I actually do not understand why the VRM's were moved from the motherboard on HW

[NEMESlS]

It makes little sense other than making the CPU hotter..

And why did they tie everything down to the damn base clock? goodnight old days of actual overclocking, i mean heck i use multi OC for my AMD PC but at least i can fine tune with a real FSB...

[tomas710]

It makes little sense other than making the CPU hotter..

And why did they tie everything down to the damn base clock? goodnight old days of actual overclocking, i mean heck i use multi OC for my AMD PC but at least i can fine tune with a real FSB...

Not a fan of the feature either, glad it's resolved on skylake, it had one advantage of putting little stress on the mobo while overclocking allowing good results on almost any motherboard, but the truth is, it doesn't matter that much

[Curufinwe_wins]

Because it mean't motherboards didn't determine your ability to overclock as much.

 

It used to be that certain mobo's were instant death to cpus and you had to pay through the mouth to get a good overclock.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Not a fan of the feature either, glad it's resolved on skylake, it had one advantage of putting little stress on the mobo while overclocking allowing good results on almost any motherboard, but the truth is, it doesn't matter that much

Not any more. The quality of computer components has increased by an insane proportion over the last 5 years.

[NEMESlS]

Because it mean't motherboards didn't determine your ability to overclock as much.

 

It used to be that certain mobo's were instant death to cpus and you had to pay through the mouth to get a good overclock.

And this is how it should be, intel's HW chips are really hot runners even Devil's Canyon vs Ivy/Sandy..

The chip should be the chip and nothing else.. to OC you need cooler temps not onboard VRM's spitting out an extra 50C of heat.

[Curufinwe_wins]

And this is how it should be, intel's HW chips are really hot runners even Devil's Canyon vs Ivy/Sandy..

The chip should be the chip and nothing else.. to OC you need cooler temps not onboard VRM's spitting out an extra 50C of heat.

And yet people complained about how expensive mobo's were and how insane it was that intel allowed mobo's to be branded one way when they were such utter trash.

 

I mean now who cares, electronics have come an insanely far way, but fuck I wouldn't go back to that in a heart beat if pre-fivr boards were still around.