Any strong gaming system requires a modern motherboard because motherboards are the central hub for all your main components. Therefore, motherboards are responsible for providing the necessary resources to create a perfect balance and cooperation between every single component. You connect all your components to the motherboard during the assembly process. This is possible due to the myriad of different ports and sockets (e.g. the CPU socket, the RAM sockets, and PCIe ports) on the motherboard.
Motherboards have different sizes as they are designed to fulfil different tasks. These sizes are known as the motherboard Form Factor. Standard-ATX has been introduced to the IT world back in 1995 by Intel and turned into the most possible form factor today. microATX is another smaller but similar form factor that was also introduced by Intel back in 1996. This form factor is compatible with most ATX cases but contains less PCIe expansion slots and it is designed for less powerfull PSUs. Mini-ITX is another common form factor that has been designed by the Taiwanese VIA company for smaller Thin Client devices.
