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Motherboard, the main component when you are building a PC. Also lovingly known as MOBO. The Motherboard is the central component wherein everything (almost) else is mounted.

When thinking about motherboards there is a whole host of things to be attentive to, but the most important is the different connection interfaces, the physical dimensions and not least which CPU socket is on the MOBO.
In choosing a motherboard it is important to know that it affects what sort of case you will be able to use. It is of paramount importance to know that the formfactor of the MOBO must be supported by the case - a couple of examples include ITX, Micro ATX, ATX and E-ATX.
Once upon a time there was a lot of different connectors for external plug-in cards on a motherboard, but today, you will almost exclusively find PCI-Express (however, remember there are different speeds such as X4, X8 and X16). In recent times there has been added now connections on motherboards, too, such as M.2, different SATA ports, RGB headers and LED displays.
With all these things and many others to take into consideration when building a new PC and thus choosing a motherboard, it can get quite hairy at times.
That is why we, at Tweak Reviews, have implemented a series of filters, which hopefully can help you down the road of choosing the best motherboard for your specific needs.
If you want to view all the motherboards we have tested over the years, you should not pick a filter and thus form a great overview. Do you, however, wish to see something specific, you could choose AsRock or Gigabyte under brands.

In the brands dropdown, choose and click on Gigabyte. The other filters work much in the same way. Should you only wish to be shown AsRock mobos that score a 4 or above, just go ahead and select these values. You can even apply price filters, allowing you to only be shown chairs with a price below $189.
Should you find that there are no results at all, you can return and adjust your requirements until results start popping up in the search.

If you are ever in doubt what different things mean on our website, you can follow the little how-to buttons. That will lead you to our dedicated area, where we try to explain as much as possible about motherboards - ie. which is better for gaming or how to make sure your MOBO matches the rest of your hardware.

In our motherboard test section you will be able to find all the reviews of motherboards, that we have carried out through the years. Remember, we always review products based on our own subjective findings and experiences with the product. That is also why we guarantee untainted stories of how a product performs.

The news button is meant for when you have an interest in reading the latest news about motherboards. It might be very relevant, if you want to form an overview of new products coming soon, or just recent trends and developments.

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News
04 Apr

PCIe 7.0 and 60GB/s SSDs will arrive in 2025

PCI Express 7.0 is on the way, but don't save up for a new motherboard just yet. Speed doubles with each generation, and PCIe 7.0 will deliver up to 128 GT/s -...
PCI Express 7.0 is on the way, but don't save up for a new m...
PCI Express 7.0 is on the way, but don't save up for a new motherboard just yet....
PCI Express 7.0 is on the way, but don't save up for a new motherboard just yet. Speed doubles with each generation, and PCIe 7.0 will deliver up to 128 GT/s -...
News
15 Mar

ASUS BIOS update supports 256GB DDR5

Do you want to expand your memory to a full 256GB DDR5? ASUS has released BIOS updates for Intel 700 and 600 series motherboards that support up to 256 GB of DD...
Do you want to expand your memory to a full 256GB DDR5? ASUS...
Do you want to expand your memory to a full 256GB DDR5? ASUS has released BIOS u...
Do you want to expand your memory to a full 256GB DDR5? ASUS has released BIOS updates for Intel 700 and 600 series motherboards that support up to 256 GB of DD...
Reviews
28 Feb

ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus WiFi

The AM5 platform from AMD provides a lot of good features, and luckily with the B650 platform you don't have to spend a fortune to get sensible motherboards. To...
The AM5 platform from AMD provides a lot of good features, a...
The AM5 platform from AMD provides a lot of good features, and luckily with the...
The AM5 platform from AMD provides a lot of good features, and luckily with the B650 platform you don't have to spend a fortune to get sensible motherboards. To...
Reviews
14 Feb

ASRock B650E TaiChi

If you would like to join the AM5 platform from AMD, but don't quite need to move up to the very heavy X670 chipset, then the B650 could be an option. Here you...
If you would like to join the AM5 platform from AMD, but don...
If you would like to join the AM5 platform from AMD, but don't quite need to mov...
If you would like to join the AM5 platform from AMD, but don't quite need to move up to the very heavy X670 chipset, then the B650 could be an option. Here you...
News
09 Feb

ASRock's latest 600/700 series BIOS updates

Owners of non-K 14th Gen Intel processors can look forward to an exciting update. ASRock has released new BIOSes for their Z790 motherboards that provide 'free'...
Owners of non-K 14th Gen Intel processors can look forward t...
Owners of non-K 14th Gen Intel processors can look forward to an exciting update...
Owners of non-K 14th Gen Intel processors can look forward to an exciting update. ASRock has released new BIOSes for their Z790 motherboards that provide 'free'...
News
30 Jan

MSI launches budget-friendly MPOWER Z790M motherbo

MSI's new Z790 MPOWER motherboard is here, with support for ultra-fast DDR5-8000+ memory and a budget-friendly price. Perfect for a build with a mid-range Intel...
MSI's new Z790 MPOWER motherboard is here, with support for...
MSI's new Z790 MPOWER motherboard is here, with support for ultra-fast DDR5-8000...
MSI's new Z790 MPOWER motherboard is here, with support for ultra-fast DDR5-8000+ memory and a budget-friendly price. Perfect for a build with a mid-range Intel...
Reviews
16 Jan

ASRock Phantom Gaming B650I Lightning WiFi

There are still good offers for ITX motherboards on AMD's AM5 latest platform. Today we take a look at a B650 based motherboard which comes with a reasonable fe...
There are still good offers for ITX motherboards on AMD's AM...
There are still good offers for ITX motherboards on AMD's AM5 latest platform. T...
There are still good offers for ITX motherboards on AMD's AM5 latest platform. Today we take a look at a B650 based motherboard which comes with a reasonable fe...
News
12 Jan

ASUS continues to work with hidden cables

ASUS unveils the new hardware with hidden power connectors, so you can avoid looking at cables in your case. It was a trend that we saw at last year's Computex,...
ASUS unveils the new hardware with hidden power connectors,...
ASUS unveils the new hardware with hidden power connectors, so you can avoid loo...
ASUS unveils the new hardware with hidden power connectors, so you can avoid looking at cables in your case. It was a trend that we saw at last year's Computex,...
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A-Data Acer ADATA Aerocool Akasa Alienware Alphacool AMD Antec AOC Apacer Apple ARCTIC Argon ASRock ASUS ASUSTOR B&O be quite! BenQ Blue Bowers & Wilkins Buffalo Cerwin ChatGPT Cherry Chill Cooler Master Corsair Cougar Gaming Creative Crucial Ballistix Dali Dbrand Dell Dreame EA ekwb Enermax Epic EPOS EVGA FNATIC Fractal Design FSP Fujitsu G.skill Gainward GeIL Gigabyte Google Hp Huawei HyperX IKEA Intel Kia Kingston LaCie Lenovo Lepa LG Logitech Matrox Microsoft MSI NEC Netgear Ninjutso Noctua Nvidia NZXT OCZ Storage Solutions Olympus OnePlus Phanteks Philips Plantronics Plenom PNY Poly Pure QNAP Raijintek Rapoo Raumfeld Razer Riotoro ROCCAT Rosewill Samsung Sandberg Sapphire Seagate Seasonic Secretlab Sharkoon Sony Sound Blaster SteelSeries Supermicro Synogoly Thermaltake TomTom Traeger Ubisoft Verbatim Viper Western Digital XFX Xilence Zotac
Brand: Cooler Master

About motherboard
Motherboard, the main component when you are building a PC. Also lovingly known as MOBO. The Motherboard is the central component wherein everything (almost) else is mounted.

When thinking about motherboards there is a whole host of things to be attentive to, but the most important is the different connection interfaces, the physical dimensions and not least which CPU socket is on the MOBO.
In choosing a motherboard it is important to know that it affects what sort of case you will be able to use. It is of paramount importance to know that the formfactor of the MOBO must be supported by the case - a couple of examples include ITX, Micro ATX, ATX and E-ATX.
Once upon a time there was a lot of different connectors for external plug-in cards on a motherboard, but today, you will almost exclusively find PCI-Express (however, remember there are different speeds such as X4, X8 and X16). In recent times there has been added now connections on motherboards, too, such as M.2, different SATA ports, RGB headers and LED displays.
With all these things and many others to take into consideration when building a new PC and thus choosing a motherboard, it can get quite hairy at times.
That is why we, at Tweak Reviews, have implemented a series of filters, which hopefully can help you down the road of choosing the best motherboard for your specific needs.
If you want to view all the motherboards we have tested over the years, you should not pick a filter and thus form a great overview. Do you, however, wish to see something specific, you could choose AsRock or Gigabyte under brands.

In the brands dropdown, choose and click on Gigabyte. The other filters work much in the same way. Should you only wish to be shown AsRock mobos that score a 4 or above, just go ahead and select these values. You can even apply price filters, allowing you to only be shown chairs with a price below $189.
Should you find that there are no results at all, you can return and adjust your requirements until results start popping up in the search.

If you are ever in doubt what different things mean on our website, you can follow the little how-to buttons. That will lead you to our dedicated area, where we try to explain as much as possible about motherboards - ie. which is better for gaming or how to make sure your MOBO matches the rest of your hardware.

In our motherboard test section you will be able to find all the reviews of motherboards, that we have carried out through the years. Remember, we always review products based on our own subjective findings and experiences with the product. That is also why we guarantee untainted stories of how a product performs.

The news button is meant for when you have an interest in reading the latest news about motherboards. It might be very relevant, if you want to form an overview of new products coming soon, or just recent trends and developments.

Read more

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