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Motherboard chipsets

Intel

Processors - Intel has a new series of CPUs coming out supporting the 45nm Cores. They’re still the LGA-775 Socket and should be supported by most of the current Intel motherboards with the proper BIOS update. Here’s the models:

Core 2 Quad

• QX9650 - 3.0GHz / 1333Mhz FSB / 12MB L2 Cache - MSRP $999
• Q9550 - 2.83GHz / 1333Mhz FSB / 12MB L2 Cache - MSRP $530
• Q9450 - 2.66GHz / 1333Mhz FSB / 12MB L2 Cache - MSRP $316
• Q9300 - 2.50GHz / 1333Mhz FSB / 6MB L2 Cache - MSRP $266

Core 2 Duo

• E8500 - 3.16GHz / 1333Mhz FSB / 6MB L2 Cache - MSRP $266
• E8400 - 3.01GHz / 1333Mhz FSB / 6MB L2 Cache - MSRP $183
• E8300 - 2.83GHz / 1333Mhz FSB / 6MB L2 Cache - MSRP $174
• E8200 - 2.66GHz / 1333Mhz FSB / 6MB L2 Cache - MSRP $163

Chipsets - The current Intel Chipsets you should be pretty familiar with, P35, Q33, Q35, and the newer X38. Intel is releasing a X48 Chipset to support the newer 45nm and a FSB of 1600Mhz for future unannounced CPUs. This is mostly a high-end chipset and although not officially announced, the X48 is to support DDR3 only.

Focus on buying the P35 and X38 based motherboards for your moterboard needs. This lets you know the boards that will help the upgrade path down the road because they support the newer chips right out of the box. If you are still buying P945 Chipset motherboards 6-12 Months down the road, you are going to have a hard time finding CPUs that the board will support.

AMD

Processors - AMD is a little late in the game on the Quad Core processors, but for good reason. AMD has a lot of new product coming out and currently not a lot of details on the processors specs and price. The new AMD Phenom processors are a completely re-designed core (Code named; Barcelona) and they’re coming in Dual, Triple, and Quad core flavors to meet every “Performance Per Price” Point. So far the details are thin but here’s what We have so far:

  Phenom FX - Quad-Core
• Phenom FX-91 - 2.6Ghz / 2MB L2 x 2MB L3 Cache / 125W / Socket F+ - MSRP: TBD
• Phenom FX-90 - 2.4Ghz / 2MB L2 x 2MB L3 Cache / 125W / Socket F+ - MSRP: TBD
• Phenom FX-82 - 2.6Ghz / 2MB L2 x 2MB L3 Cache / 125W / Socket AM2+ MSRP: TBD

Phenom X4 - Quad-Core

• Phenom X4 9500 - 2.2Ghz / 2MB L2 X 2MB L3 Cache / 95W - Socket AM2+ - MSRP $247
• Phenom X4 9600 - 2.4Ghz / 2MB L2 X 2MB L3 Cache / 95W - Socket AM2+ - MSRP $278
• Phenom X4 9700 - 2.6Ghz / 2MB L2 X 2MB L3 Cache / 95W - Socket AM2+ - MSRP $288

Phenom X3 - Triple-Core

• Phenom X3 7700 - 2.5Ghz / 1.5MB L2 x 2MB L3 Cache / 89W / Socket AM2+ - MSRP: TBD
• Phenom X3 7600 - 2.3Ghz / 1.5MB L2 x 2MB L3 Cache / 89W / Socket AM2+ - MSRP: TBD

Phenom X2 - Dual-Core

Nothing Confirmed as of yet, but the Phenom X2 might continue with the Athlon X2 naming structure. No models or details have been released.

CPU Sockets - This tends to get a little confusing so hopefully I can clear it up for you:

Socket AM2 Motherboards - Everyone should be familiar with Socket AM2, its the current model that being used to support the Sempron, Athlon 64, and Athlon X2 Processors

Socket AM2+ Motherboards - Although the physical socket is exactly the same as Socket AM2, the + indicates new features that are only supported by the new Phenom processors. One being a faster Hyper Transport speed (3000-5200Mt/s depending on the CPU) but feature being Split Power Lanes for the CPU and Integrated memory controller. Simply put the CPU and Memory Controller have their own “Highway” to transfer data instead of sharing a single lane in the past.

Socket AM3 Motherboards - Again, no physical difference between the socket itself, but as the 3 indicates in the name, this socket is for DDR3 memory and to support the upcoming 45nm CPUs next year.

One key thing to remember, Socket AM2+ Motherboards and Socket AM3 Motherboards are both Backwards compatible with current Athlon 64 / Athlon X2 processors, you just won’t benefit from the extra features without using a Phenom-series processor.

Socket F+ Server Motherboards - Normally Socket F is referred to the AMD Opteron server processors and the motherboards that support them. The Socket F+ however is a modified socket to support the Phenom FX desktop processors. These processors are completely different from all the other Phenom-Series CPUs. FX Processors are a pin-less design (much like the Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad) and the motherboard will support 2 processors on a single board. This means you can have 8-Cores in one system which isn’t something you normally find in the desktop market.

Chipsets - AMD’s 7-Series Chipsets will come out right around the same time as the Phenom processors and ATI 3000 Series Video Cards hit the market. There will be multiple models each design to meet different prices points and features. Here’s a couple to models to look out for:

AMD RD-770 Motherbords - Expect to see these on Micro-ATX boards mostly, these are the value series chipset with on-board video and single PCI-E 2.0 Slot

AMD RD-790 Motherboards - This is going to be more of the mainstream chipset. Build in RAID support, high-speed DDR2 DIMMs, and 1-2 PCI-E 2.0 Slot w/ Crossfire Support

AMD RD-790FX Motherboards - This is the High end AMD chipset to support the new CrossfireX platform. 3-4 PCI-E 2.0 Slot means you can have Triple or Quad-Crossfire support using the ATI HD2000/3000 Series Video Cards.

This can be a lot to processor all at once, but honestly its only going to get worse. With Intel and AMD already working on a 45nm processor and new chipset to support newer features we could see a whole new series by 2Q 2008 being ready for release. Let us know if you have any additional questions or if there’s anything we can do to help.

Also, here are 3 Socket-AM2+ Motherbrds by DFI and Asus that are being released very soon:

DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R

Asus M3A32-AVP Deluxe

Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP

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