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Motherboard, Mainboard, what is a motherboard |
Motherboard - Mainboard
A motherboard (mainboard) is the main circuit board within a PC, most modern motherboards come with the following features:
- A processor slot (type will depend on the board specifications)
- Memory banks
- AGP slot
- PCI slots
- IDE interface
- USB ports
These are just some of the features that a motherboard may have as standard, some motherboards come with integrated components such as a sound card, graphics card, modem, NIC (Network Interface Card) and more.
All the components inside your PC connect to the motherboard in one way or another, a few examples:
- Memory banks are used for RAM modules.
- PCI slots are used to provide connectivity for PCI cards such as modems and sound cards.
- AGP slots are used for graphics accelerators.
- IDE interfaces are used to connect and control IDE devices such as hard drives and CD-ROM drives.
Your choice of motherboard will depend on what processor you intend to use in your PC.
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