Intel is likely one of the greatest names in laptop {hardware}, although should you ask most individuals what the corporate makes, they’re going to solely be capable to say processors. Barely extra educated individuals may say one thing about RAM or Wi-Fi playing cards, however only a few will say motherboards. Round a decade in the past, Intel determined to wind down its motherboard manufacturing operations. The corporate as a substitute prefers to produce chipsets to different producers, equivalent to ASUS, MSI, et al.
Regardless of this, Intel does nonetheless manufacture some boards, although they’re unlikely to be the type any dwelling PC builder will use. As a substitute, these are bare-bones items of package designed for older programs. In mild of that, except you are overly captivated with utilizing a Pentium Processor and a few sticks of DDR2 RAM in your construct, we would not advocate certainly one of Intel’s in-house boards.
Whereas the boards are a fully horrible selection for anybody constructing a contemporary rig, they do nonetheless serve a function. Older {hardware} continues to be in use all all over the world, serving its function adequately, and sustaining it with elements like these is cheaper and simpler than upgrading it to one thing fashionable. Intel ranks final on our listing as a result of, whereas its chipsets are the idea for a few of the greatest boards round, it solely produces a restricted quantity of fairly out of date tech in-house.
