Probably the two most major components of your motherboard are the socket, and the memory slots (also known as DIMMs, which is short for dual in-line memory modules). Generally speaking, the CPU & memory you want will generally dictate the motherboard you’re going to get, or, if you already have your heart set on a specific motherboard, it’ll dictate what CPU and memory you’ll have to get. Unlike PCI/PCIe/AGP connections, memory slots, and more specifically sockets, are limited in terms of what types of CPUs and RAM (random access memory, also known as simple memory) sticks they support.
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Socket & Memory slots – Motherboard
Sunday, February 7th, 2010The central hub — The Motherboard — Overview
Sunday, December 28th, 2008The motherboard is a strong defining factor in building a computer, depending on what motherboard you choose, you pretty much dictate what hardware you’re able to use and add. Before getting into detail about the different technologies you’ll find packaged into your motherboard, let’s go over hardware really briefly.
First of all, not all motherboards are the same size, there are many different factors, the most typical is the ATX factor, but there’s also MATX, EATX, and MITX (and a few others that aren’t as common). Keep in mind this is only in terms of desktop-class motherboards, server and laptop motherboards have different sizes still.
What’s inside a computer? The Basics.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008So for a first entry, we’re going to take a brief overview as to what makes up a computer, this includes both laptops and desktops.
Let’s also get something straight, a lot of people have a tendency to refer to Windows based computers as a PC, and OSX based computers as Macs. Although it is true that the entire computer is built by Apple in the Mac’s instance, the word “PC” is an acronym to “Personal Computer” thus I’m sure you’ll agree this fits the description of computers of all kinds.