We’ve made the case previously that the power supply unit or PSU is the most important component in a PC, for without it, you’re not going to get very far. But you could easily claim the same for the motherboard. When IBM designed the PC 5150 in 1981, the motherboard was essentially a docking station, where every new feature existed on plug-in expansion cards. Today’s motherboards integrate such a vast array of features that for many users there’s hardly a need for anything else. Nevertheless, it’s the varying degrees of integration that provides so many different boards to choose from. So, how do you choose? That’s what we’re looking at this month.
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