If you plan to build an ultimate gaming rig or have an extra graphics card lying, you may wonder if you can fit both graphics cards on your motherboard. Well, the answer to that question depends upon what motherboard you have and also, to an extent, what graphics card you have. You must have the …
After a long wait, the DDR5 RAM modules are here. As with each newer RAM generation, the DDR5 RAM significantly improves the maximum bandwidth compared to DDR4. However, it would be best to have a compatible motherboard to reap the benefits of the newer RAM generation. Currently, only Intel 600 series motherboards offer support for …
If you are new to building PCs, many fundamental questions can go around your head, such as “is a motherboard part of a CPU?” or vice versa or “do motherboards come with CPU and RAM attached?” These misconceptions are typical to have. The bottom line is No! Motherboards DO NOT come with CPUs and RAM. …
The short answer is no! Motherboards DO NOT come with screws and standoffs. The screws you need to mount the motherboard to the PC case come WITH the PC CASE itself. But to thoroughly answer the question, you need to understand that there are different types of screws that a motherboard uses for various purposes: …
Yes, in short, a motherboard CAN bottleneck a GPU. However, the exact cause of the bottleneck isn’t the entire motherboard but a specific interface called PCIe and the corresponding PCIe slots. There are two ways the motherboard can bottleneck your GPU. Firstly, if you have a newer generation graphics card and you plug it into …
There are many reasons why knowing what motherboard socket you have is critical. When buying a CPU or upgrading your CPU, the socket on the CPU and the motherboard must match. So how to check the motherboard socket you have? There are a few ways to check what motherboard socket you have. Here they are: …
The cost of a motherboard depends upon a lot of factors. Just as is the case with all commercial products, there is a vast range of models for motherboards. Therefore, the question of how much a motherboard is depends upon what category of motherboards you are looking at. Essentially, a motherboard can cost anywhere between …
Whether you want to upgrade your RAM, learn what CPU socket your motherboard has, understand the overall expansion capability of your motherboard, or simply want to troubleshoot an issue, you would like to know its make and model. Fortunately, there are several methods to check what motherboard you have. You can tell what motherboard you …
A combination of features and specs makes a motherboard excellent or bad, depending on your needs and budget. But generally, the chipset, the amount of PCIe lanes and their version, the VRM design, USB ports, and various other bells and whistles make a motherboard good or bad. A motherboard does not directly affect the performance …
If you are planning on installing a new hard drive to your PC, then you need to make sure it is compatible with your motherboard in the first place. So are all hard drives compatible with all motherboards? Well, the simple answer to that question is No! They are not all compatible. For a specific …