The motherboard might not be the most exciting part of your system, but it’s arguably the most important. It’s also the biggest, which can make it a bit awkward to install, but as long as you’re ...

If you've been thinking about building a new PC or upgrading an existing one, but the prospect of installing a motherboard seemed too daunting, have no fear. All it takes is patience, a few tools, and ...

So you've spent the past few weeks wringing towels, trying to decide whether you should stick with your current PC or start over from scratch. It's been a tough decision, but in the end you've decided ...

The motherboard, sometimes abbreviated “mobo,” is the most basic part of the PC, but also one of the most important as all of your internal components will interact with it. Our motherboard is an EVGA ...

Ed: The following is a guest post by Ars CPU & Mobo forum guru Hat Monster. The post is based on an excellent thread on the same topic, which everyone who's contemplating a motherboard swap should ...

Upgrading computers can save you considerable money versus buying new; these days, high-performance processors and motherboards are relatively cheap, and you save even more money if you install the ...

Operating system patches alone can protect against the nasty Meltdown flaw affecting Intel processors, but fixing Spectre—Meltdown’s nasty sibling, which affects all CPUs—requires firmware updates for ...

The motherboard is at once the least and the most important part of your computer. It directly affects performance less than almost any other component, but without it nothing else will work. Because ...