Motherboard Buyer’s Guide: What I Learned the Hard Way

After buying and using six different montherboards in under a year (whoops), I now understand exactly what motherboard features I LOVE - and which features put me off buying a motherboard altogether.

So in this video I talk through what I NOW look for wen buying a motherboard, and why these features matter (or should be avoided).

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The individual timestamps for this video are:
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00:00 Motherboard Features I Love... And Avoid
00:19 Number Of M.2 NVMe Slots
01:39 PCIe Release Button/Latch
02:57 PCIe And M.2 Bandwidth
04:00 Gigabyte G Connector FTW
05:01 PWM and ARGB Fan Headers
06:38 BIOS Flashback
07:21 Clear CMOS Button
07:51 Thermistor Headers
08:30 Integrated IO Shields
09:03 Power Phases
09:44 USB-C Headers
10:04 LAN Speeds

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Credits
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Thanks to the following resources (sounds, images etc):

"Pop-up Sound" by BeezleFM (https://freesound.org/s/512135/ -- License: Attribution 4.0)

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A Brighter Life by Barrie Gledden, License ID: y5BmdGKjYma


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