Motherboards

A computer motherboard is the board of circuits that your computer components are all connected to. The board is used to distribute power from the power supply to some of the computer components, as well as transfer data among conponents.

Motherboards come in a variety of types, including:

• Micro-ATM (M-ATX)
• ITX
• ATX
• E-ATX

Also, boards are built with to comply with a specific socket or set of sockets. Some of the sockets include
For Intel Processors:

• 775
• 1156
• 1366

And for AMD Processors:

• AM2
• AM2+
• AM3