The ASRock N3150B-ITX comes with only one PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot.
We missed a Mini PCI Express slot (to install a Wi-Fi card) and an M.2 slot (that would allow you to install an SSD module on the motherboard).
Figure 2: slots
Is it possible to build a Mini-ITX motherboard with nearly all the features usually found only in high-end gamer motherboards? ASUS proved it is, with the MAXIMUS VI IMPACT, a Mini-ITX socket LGA1150 motherboard full of surprises. Check it out!
Our review of ASUS M2N32-SLI De Luxe, the most high-end socket AM2 motherboard from ASUS based on NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI chipset, which supports SLI technology, targeted to the new Athlon 64 CPUs supporting DDR2 memory.
The latest mainstream socket 1156 motherboard from ASRock, P55 Extreme4, comes with four SATA-600 and four USB 3.0 ports. Let’s take a look at it.
The Maximus VI HERO is a top mid-range motherboard from ASUS based on the new Intel Z87 chipset, targeted to socket LGA1150 processors based on the new “Haswell” microarchitecture. Let’s check it out.
The Z77-HD4 is the latest entry-level socket LGA1155 motherboard from Gigabyte. Let’s check it out.
Let’s take an overall look at Gigabyte’s high-end motherboard for Core i7 processors based on Intel X58 chipset.