MOTHERBOARD

 The motherboard serves as a single platform to connect all of the parts of a computer together. It connects the CPU, memory, hard drives, optical drives, video card, sound card, and other ports and expansion cards directly or via cables.

Features of Motherboard

A motherboard comes with following features −

• Motherboard varies greatly in supporting various types of components.

• Motherboard supports a single type of CPU and few types of memories.

Popular Manufacturers

Following are the popular manufacturers of the motherboard.

• Intel
• ASUS
• AOpen
• ABIT

  Description of Motherboard

  The motherboard is mounted inside the case and is securely attached via small screws through pre-drilled holes. 

• Biostar
• Gigabyte
• MSIThere is a peripheral card slot in front of the motherboard using which video cards, sound cards, and other expansion cards can be connected to the motherboard