) and it has on board HDMI output. It has four serial ATA (SATA) interfaces which will be used for connecting a hard drive and DVD drive. It also has one IDE for connecting an old floppy drive or DVD drive. This board has four USB 2.0 ports on the back for connecting peripherals such as a mouse, keyboard and printer.

I'm going to suggest the same motherboard for the media editors and gamers because it's a great board at a great price. The board I am suggesting is the XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI. This board supports eight gigabytes of RAM it has three PCI express slots. It has four SATA headers and six USB ports on the back panel. It has two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard. There is no onboard video but this shouldn't be a problem because the people I am recommending this for will want a better card than any onboard video. Not to say that someone building a work station shouldn't purchase this board you should just be aware you will need a d edicated graphics card.

The last motherboard I will mention is once again one of the best boards on the market. The XFX nForce 790i ultra SLI motherboard is the super high quality board I am recommending it is one of the best that money can buy. It is an amazing overclocker but it can be finicky and requires a substantial knowledge when overclocking. I won't be talking much about this because this post has been pretty long already. I will just mention that anyone considering this board should note that it requires DDR3 RAM.

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Question by pbsr0cks: whats a good price to list my computer for? hey it has dual core 2.66 intel. that can be over clocked to 3.1 it has a 256mb ati sapphire graphics card. it has 3.25 gigs of ram currently has a 40 gb ide and a 250 sata dvd burner, cd burner, tv tuner. whats a good listing price on craigs or ebay? thanks Best answer for whats a good price to list my computer for?:

Answer by Bliss Payne
500$

Answer by Aman R
look up individual parts on newegg, add them up that should be a good estimate

Answer by Sunshine
Used computers don't fetch high prices...

Answer by ~~~FIESTY LITTLE WOMAN~~~
Try searching some info..you can buy a new one for almost $ 400.00

Answer by der_kaiser_von_kase
hmm....Id say about 575 bucks, it it had a better vid card, like an 8800GTS then it would go for about 700-800.

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