A motherboard is the central printed circuit board used in many different complex electronic systems.Also known as the system board or mainboard, as well. In Apple computers, this part is referred to as the logic board.

The main goal is to connect all the hardware together like hard drives, memory modules, CPU, etc

Motherboards provide the electrical connections that other components use to communicate with one another, just like a backplane.

  • The Processor Socket
  • Memory Slots
  • Main Power Connector And The 4 Pins Connector
  • IDE, ATA And S-ATA Interface Connectors
  • Floppy Drive Connector
  • 32 bit PCI Slots, AGP And PCIe
  • Back Panel Connectors

Mother Board Host Components

  • Main memory
  • Processor
  • Graphics  Card
  • Sound card
  • LAN/Ethernet card