The
motherboard inside the pc is sometimes called the main board, or the system
board. It is made up from several components including the central processing
unit (CPU), the memory slots, a video section, and some others but these ones
are the main parts to be able to get the pc working. Every component on the
motherboard deals with a specific activity. Motherboards are divided into the Integrated
motherboards and Non-integrated motherboards.
These
main categories are described bellow.
Integrated motherboards
Integrated motherboards come with all the
essential components built in to them. The major advantage of this type of
motherboard is that all major functions. This means that all the functions that
your pc needs are all ready from the get go on a single circuit board. As the
price of pc technology has dropped over the years, there has been a big push
towards integrating almost every aspect of a pc onto the motherboard. Although
the only drawback is that if one of the components breaks you will have to
replace the whole motherboard. However, this rarely happens. Another drawback I
have found though than can be a challenge is that sometimes the expansion slots
for future upgrades of the motherboard or new components can be limited.
Non-integrated motherboards
These are do not have most of the main components
built into them, but they normally have more expansion slots to allow you to
add your own. This can be preferable for high performance PC users. They may
want a more advanced soundcard or a top of the range network card, or video
card if you are a serious pc gamer. The downside of this type of motherboard is
that you need a larger case, and experience plug-in components into the main
board.