Soleron on 05 August 2009
| Cypher1980 said: Well done you. I've been biulding my own PC's for about 10 years and they are soooo much more reliable than the factory bought machines. Word of advice research the motherboard first. Try to get a top of the line motherboard and dont scrimp it will have a lot of features such as Soundchip onboard and improved I/O chips so in performance terms it will be worth the extra cost. |
I'd give the exact opposite advice. Motherboards today all perform similarly and have similar support/longevity as long as you choose a reputable manufacturer (Asus and Gigabyte being the main two) so you can go cheap. Top-of-the-line ones have features you won't use (obscure RAID modes, OC options you don't need, more PCI-E slots than you can fill).
And you should choose it after the CPU, graphics and RAM, since it doesn't affect performance but you need the slots and sockets to support those three.
