Measured in megahertz (MHz), the bus speed refers to the amount of data that can be moved across the circuit (or bus) that connects one part of the motherboard to another.
You should decide what features you want your computer to have before selecting a chipset. The chipset is a set of chips on a motherboard or expansion card which determines how fast the plug-ins, processor, keyboard, memory can function in relation to each other. The term typically refers to two pairs of chips: the northbridge (high-speed) the southbridge (lower speed).
Overview A motherboard's main job is to act as a conduit between the various hardware elements that make up a PC. It needs to be able to link the desired CPU(s), system memory, graphics card,...
I bought this Motheboard from Asus For the reason I own a P5A-B motherboard. And the P5A-B is very stable with the AMD K6-2 Processor. And The P5A-B Impressed me, Being an older model. So, I bought...
i got this board and tried to install it with win98, but it had lots of issues with sound and lan not working. then, i thought "when in doubt, update the drivers!". so i went to nvidia, got the...
The board never worked even after returning it to my supplier. They claimed the jumpers weren't set right even though I followed the rather incomplete manual to a 't'. When I got it back it still...
Have been using this board for about 6 months now with no problems, it only took me a couple of hours to build the PC and install vista, I would say just about the easiest build I've done.
One of the most pervasive and addictive uses of computers today is that of gaming. And motherboard manufacturers more often than not go out of their way to market their products to that niche...
Brand new board, Brand new CPU, Brand new system. Called customer support at ASUS got the usual runaround finally talked to a tech, and much to my surprise he couldn't help me but he did tell me...
I bought this Motheboard from Asus For the reason I own a P5A-B motherboard. And the P5A-B is very stable with the AMD K6-2 Processor. And The P5A-B Impressed me, Being an older model. So, I bought...
This was a great board for almost 2 years and then suddenly one day my monitor goes blank and my hard drive light comes on and stays on. So I reset it but its just blank - nothing. After a complete...
I bought this Motheboard from Asus For the reason I own a P5A-B motherboard. And the P5A-B is very stable with the AMD K6-2 Processor. And The P5A-B Impressed me, Being an older model. So, I bought...
Overview A motherboard's main job is to act as a conduit between the various hardware elements that make up a PC. It needs to be able to link the desired CPU(s), system memory, graphics card,...
This mobo is a big improvement over my Gateway system.I have 4 Gigs of ram a AMD Phenom Quad and using the onboard video is a good system for me. I had a problem when I loaded the drivers from the...
Today, it is becoming evident that the hardware industry as a whole will be abandoning traditional DDR memory in the not too distant future. AMD's latest revision to the K8 architecture...
I bought this Motheboard from Asus For the reason I own a P5A-B motherboard. And the P5A-B is very stable with the AMD K6-2 Processor. And The P5A-B Impressed me, Being an older model. So, I bought...
i got this board and tried to install it with win98, but it had lots of issues with sound and lan not working. then, i thought "when in doubt, update the drivers!". so i went to nvidia, got the...
The board never worked even after returning it to my supplier. They claimed the jumpers weren't set right even though I followed the rather incomplete manual to a 't'. When I got it back it still...
I bought this Motheboard from Asus For the reason I own a P5A-B motherboard. And the P5A-B is very stable with the AMD K6-2 Processor. And The P5A-B Impressed me, Being an older model. So, I bought...
i got this board and tried to install it with win98, but it had lots of issues with sound and lan not working. then, i thought "when in doubt, update the drivers!". so i went to nvidia, got the...
The board never worked even after returning it to my supplier. They claimed the jumpers weren't set right even though I followed the rather incomplete manual to a 't'. When I got it back it still...
Bought this mobo from Amazon along with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5000+ BE. The mobo allows me to overclock the CPU to 3GHz and remains stable running WinXP/SP3 (did not try Vista). My mobo...
This board has been horrible for me. Have owned it for two years, and have had replaced twice. Great board out of the box, but then as time went on just kept seeing problem after problem....
I bought this Motheboard from Asus For the reason I own a P5A-B motherboard. And the P5A-B is very stable with the AMD K6-2 Processor. And The P5A-B Impressed me, Being an older model. So, I bought...
This is my 2nd Biostar (the 1st one is still going and I've had it for 11 years) I bought this to replace a blown motherboard in a refurbished DELL computer, which I bought just a little over a...
You will get an error the max power for cpu is over 95w, the system will shut down on boot. Out of six boards, three gave this notice. Stay away from this board.
hooobs's Review of Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard Motherboard
This seems to be a rogue board with a dodgy BIOS. The BIOS failed to reliably autodetect IDE (PATA) and SATA drives. Spent a whole day trying to get this board to work properly. It seems that...
Pros: EASY TO SETUP HAD NO TROUBLE AT ALL Cons: If you install AMD AM2+ CPU on AM2 motherbord, the system bus speed will downgrade from HT3.0(5200MHz) to HT1.0(2000 MT/s) spec; however, the...
Pros: Style, You have to love copper, Silent cooling! Cons: I haven't found one yet? This board does it's job very well. I was a little worried about the silent cooling for the North...
If you're looking for a top of the line gaming system based on the AMD socket AM2 processor, it's almost guaranteed that your motherboard chipset will be the nVidia nForce 590 SLI. The inherent...
Introduction I've extolled the many features and benefits of AMDs 690 chipset, and have gone on at length about why it's such a cool platform for a computer: it draws almost no power, uses silent,...
How to Save on Motherboards: Shopping for Motherboards has never been so easy! Look for the best deals on a motherboard by browsing through our many stores for the lowest price on a motherboard. And to help you out even more, if you sign up for our Smarter M.E. program, you'll be able to submit video reviews, get price alerts on your favorite products when the price drops, write reviews and more! Click on "Your Account" at the top right of any page to sign up.
More legal stuff: Smarter.com is a comparison shopping website that compares prices and products at online stores to help consumers save money. Stores are responsible for providing us with accurate price and product information, including the proper codes for coupons, discounts and rebates. Tax and shipping costs are estimates. Please confirm all costs before making your final purchase at the online store. All merchant ratings, product reviews and video reviews are submitted by shoppers or third-party websites. We are not responsible for their content. If you have any concerns about content on our website, please contact us. For more information, please view our Privacy Policy.