Maintaining a custom gaming rig is not an easy task because as a gamer you will be intimidated to upgrade your machine as each time you research the market, you find many new products each with more inspiring features. Few things to note when you are upgrading your desktop motherboard, it is to make that it will support the processor and other hardware parts that exist in your system or in the list of your planned specification There are motherboards available and for compatibility you need to look at the socket types and the on-board chipset, the most commonly used sockets includes the 1155, 1156, 1366, AM3 Plus, 2011 X79.
Let’s explore the popular motherboards according their classification based on chipsets.
New PC Motherboards with Z77 chipset
Z77 chipset provides offers LGA 1155 socket which is compatible with the third generation core i processors from Intel, that serves comptible with models with either Ivy Bridge or a Sandy Bridge architecture. The most popular motherboards with Z77 chipset includes the Asus Z77 deluxe, PB Z77-V LX and Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H.
Reliable Gaming with X58 Chipset Motherboard
The X58 chipset architecture suits the processors that are compatible with 1366 sockets, the success of this chipset can be seen from the moderate cost and the satisfaction level of the gamers. The best selling gaming models under the X58 chipset class of motherboards includes the MSI LGA 1366, Gigabyte Intel X58, ASUS LGA 1366 Republic of Gamers ATX Motherboard.
Best Motherboards with Z68 Chipset
Motherboards powered with Z68 chipsets had been huge hit till the start of 2012 but started to decline due to introduction of newer chipsets namely the H77, Z75, Z77 etc. The most popular motherboard in 2012 is ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 due it its compatibility to IVy Bridge and enchanced PCI for a faster communication with the installed cards.
Top Rated P67 Chipset Motherboards
Basically built to suit the Sandy Birdge CPUs that can be installed in 1155 socket types, so these chipsets are only compatible to Intel and lacks the support for any AMD variants. The successful p67 chipset motherboard of the year is ASUS Sabertooth. Offers more that just a LGA 1155 socket, support DDR3 memory bus to handle loads of 32GB system RAM, USB 3.0 and 2.0 connectivity.
Gaming Motherboards AMD AM3 Plus Chipset
AMD motherboards suits a large consumer groups who want to take advantage of their budgeted CPU for gaming needs. AM3/ AM3+ chipset comes in the scene to provide compatiblity for bulldozer architecture processors. The top models in the AM3 chipset includes the ASUS Sabertooth 99FX, M5A99X Evo, Gigabyte GA-970A-D3
