Trying to understand computer technology is melting my brain. I understand the abilities of varying GPUs and CPUs and even RAM. What I don’t get is what makes a motherboard good or bad. Isn’t it just the circuitry that everything talks to each other through? If it’s made of the same material and has the same ports how can it be good or bad in comparison to another of like build quality?
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From the low to medium-high end, you’re basically just going to see build quality/features as you go up in quality. 2 vs 4 ram slots, more PCI-E slots, 1G vs 2.5G networking, more USB headers, etc.
Once you get to the higher end, one thing you’ll see is better/higher quality VRMs, which are the modules that regulate the voltage going into the CPU. It basically helps with getting consistent voltages in overclocking.
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