Can the Asus H110M-A Bottleneck an i5 CPU ?

[JeanPaul__DM]

Ok, so a friend an I were shopping for all the parts for my friend's first gaming PC.

 

He choosed an i3 6100 and the Asus H110M-A to be his mobo since he wanted a skylake "budget" rig. At some point, the salesman told us that if my friend wanted to upgrade his CPU for an i5 in the future he will need to buy a better motherboard since the H110M-A will bottleneck the new CPU.

 

Is that true? Can a low-end motherboard bottleneck a CPU?

 

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

he's trying to bullshit you so that you'll come back and spend unnecessary money, motherboards don't bottleneck cpus(unless its a non-z170 with an k-series cpu). i'd buy the parts somewhere else with better ethics imo.

[DrM]

not at all. all sockets are the same. it just lacks some features like a few more expansion slots if you get another gpu or pcie ssd, usb header, and overclocking if you upgrade to a k series cpu, but thats about it. the keyword here is salesman, meaning hes trying to get more sales and spouting bs to do so

[PRTI]

LOLOLOLOL,hes shitting larger dips than a horse

[iLoiter]

I agree with the guy above, motherboard has little to no difference IF you had a overclockable CPU. The bullshit is real.

[glitchmaster0001]

motherboards dont affect FPS, unless something is wrong with them then it will. one time my p35 board had a bad power delivery so the CPU was not getting enough volts so all the games i played it would have a board bottleneck since something was broken in the power delivery system of that board. otherwise if it wasnt busted then the board is NOT a bottleneck. 

[flibberdipper]

That guy is so stupid he should be fired.

[glitchmaster0001]

1 minute ago, tmcclelland455 said:

That guy is so stupid he should be fired.

sadly its what people have to do in marketing... the frys electronics i work all the sales reps dont know jack shit and if they do they just scam people with a smile on their face just for the extra commissions they get off it 

[flibberdipper]

Just now, glitchmaster0001 said:

sadly its what people have to do in marketing... the frys electronics i work all the sales reps dont know jack shit and if they do they just scam people with a smile on their face just for the extra commissions they get off it 

So incredibly true it's sad.

[glitchmaster0001]

6 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

So incredibly true it's sad.

thats why when i work there im always honest. even if that means i dont get the commissions bonus. then other people recommend me whenever they come to the frys i work at and look for me for advice and consultant. though i plan to quit soon since the work ethics there is just horrible. i cannot take part in this unethical business practices since management wont do shit about it and they actually ENCOURAGE and tell us to do these shady practices too. 

[JeanPaul__DM]

Thank you so much for all your help.

 

The sad thing in this story is that the salesman is a friend of mine.

 

The nice thing is that since he is a friend he gave us a good discount on all the hardware we bought

[FPS-Russia]

If i press space bar on keyboard my motherboard become Chernobyl and bottleneck nature.