Intel is likely one of the greatest names in laptop {hardware}, although in the event you ask most individuals what the corporate makes, they’re going to solely be capable of say processors. Barely extra educated folks can also 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 provide chipsets to different producers, corresponding to ASUS, MSI, et al.
Regardless of this, Intel does nonetheless manufacture some boards, although they’re unlikely to be the sort any residence PC builder will use. As an alternative, these are bare-bones items of equipment designed for older techniques. In mild of that, until you are overly obsessed with utilizing a Pentium Processor and a few sticks of DDR2 RAM in your construct, we would not advocate one in every of Intel’s in-house boards.
Whereas the boards are a completely horrible alternative for anybody constructing a contemporary rig, they do nonetheless serve a objective. Older {hardware} continues to be in use all around the globe, serving its objective adequately, and sustaining it with elements like these is cheaper and simpler than upgrading it to one thing trendy. Intel ranks final on our listing as a result of, whereas its chipsets are the premise for a few of the greatest boards round, it solely produces a restricted quantity of fairly out of date tech in-house.
