Beta Request the Web's Best

10 Best Motherboards for 1

Gear

How Wize Works

Wize gathers millions of user and expert reviews from websites like Amazon.com, Walmart, and CNET and rates the best products for how people want to use them.

Find out more
User Photos

What To Look For

Why We Recommend These Products

Out of thousands of reviews for 114 products, over 1,000 people recommended Motherboards specifically for 1. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 eVGA nForce 650i ULTRA 122-CK-NF66-T1
eVGA nForce 650i ULTRA (122-CK-NF66-T1) Motherboard $119 Compare Prices
  • Socket LGA775
  • Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Intel Core2 Quad
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
114 People Recommend
"it think giving a product 1 egg due to doa isn't fair.…"

- Shankbuster at Newegg.com

"it says detecting array, now i have 1 hd and i have raid disabled in bios, the technician from evga told me it could just be a bug...…"

- Newegg.com User

"no 1394-never needed it!!…"

- Newegg.com User


No 2 Abit iP35 Pro 843323000223
Abit iP35 Pro (843323000223) Motherboard $280 Compare Prices
  • Reliable
  • Easy To Install
  • Socket LGA775
  • Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium, Intel Celeron D, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad
  • Released 1 year ago
88 People Recommend
"i did have to make one adjustment for the voltage for the ram i had purchased (g skill 2 gig) to 1.9v so that dual channel would work, otherwise it's a great motherboard so far.…"

- N/A at Newegg.com

"i have to extend the eps 12v cable over the motherboard and cards to get it to the eight-pin plug at the top of the system, and the four-pin auxillary molex connector is situated between the pci…"

- Thallium at Newegg.com

"my case has a hard drive cage right around where the sata ports connect, so it's sort of a struggle as you have to bend your sata cable about 180 degress to try to wiggle it into the port.…"

- Slow-Poke at Newegg.com


No 3 Intel DP35DP
Intel DP35DP Motherboard $96 - $130 Compare Prices
  • Socket LGA775
  • Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium D, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Quad, Intel Quad Core Xeon
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
37 People Recommend
"intel's site clearly states that it requires 1.8volt memory.…"

- Newegg.com User

"this motherboard is a great buy for casual users who are not thinking of overclocking or don't mind that only 1.8v memory seems to be the only way to max out your memory, the mother board does work…"

- Amazon.com User

"it has 7.1 dolby sound capabilites (haven't tried it).…"

- Newegg.com User


No 4 Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 1.0 AMD Socket AM2 MicroATX
Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 (1.0) AMD Socket AM2 MicroATX Motherboard / Audio / Video / PCI Express / Gigabit $86 Compare Prices
  • Socket AM2
  • Released 1 year ago
36 People Recommend
"another system built using this motherboard, the athlon 64 x2 4200+, 2gb centon ddr2 800mhz memory, seagate 160gb sata drive and the diablotek case with keyboard and mouse.…"

- Tigerdirect.com User

"it has pretty much everything you need for a system upgrade right on the motherboard: 1 pata connector for your optical drives, 4 sata, ethernet, sound, and video.…"

- Newegg.com User

"should have had an 5 rating and it came out as a 1.…"

- esw01407 at Newegg.com


No 5 ASUS M2R32-MVP
ASUS (M2R32-MVP) Motherboard $94 - $115 Compare Prices
  • Socket AM2
  • Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
33 People Recommend
"it wouldn't post if i had more that 1 stick of ram.…"

- Newegg.com User

"it does have some compatibility issues with creative x-fi sound cards (my system wouldnt boot at all with one in the pci slot) but works with a soundblaster live 5.1, lol.…"

- Newegg.com User

"another reason it is so fast is because i'm using athlon 64 x2 6000+ processor, 4 gb of wintec ampx 1gb sticks dual channel, 150 gb 10k rpm hard drive, asus 2600xt 256 mb video card.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 6 Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H
Gigabyte (GA-MA69G-S3H) Motherboard $103 Compare Prices
  • Socket AM2
  • Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
25 People Recommend
"other thoughts: amd 5k be on this board with no oc still gets a windows rating of 5.1 on all but video (it's not a 3d vpu).…"

- J at Newegg.com

"i also don't like how its crossfire able but you have to use one pci 16 and a pci 4/1 card with it.…"

- JasonFMX at Newegg.com

"displays vista 64 bit media center in all it's 1080p glory.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 7 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 - motherboard - ATX - iX38 Compare Prices
  • Released 1 year ago
14 People Recommend
"summary: my 1st entire system upgrade from abit icg-max3;p4 3.4gig:ati x850xt agp, ddr 400 sata raid 0.…"

- Mwave.com User

"this is a ddr2 board, you can use ddr2 800 memory although it is rated for 1066…"

- Newegg.com User

"after 1 month worth of research, comparing diferent models and brands including asus striker xtreme and intel's biggest and baddest i am happy to see that this was clearly the right choice.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 8 Intel DG31PR
Intel (DG31PR) Motherboard $60 - $70 Compare Prices
  • Socket LGA775
  • Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Quad
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
13 People Recommend
"$74 and 1)it supports sata 2, 2)has really good audio quality for an onboard card, 3)supports powerful processors right out the box(mine is e6850)even though on intel's website it said that the…"

- grandia01 at Cnet.com

"yes it does take only 1.8 volt ddr2 ram.…"

- Tigerdirect.com User

"tehn you won't suffer an id-10t error…"

- Tigerdirect.com User


No 9 Intel DG33BU UATX DDR2 800 GBE LAN VIIV 1333MHZ
Intel DG33BU UATX DDR2 800 GBE LAN VIIV 1333MHZ CLASSIC MOTHERBOARD (BOXDG33BUC) $95 - $122 Compare Prices
  • Released 1 year ago
9 People Recommend
"if you need the features of the g33 (1333mhz bus, onboard video, onboard gigabit ethernet) in this form factor, it does fine.…"

- Newegg.com User

"other thoughts: newegg's description of this board is wrong; it supports ddr2 667 (for a 1333mhz fsb), not ddr3.…"

- Newegg.com User

"the bios is larger than 1.44mb and must be put on a cd to do it this way.…"

- thematrix at Newegg.com


No 10 Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H
Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H - motherboard - micro ATX - iG33 Compare Prices
  • Released 1 year ago
7 People Recommend
"i have it hooked up to a sony kdl-46xbr4 - 46" lcd tv 1080p (fullhd) with windows vista ultimate and the sound & picture is amazing.…"

- Newegg.com User

"full load with cpu temp @40c, cup to memory ratio 1:1…"

- Newegg.com User

"pci express 16 only runs at x4.…"

- Newegg.com User


Compare Top Motherboards for 1 All 1 Motherboard Products

Can't find what you're looking for?

?
Best Motherboards for
For example: Best Motherboards for "Gaming Rig", "Msi", "Graphics]", "Crossfire" or "Desktop".


How Are We Doing?

Have a comment? Found a bug? Have a great idea for the site? Good or bad, we love hearing from people who use Wize so we can make the site even better based on your feedback.

Tell us what you think

© Wize, Inc.

Wize.com wants to improve! Will you please help by taking a quick survey?

Yes! Take me there.

No Thanks