The system board is the heart and brain of a computer. If you are building your own computer then the most important thing to decide is what kind of system board you want or need. If you already have your computer case and power supply and don’t plan on buying a new case or power supply you need to be sure that the new system board will be compatible with these two things. There …showed first 75 words of 414 total…

…showed last 75 words of 414 total…you have the latest and the greatest you need to buy a board that supports bus speeds starting at 400MHZ. Finally you need to verify that the BIOS is compatible with all the components. If it is not it may be possible to upgrade. This may be all that is needed to recognize and setup to the latest stepping of the CPU. Now you should be ready to select and install you new system board