What is the chipset?

[Kevin0k]

So i was looking at 2 motherboards that looked identical and had the same specs but the chipsets were different and i was wondering what does the chipset do and why does 1 mobo cost more than the other.

 

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/13521338/art/asus/b85m-e-socket-1150-chipse.html -ASUS B85M-E - Socket 1150 - Chipset B85                    €76

 

 

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/13521512/art/asus/h87m-e-socket-1150-chipse.html -ASUS H87M-E - Socket 1150 - Chipset H87                    €85

 

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[Coombzy]

The B85 chipset is the "budget" business option and as such is very limited compared to the other business chipsets. As such, it does not support iSIPP or vPro. Like the Q85 chipset, it has four SATA 6Gb/s ports compared to the six found on Q87. The B85 chipset is a good option for systems that need only basic functionality without the various features found in the other business chipsets.

 

The H87 chipset is very similar to Z87, but lacks a few important features including CPU overclocking. While this chipset can easily handle SLI/Crossfire configurations by allowing the 16 PCI-E lanes from the CPU to be divided into either a single x16 slot or dual x8 slots, it does not support triple SLI/Crossfire configurations.

 

 

Like Z87, H87 supports Rapid Storage Technology, Smart Response Technology (otherwise known as SSD Caching), six SATA 6Gb/s ports and six USB 3.0 ports. Unlike Z87, it adds Small Business Advantage support, but removes support for Lake Tiny (SSD caching performance and power optimization). Finally, it supports two DIMMs per memory channel so it will be able to utilize up to four sticks of RAM.

 

H87 provides most of the same features as Z87 including plenty of SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 ports. The only major features it lacks is CPU overclocking support and support for triple SLI/Crossfire configurations. Unfortunately, many motherboard manufactures attempt to push users to Z87 motherboards by limiting the number of ports and headers on their H87 motherboards. Because of this, Z87 motherboards are sometimes a better choice than H87 even when you do not need overclocking or triple SLI/Crossfire.

taken from here http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z87-H87-H81-Q87-Q85-B85-What-is-the-difference-473/

explains it in a nutshell basically :3 

[FireFox]

I think those are equally crap if you are into overclocking, I think those are mainly for all in one PC's and HTPC's, I could be wrong but I think it's something like that.

 

The Z chipsets are usually the gaming ones.

[Glenwing]

The chipset is basically the I/O controller.  It facilitates communication between the CPU and expansion buses like your SATA ports and USB ports, and pretty much all your other I/O.  Different chipsets will support different amounts of ports, so typically budget boards will use lower end chipsets and so will have less USB ports, SATA connectors, and things like that.

[Kevin0k]

The chipset is basically the I/O controller.  It facilitates communication between the CPU and expansion buses like your SATA ports and USB ports, and pretty much all your other I/O.  Different chipsets will support different amounts of ports, so typically budget boards will use lower end chipsets and so will have less USB ports, SATA connectors, and things like that.

Thanks thats all i was looking for.

[Kevin0k]

The B85 chipset is the "budget" business option and as such is very limited compared to the other business chipsets. As such, it does not support iSIPP or vPro. Like the Q85 chipset, it has four SATA 6Gb/s ports compared to the six found on Q87. The B85 chipset is a good option for systems that need only basic functionality without the various features found in the other business chipsets.

 

The H87 chipset is very similar to Z87, but lacks a few important features including CPU overclocking. While this chipset can easily handle SLI/Crossfire configurations by allowing the 16 PCI-E lanes from the CPU to be divided into either a single x16 slot or dual x8 slots, it does not support triple SLI/Crossfire configurations.

 

 

Like Z87, H87 supports Rapid Storage Technology, Smart Response Technology (otherwise known as SSD Caching), six SATA 6Gb/s ports and six USB 3.0 ports. Unlike Z87, it adds Small Business Advantage support, but removes support for Lake Tiny (SSD caching performance and power optimization). Finally, it supports two DIMMs per memory channel so it will be able to utilize up to four sticks of RAM.

 

H87 provides most of the same features as Z87 including plenty of SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 ports. The only major features it lacks is CPU overclocking support and support for triple SLI/Crossfire configurations. Unfortunately, many motherboard manufactures attempt to push users to Z87 motherboards by limiting the number of ports and headers on their H87 motherboards. Because of this, Z87 motherboards are sometimes a better choice than H87 even when you do not need overclocking or triple SLI/Crossfire.

taken from here http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z87-H87-H81-Q87-Q85-B85-What-is-the-difference-473/

explains it in a nutshell basically :3 

Thanks man, it really means a lot when you write so much just to help someone understand something.

[Coombzy]

I copied it from the website in the hyperlink just thought it would be easier than making you click the link and find it.