Simple steps in choosing for the right motherboards and processors
When talking about motherboards and processors, both the Duron and Celeron perform well. One of the important steps that one can do when purchasing for the right motherboard or processor for them is to know their needed requirement and their budget. In order to land for the right motherboard, one must know first the right processor that they want or need.
With AMD’s top performing chips and cheap prices, Intel’s Celeron does not compare well with the Duron that is why Celeron is commonly avoided by many of the computer users, unless if one rally need to have an Intel chip.
When it comes to our computer’s processors, Athlon XP does a competition with Intel’s Pentium 4. When it comes to performance, Intel gets all the favor in return of a high price. In this regard, many of the computer users opt to purchase AMD over Intel.
If you are one of those people who do video rendering in your PC, the later version of Pentium 4 chips that boosts of its hyperthreading technology would be of benefit. This chip from Intel has effectively fools many people about their PC having two CPU inside. However, one must note that applications that make us of this one of a kind feature is very limited.
When talking about AMD Athlon XP, one must note that the ones you will see in its description does not directly relate to its speed and so does with other AM chipsets like Duron, Sempron, and their latest AM2 and AM3. Unlike to those Intel Chipsets, the figure speaks for their speed. One great example of it is the Pentium 4 3200 that runs at 3,200MHz or at 3.2GHz, while Athlon XP 3200+ as an actual speed of 2,200MHz. Mentioned are just mere examples of processors’ performances that will serve as your guide in choosing one. Today, Intel has various high-end processors already designed for gamers like the Quad Core, Core 2 Duo, Intel Dual Core and more, while AMD already has AM3 chipsets. Eventually, as time flies, more and more power processor will already be available in the market as the system requirements changes gradually.
After you have chosen your processor, it is now time for you to choose your motherboard. Motherboards come in sockets like the socket 478 for your Intel processors and socket A for your AMD boards. Other boards include, socket 754 and socket 939. Expect more soon as manufacturers does not stop in discovering for new developments for our personal computers’ performance.
Other concerns you might consider in buying a motherboard include the Integrated Graphics, On-board sound, LAN/Modem, USB, Memory, Front Side Bus or FSB, ATX/Mini ATX/AT/micro ATX, and the chipset.
The Integrated Graphics is the ones going to support your need for a separate graphics card. On-board sound on the other hand obviously provides provide sound quality. The LAN/Modem is the ones to be used when connecting to a network or internet, while USB is the ones needed for our USB storage. When talking about memory, this is about your board supporting the kind of memory. Today, majority of the motherboards support DDR RAM. The FSB is the ones used to connect the CPU to other parts of the board, while the ATX thing refers to your board’s physical size.