What makes a mobo good?

Auraomega · 23 Oct 2009 at 20:02

I'm looking at the mobos on here and wondering what makes some mobos so much more expensive than the others?

PermaBanned · 23 Oct 2009 at 20:23

Build Quality, BIOS, Cooling, Expansion Slots, Layout.

If you're talking about the actual hardware... Chipsets, Phase Power chokes.

hardtarget · 23 Oct 2009 at 23:51

Good warranty

JonJ678 · 24 Oct 2009 at 02:55

The speed they will run a processor at.

Moeks · 24 Oct 2009 at 10:21

JonJ678 said:
The speed they will run a processor at.

Well, that's not really the case. I would say it's true to say that the overclocking capability of different boards varies, sometimes quite a lot. I assume that's what you mean, the way you phrase it makes it sound like you mean that x cpu will automatically run at y speed in v motherboard but only e speed in b motherboard ...which isn't the case.

PermaBanned · 24 Oct 2009 at 11:10

And there's variation within that category, overclocking depends on the BIOS, Northbridge, Southbridge, Chipset Cooling and Phase Power Design, as well as build quality. Also board layout so you can fit whatever cooler you want.