MOTHERBOARD NAMING
motherboards board naming scheme are mildy confusing between intel and amd.
the naming scheme is used describe the size,performance,wifi capablity and
generation of the CPUs supported.
Prefix alphabet
the alphabet prefix is used to indicate the tier of the motherboard
- A - indicates low-tier boards for AMD
- H - indicates low-tier boards for Intel
- B - indicates mid-tier boards for both amd and intel
- X - High-end boards for AMD
- Z - High-end boards for Intel
the low-end board has no overclocking and might have less memoryslots,the mid-tier board has most of the highend borads but still most
dosnt have overclocking,High-end borads mostly have overclocking features.X-in intel is more higher tier than z tier.TR is same as X in intel higher tier than x tier.
Left Most digit
this digit used to indicate generation of the motherboard and also generation of the CPUs supported
higher the number latest it is and has more features
- 4## and 5## are AM4 platform of AMD
- 6## and 8## are AM5 platform of AMD
- 6## and 7## are LGA 1700 platform of Intel
- 8## are LGA 1851 platform of Intel
Platform Supported CPUs
AM4 platform support AMD 3000series, 4000series, 5000series.
the AM5 platform support AMD 7000series,8000series and latest 9000series
LGA 1700 platform of Intel support 12th , 13th , 14th generations.
LGA 1851 platform of Intel support latest Intel Core Ultra 200 series.
Last Two Digits
the last Two Digits ofent indicate the same thing as the prefix alphabet but it sometime used to diffrentiate between Intel and AMD when the prifix is same
- #20 - indicates low-tier boards for AMD
- #10 - indicates low-tier boards for Intel
- #50 - indicates mid-tier boards for AMD
- #60 - indicates mid-tier boards for Intel
- #70 - indicates High-end boards for AMD
- #90 - indicates High-end boards for Intel
Wifi conectivity
most of motherboard dosn't have wifi car unless it says AC/AX or unless it specifically says wifi supported
Size of Motherboards
- mini ITX - smallest one
- mATX - slightly smaller
- ATX - Regular size
- XL-ATX/SSI EEB - bigger than ATX
- E-ATX - biggest
the mATX is also know as micro ATX is best value for money.ITX is smallest board, great for small form
factor cases but normally has less gadgets and room for stuff
E-ATX is used for workstation
