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I chose the wrong motherboard on my old PC, and it doomed every upgrade that followed

… GIGABYTE B850 AORUS Elite Memory Slots 4 Memory Type DDR5 Form Factor ATX Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 7 Socket AM5 $255 at Amazon Related When buying a new motherboard, most people forget about this one detail Don't ignore the number of fan and RGB/ARGB headers on your motherboard Cheap VRMs killed my high-end CPU… …

May 19, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

I armed spare PCIe slots with cheap NVMe adapters, and they were the best quality-of-life upgrade for my PCs

… Budget motherboards tend to have limited M.2 ports And don’t even get me started on used server mobos Call me a cheapskate if you must, but I mostly go for cheap motherboards when building a new PC. …

Jul 9, 2026 · Ayush Pande

These PC building "best practices" are costing you money and doing nothing for your rig

… Related 5 PC upgrades where spending more is actually worse It's not what you expect, but thermals and stability can matter more than raw performance Never "cheap out" on the motherboard Yes, but don't go to the other extreme, either The motherboard is justifiably called the foundation of a build ,… …

May 23, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

Your motherboard's USB header can run way more than just front panel ports

… Related 8 surprising things you can plug into motherboard USB headers that aren't front panel I/O What can you use motherboard USB headers for? …

Jun 19, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

Your budget motherboard is throttling your expensive CPU, and you won't notice until it's too late

… Related 3 things I wish I knew before I filled every M.2 slot on my motherboard All that extra storage comes with trade-offs. …

Jun 29, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

Your "ultra-fast" Wi-Fi 7 card is probably running over an unshielded PCIe lane, and it shows

… The extremely fragile data states required to sustain 4096-QAM modulation are highly vulnerable to localized motherboard EMI. Shoving an unshielded M.2 network card right under a 300W-plus graphics card means your motherboard's physical layout is actively tanking your wireless packet's ability. …

Jun 18, 2026 · Jasmine Mannan

PC building is expensive in 2026, and these are the used enterprise parts I'm buying instead

… An enterprise drive with 90% health left often still has more total lifespan remaining than a brand-new consumer SSD. …

Mar 24, 2026 · Jasmine Mannan

3 things I wish I knew before I filled every M.2 slot on my motherboard

… Sign in to your XDA account When I upgraded to AM5 earlier this year, I decided to keep the Corsair MP600 PCIe 4.0 SSD I'd been using for years and bought new Gen 5 drives to fill out all the M.2 slots on my MSI MPG X870E Carbon Wi-Fi motherboard. …

Jun 26, 2026 · Hamlin Rozario

Your PC probably has an unused M.2 slot, and it's the cheapest upgrade available

… You could bring new features to your old motherboard or improve your already-capable motherboard with more advanced devices. …

Mar 28, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

I ignored these PC components for years — and it cost me way more than I thought

… Even the motherboard's power limits decide how far you can push your CPU. Then, you also need to keep the expansion capabilities and I/O stack in mind when choosing your motherboard. …

Apr 12, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

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