CompTIA A+ 220-1201 (3.5 - Motherboard Compatibility)

Intel and AMD

• Two solid CPU manufacturers

- The differences are subtle

• Cost

- AMD tends to be a bit less expensive

• Different sockets

- The motherboard is designed for a particular CPU

• Choosing a side

- Historically, AMD is value and Intel is performance

- These switch places often

Server motherboards

• Multisocket

- Supports multiple physical CPU packages

- Split the load

• Memory slots - Supports 4+ modules

• Expansion slots

- Many slots and different sizes

• Overall size

- Designed for a rack-mounted system

- Larger ATX-sized systems