The motherboard is likely one of the most integral items of the PC constructing puzzle as a result of your alternative of board solutions a ton of questions for you earlier than you even get began with the rest. It determines which processor era and from which producer you are going to be selecting from, it determines what sort of storage you may select, and it’ll have a big impact on what your PC seems like.
And I do not even simply imply when it comes to type issue—although teeny mini-ITX mainboards right through to monstrous prolonged ATX mobos affect what dimension case you may construct into—as a result of your board can come as festooned with LEDs as any mechanical keyboard of the previous decade. And have a ton of aRGB connections on them, too.
Although relative efficiency between completely different boards on the identical chipset has nearly completely plateaued, there’s nonetheless an enormous quantity of distinction between motherboards when it comes to characteristic set, reminiscence help, and particularly energy componentry.
We have reviewed many alternative boards within the newest AMD and Intel chipsets this yr, and lots of them have been superb (if damned costly), however solely three have an opportunity to win its personal PC Gamer {Hardware} Award. And the nominations are…
The very best motherboard of 2023: the nominees
The winner of the PC Gamer {Hardware} Award for the very best motherboard shall be introduced on New 12 months’s Eve. All three of those motherboards are in with a shot of taking dwelling the massive prize, so tune in to search out out which one it will be.
