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so i know motherbaords vary in the overclocking abilty, ram speed/size, bios version....etc

 

But can mobo actually bottleneck CPU/GPU?

 

me myself, i never overclock or anything like that, so i don't need expensive motherbaord... or do I?

Nope

With MoBOs and OCing its usually due to the chipsets their running. H97 for example OCes things worse than Z97 so therefore you buy Z97 Mobos instead of H97.

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GPU no, CPU generally no but if you wanted to go for higher voltages some mobos have voltage locks and if you had a mobo with no so good power delievery or VRMs then it can cause instability so technically yes

 

But if we're talking about generally excluding overclocking, absolutely not it has no affect over performance unless you had a very old mobo with PCIe gen 1

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But can mobo actually bottleneck CPU/GPU?

 

Technically speaking - yes, but it is not actually a bottleneck, it is just how and what for the board is designed to do. However, this is really only the case with AMD boards. For example a 9590 will not perform as well on a cheapo board than a 990FX board, not to mention that it is just outright dangerous because the former has a weak VRM design and can ultimately result in a dead motherboard. This is also valid for overclocking potential. 

 

On the Intel side, the processors that are designed to work a specific chipset will run fine on all boards that support said chipset, regardless. 

 

In regard to GPU and its overclocking, not really, there is nothing on the board that could hinder its performance. 

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Nope

With MoBOs and OCing its usually due to the chipsets their running. H97 for example OCes things worse than Z97 so therefore you buy Z97 Mobos instead of H97.

 

 

GPU no, CPU generally no but if you wanted to go for higher voltages some mobos have voltage locks and if you had a mobo with no so good power delievery or VRMs then it can cause instability so technically yes

 

But if we're talking about generally excluding overclocking, absolutely not it has no affect over performance unless you had a very old mobo with PCIe gen 1

 

 

Technically speaking - yes, but it is not actually a bottleneck, it is just how and what for the board is designed to do. However, this is really only the case with AMD boards. For example a 9590 will not perform as well on a cheapo board than a 990FX board, not to mention that it is just outright dangerous because the former has a weak VRM design and can ultimately result in a dead motherboard. This is also valid for overclocking potential. 

 

On the Intel side, the processors that are designed to work a specific chipset will run fine on all boards that support said chipset, regardless. 

 

In regard to GPU and its overclocking, not really, there is nothing on the board that could hinder its performance. 

 

thanks guys, really helped :)

 

one more question, I'm not really a techy but i love computers :)

 

soon i intend to buy a new GPU so... I just put it in, install drivers and that's it? or anything else?

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thanks guys, really helped :)

 

one more question, I'm not really a techy but i love computers :)

 

soon i intend to buy a new GPU so... I just put it in, install drivers and that's it? or anything else?

 

That and you connect the PCIe power cables from the PSU ;)

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thanks guys, really helped :)

 

one more question, I'm not really a techy but i love computers :)

 

soon i intend to buy a new GPU so... I just put it in, install drivers and that's it? or anything else?

Yeah make sure to download drivers DOn't use the CD. And make sure to plug the GPU into your monitor via HDMi/VGA/DVI or whatever your using right now. 

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