Over the years, several sizes of motherboards, typically referred to as “form factors,” have swirled around the PC market. Of these, three have ris...

Okay, you've settled on a motherboard size! Next up: the CPU socket. This socket on the motherboard is one of the key determining factors that cont...

The chipset is the most important single component on a motherboard. A bit of a nutshell history: Originally, motherboards comprised a wide range o...

Audio hardware on motherboards, depending on what you do with your PC, will either be extremely important or matter relatively little. If you’re go...

Every modern motherboard ships with at least integrated wired networking (Ethernet) support, and many boards will also have a built-in Wi-Fi adapte...

Your modern motherboard will gain you several types of storage connections. For external connectivity, USB ports are always present, but internally...

At the moment, you won't find much that you need to be concerned about when it comes to RAM support on any motherboard you buy unless you are buyin...

When picking the right motherboard, the rear I/O panel often isn't high up on the list of concerns. Every motherboard has one of these, and all of...

It’s best to think about PCI Express as an electrical communications standard. Though all motherboards today have physical PCI Express "expansion"...

Then we have the issue that separates PC enthusiasts and performance hounds from everyday users: overclocking. Most folks won't care and indeed wil...