Selecting the Motherboard

• Many choices in both UP and SMP

  • Manufacturers Asus, Intel, MSI, Tyan, etc.
  • Chip sets by Intel, VIA, ALI, etc.

• Floppy and IDE support on MB

• UDMA-66 vs. UDMA-100

• Motherboards may also have intergated

  • Networking
  • Video
  • SCSI
  • RAID

Notes: