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The two other areas to take note of are chipsets and form factors. Intel has merged a lot of the chipset functions into their processors, and AMD chipsets are still mainly on the motherboard. At the time of this writing for Intel the Z77 chipset is the best. For AMD, 9xx series are currently the best. Neither manufacturer has PCIe 3.0 native support at the time of this writing though 3.0 video cards exist. Form factor is the second area and this refers to the physical size of the motherboard. It is important to match your form factor up to your case. The case you choose must support the form factor of your board in order to properly install it. | The two other areas to take note of are chipsets and form factors. Intel has merged a lot of the chipset functions into their processors, and AMD chipsets are still mainly on the motherboard. At the time of this writing for Intel the Z77 chipset is the best. For AMD, 9xx series are currently the best. Neither manufacturer has PCIe 3.0 native support at the time of this writing though 3.0 video cards exist. Form factor is the second area and this refers to the physical size of the motherboard. It is important to match your form factor up to your case. The case you choose must support the form factor of your board in order to properly install it. | ||
Recommended brands include: | '''Recommended brands include:''' | ||
*ASRock | *ASRock | ||
*Asus | *Asus |