Ben je niet zo thuis in de fascinerende wereld van de moederplanken? Wees niet gevreesd, Sharky heeft een guide op zijn site gedropt, speciaal voor jou! (ok, voor ons allemaal 
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For many people, the motherboard is a somewhat mysterious system component. All too often, people choose a motherboard based primarily upon price in the belief that all motherboards are essentially alike. This perception is understandable, given the fact that the motherboard appears to provide no real functionality - it doesn't store data, it doesn't do calculations and it doesn't display or print. In fact, all the motherboard appears to do is provide the communication channels between all of the various devices that actually do the real work. The motherboard is actually a very important part of your system, and has a great impact on the overall system performance. Every device in your system needs to communicate with a controller that transfers data to and from system memory where the processor can access it. This includes hard drives, floppy drives, CD-ROMs, printers, mice, keyboards, monitors… the list is long. There is also a controller that coordinates the transfer of data between the processor, cache and main memory. These controllers determine to a large degree the reliability, compatibility and performance of your entire system, with the majority of them residing on the motherboard itself.
