The motherboard also known as the main board or system board or planar board. It contains most of the important components, including the chipset, which controls essential functions inside a Computer. The key components of a motherboard are CPU socket / slot, BIOS - ROM chip, Chipset (North / South Bridge or memory and I/O Controller hubs), Expansion slots, and Memory area - SIMMs or DIMMs. The motherboard directly interacts with other components of the Computer, and is responsible for the stability, feature support, expandability and upgrading ability of any system to a maximum extent.
Irrespective of the upgrade you consider, the motherboard must be taken into consideration first. It must be checked whether the motherboard supports additional memory and whether it supports latest processor and hard drives, does it have the spare slot for the upgrade?
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