Computers Internal Desktop Components Motherboards
The interior of a desktop computer is comprised of many integral parts such as computer cases, power supplies, processors, cooling fans, hard drives and most importantly, the
motherboard. The motherboard is the backbone of an entire computer system. It is the one component that ties all other computer hardware together to make your computer work. It allows other PC components to run as a whole. If you want to assemble a desktop PC that will work on current software and hardware, the following topic will discuss motherboard specifications to follow.
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A motherboard has several types of connections for each desktop component. Your motherboard must at least be able to support current PC configurations discussed in the following items below:
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graphics card for the latter.
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SATA slots are more preferred nowadays with respect to the availability of the hardware that it supports. There are still available motherboards that support the other two types of drive slots.
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DDR3 RAMs are widely used PC memories and are available in 1GB and 2GB denominations. Some motherboards can support up to 16GB of RAM.
* Builtports'>external ports''' are for external connections for PC speakers, USBs, Serial and Parallel ports supported devices, PS/2 ports for your keyboard and mouse, as well as local area network (LAN) and Firewire connections.
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Intel processors do not have the same number of pins and socket patterns. Different types of processors have an appropriate motherboard model matched for each of them.
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