Mar 23, 2013

Determine the Number of External Ports and PCI Slots before Buying a Motherboard


Before you buying a motherboard, you should consider these two things. Here they are:

The number and type of external ports

Look at the port onto the motherboard. Do you need a lot of USB ports? If so then you need a motherboard that has a lot of USB port or PCI slots to support additional USB adapter. Furthermore, do you need HDMI out? If you do not get the graphics card and plan to use the computer to the monitor then you need an integrated graphics motherboard. 


So do you want a fast Gigabit LAN? Some motherboards only have 10/100 which does not give a high speed enough. If you want a super fast USB 3.0 port, then you also need port on the motherboard that supports it. If by chance you could only find a motherboard that does not have the features you need, you can equip it with an additional card. But of course it would be easier if the motherboard has to have all the features built-in.

Number of PCI Slots

Additional cards can only be given limited number of PCI slots on the motherboard. For example, you want one / two video card, a sound card, extra USB ports, additional LAN ports, a Wi-Fi adapter or other auxiliary card, then make sure before you buy a motherboard that will have enough PCI slots as you need.

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