Chipsets?!

[Yali]

Well i'm new to Intel Chipsets, so I dont under stand them...

So could you tell me wich chipsets meant for what?

H97

Z97

Z87

H87

Q87

B85

Q85

H81

So just wondering bout oc'ing and important stuff

Thx so much!

 

-yali

[Devon_Pearce]

if your wanting to OC then i suggest you stick to Z series boards. Z97 is a good set as it offers up to date features and CPU support

[Guest]

Z is for overclocking

H is Z but without OC'ing

The rest is fucking shit.

[Florb]

Z for Overclocking, H for Basic, Numbers are basically generation and feature support; i.e. 97/87 > 81, etc. Xs are for enthusiast chips, i.e. Haswell-E 

[ApolloX75]

Z97/Z87 are the overclocker and high performance feature sets. Only ones you can OC a k series on.

H97/H87 are the high end regular chipsets with more consumer grade features and some overclocking features.

The rest are basic business and low end chipsets for running cheap and lightweight. They're reliable but don't expect a lot of high end features.

[SkilledRebuilds]

You cant use memory faster than 1600mhz in a H board, even with using XMP.

You need a Z board.

[DigitalHermit]

Z is for overclocking

H is Z but without OC'ing

The rest is fucking shit.

 

Depending on mobo manufacturer H and B boards can have limited overclocking ability...

[Yali]

Oh ok nice, and do you know what the differnece between Z97 / Z87

[Guest]

Oh ok nice, and do you know what the differnece between Z97 / Z87

 

Z97 is for the Haswell Refresh series, Z87 works too, but you'd need to update the BIOS.

Just go with Z97.

[Yali]

Z97/Z87 are the overclocker and high performance feature sets. Only ones you can OC a k series on.

H97/H87 are the high end regular chipsets with more consumer grade features and some overclocking features.

The rest are basic business and low end chipsets for running cheap and lightweight. They're reliable but don't expect a lot of high end features.

So overclocking a Intel Pentium G3258 on a AsRock B85M-HDS isn't a thing is it?

[Yali]

Z97 is for the Haswell Refresh series, Z87 works too, but you'd need to update the BIOS.

Just go with Z97.

Ok nice! Thx

[bomerr]

So overclocking a Intel Pentium G3258 on a AsRock B85M-HDS isn't a thing is it?

Are you broke? cuz that's a crappy CPU.

 

Don't get anything lower than a 4690k w/ Z97 mobo. 

[harrynowl]

 

There's also H81 which is a cheap chipset with minimal features, which is designed for home users.

[typographie]

So overclocking a Intel Pentium G3258 on a AsRock B85M-HDS isn't a thing is it?

 

It's not supposed to be. I've heard that certain motherboard manufacturers have allowed multiplier adjustments on lower-end chipsets recently in defiance of Intel's specifications, but I wouldn't want to rely on it.

 

It's also worth noting that most of the lesser chipsets allow the CPU's 16 PCIe lanes to be used only in 1x16 mode. Z97 allows 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 and 2x4, so Z97 is needed if you want to use SLI or Crossfire.

http://ark.intel.com/products/82010/Intel-DH82H97-PCH

http://ark.intel.com/products/82012/Intel-DH82Z97-PCH

[ApolloX75]

So overclocking a Intel Pentium G3258 on a AsRock B85M-HDS isn't a thing is it?

Depends on the BIOS setup, but AsRock is one of the better ones so it wouldn't surprise me if you could. Most boards can overclock the G3258. Some older H87s can overclock K series chips. They got rid of that ability in H97.

[Yali]

Ok thx peeps!

[Yali]

Are you broke? cuz that's a crappy CPU.

 

Don't get anything lower than a 4690k w/ Z97 mobo. 

I'm a student. SO YUP

[bomerr]

I'm a student. SO YUP

better off just saving ur money an extra month to afford a better produdct. 

[Yali]

better off just saving ur money an extra month to afford a better produdct. 

Nope. You clearly dont have any idea what i need it for, how the cpu runs or any other xperience. I hope you look at some benchmarks and then come back to me and apologize.

[typographie]

Nope. You clearly dont have any idea what i need it for, how the cpu runs or any other xperience. I hope you look at some benchmarks and then come back to me and apologize.

 

The G3258 is very solid in some games, and experiences quite a bit of frame time latency in others. Some newer games—like two —won't start up at all with a pure dual-core. I don't think the G3258 deserves all the hate it gets around here, but all the same it would be better to get one of the cheaper i3's if at all possible.

 

The games you plan to play are a huge factor in this. If this is mainly a League of Legends/Starcraft II/WoW machine, the G3258 is going to do really well. Less so in a lot of newer games.

[Yali]

The G3258 is very solid in some games, and experiences quite a bit of frame time latency in others. Some newer games—like two —won't start up at all with a pure dual-core. I don't think the G3258 deserve all the hate it gets around here, but all the same it would be better to get one of the cheaper i3's if at all possible.

 

well im also a bit curios how its gona perform, so 70 bucks isnt that much

[bomerr]

well im also a bit curios how its gona perform, so 70 bucks isnt that much

In America we say cheap pays twice. 

[harrynowl]

well im also a bit curios how its gona perform, so 70 bucks isnt that much

I'm using a G3258 as I'm not a massive gamer, I mainly play CS:GO and I've spent some time on the new WoW expansion. I can play both of those just fine, but forget things like BF4. Skyim, hearthstone and league also run fine.

 

G3258 is a pretty solid chip for a "mainstream" gamer (as mainstream games are designed to run on mainstream PCs, which isn't i7+980). But most of the time the i3 4150 is the more consistent and safer bet.