I'm just curious, what difference does the cost of a motherboard have?
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nothing really is wrong with them just some come with bells and whistles such as being SLI and Crossfire capable. SSD caching, PCIE X16 etc
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one of the premiums to pay would be SATA III (6GBs) which some SSDs use to reach max speed and some HDDs use. Otherwise additional lanes and future compatibility.
Some overclock better, some give better performance in certain tasks, some are known for better build quality, some have longer warranties, some have more cooling, some have a more user friendly BIOS, some have a more capable BIOS, some look awesome. There's loads to consider, really.
The higher end boards offer more sata ports, extra lan ports, better chipset cooling, better capacitors, phase control, sometimes a better slot layout, (handy for multiple gpu setups). When buying a board, you need to factor in whats most important to you and your needs. An example being my two x58 boards, the one in sig is a high end first generation board, great slot spacing. My other board is a later x58, (sli gpu's as well). Slot spacing on it is dire, yet its a usb 3, sata 6gbps board and cost a lot less than my original board.
That pretty much sums it up. It's kinda like buying a new car, you have the options to get air con and leather seats but will cost extra
It's an mATX board so fewer expansion slots and only 2 DIMM slots and has fewer USB ports on the back and will have fewer USB headers than a full-size ATX board.
It also looks like an older model as it has FDD and HDD IDE connectors, it has separate PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, and integrated graphics are D-Sub not DVI and it's an old chipset - 760G.
Some motherboards (Gigabyte for example) claim to have a better build quality - solid capacitors for example.
AFAIK AMD boards generally seem to be cheaper than Intel boards.
And finally, it's not realistic to compare the price for an up-to-date AMD board with one which is a couple of years old.
It also looks like an older model as it has FDD and HDD IDE connectors, it has separate PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, and integrated graphics are D-Sub not DVI and it's an old chipset - 760G.
Some motherboards (Gigabyte for example) claim to have a better build quality - solid capacitors for example.
AFAIK AMD boards generally seem to be cheaper than Intel boards.
And finally, it's not realistic to compare the price for an up-to-date AMD board with one which is a couple of years old.
Power delivery is one of the main factors for overclockers, the higher end boards will tend to have a cleaner power supply and better cooling along with high end capacitors.
They also usually also have lots of extra sata/usb3 controllers and the high end Asus ones also have more expensive Intel NIC's which are much better than Realtek.
They also usually also have lots of extra sata/usb3 controllers and the high end Asus ones also have more expensive Intel NIC's which are much better than Realtek.