Motherboards

Types of Motherboards

There are four types of motherboards

XT Motherboards
Xt means extended technology.This is outdated Motherboard

Ex: Pentium-I,Pentium-MMX & Pentium-II Processors


AT Motherboards

AT -Advanced technology
PGA Socket
SD Ram Slots
20 Pin Power Connector
PCI & ISA Slots

Ex: Pentium-III Processors

Baby AT Motherboards
It has the combination of XT and AT.They Have Both slot type processor sockets and PGA processor sockets,SD Ram Slots And DDR Ram Slots,PCI Slots And ISA Slots 12 pin and 20 pin power connector and ports

Ex: Pentium-III & Pentium-IV Processors

ATX Motherboards
ATX Means Advanced Technology Extended. Latest motherboards all are called ATX motherboards designed by ATX FormFactor.In this motherboard we will find MPGA Processor sockets,DDR Ram slots,PCI Slots,AGP Slots,Primary & Secondary IDE INterfaces,SATA Connectors,20 pin & 24 Pin ATX Power connectors and ports Now a days we using......

Ex: Pentium-IV,Dualcore,Core2Duo,Quadcore,i3,i5,i7 Processors