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Every Motherboard Feature Explained: What You Actually Need in 2026

172K views · May 11, 2026 · Science & Technology

Socket-X

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@Socket-X · 4 months ago · pinned
What motherboard are you running right now? <br>And if you had to upgrade today — what would you pick?
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@asapguide · 4 months ago
DDR4 still lives on, in our heart and in our PC
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@ace_peak · 4 months ago
"It makes more sense to go with a DDR5 platform" seems a bit outdated, don't you think 😢😢
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@The7ofDiamonds · 4 months ago
I can confidently say that getting Piper Perri memed while watching a motherboard video was probably the last place I would have expected that to happen.  Well done.
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@BiggestMichael · 4 months ago
Correction for the audio section. Since I've been building aftermarket systems for friends and family, the audio chipset and wiring has for the most part have been isolated for a while now with it being separated by grounding lines durning the motherboard layering process. So electrical noise is a thing of the past. Some manufacturers even show this on their website or documentation of their boards.
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@Blazzee · 4 months ago
The B650M-E Wifi from the TUF Series of Asus Hardware is such a great board, really good value too
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@nik_evdokimov · 1 month ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVkfi0_mME&t=268">4:28</a> fun fact: you can fit a x4 PCIe slot device into a x16 PCIe slot and you'll be just fine
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@LOH3NGR1N · 4 months ago
those older tuf motherboards with the military armor cladding, especially the z77 and x99. Great designs when everything was so bare.
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@Maliktevin1643 · 4 months ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVkfi0_mME&t=146">2:26</a> CORE ULTRA i9!?!? It just called core ultra 9! 😂😂😂
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@Lightning-Gaming-YT · 4 months ago
One correction, AM5 chips the sweet spot for 6000mt/s is because most am5 chips memory controller runs at 6000. Meaning its a 1/1 ratio. 5800 or 6400 adds instability and will decrease gaming performance in video games and can lead to crashes other people dont see.
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@Leinadgriffin · 4 months ago
im using a B550M and its serving me very well
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@gamerdennison6409 · 3 months ago
Right now after extensive research and testing I only use MSI  MAG Tomahawk Motherboards in my builds.      My current build is rocking an MSI Mag Tomahawk B550 Max WIFI.  It is paired with a AMD Ryzen 7 5800x   a 64GB kit (4x16) Crucial pro DDR4 3200  CL22 ram  A 2TB M.2 NVME SSD  A 4TB sata 2.5 SSD and a 4TB 3.5 7200 rpm HDD all from WD  and a MSI Gaming X TRIO 4070 gpu.  all stuffed into a Phanteks Enthoo Pro case with custom watercooling loop.
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