ok complete n00b question..but oh well

[AKIRA]

can someone give me like detailed information on processors, motherboards etc...

like people always talk about amd athelon blah blah blah n they say some number with it and i always have no idea what they're talking baout...i know like pentiums and their speeds n stuff, and i no GB's and RAM but it's just the mother boards, video cards and processors i don't know much about.

Liek what does GeForce6800 mean...does the 6800 mean anything?

Also what's all this about "chipsets" sorry for the n00b questions.:angel:

 

[Naudian]

Heh, I'm sure there's a nice big summary on what you're looking for somewhere on the net, try googling some things?

 

[Asus]

AMD uses Athlon and Sempron for most of their CPU models. Intel uses "Core" something (Core 2 Duo, Core Duo, Core Solo) and Celeron. They used to use Pentium instead of Core. Think of car companies and their car series. Honda Civic, Honda Accord, and Honda Element are a few examples. That would be like AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon XP, or AMD Sempron.

The model numbers are incremental but they dont' have to mean anything. Like Core 2 Duo E6400 is just a model name. Then there is the Core 2 Duo E6600. The model number is higher so it must be better but it doesn't stand for something. AMD on the other hand picked their Athlon 64 and Athlon XP model numbers to be familiar to the customer. An Athlon XP 3200 will perform similar to their older Athlon series running at 3.2GHz (or 3200Mhz, same thing). Some like to compare the model numbers to Pentium 4's GHz. Athlon 64 3400+ to a Pentium 3.4Ghz. It's hardly exact so you would have to read a review to see how they compare but it gives you an idea of what to expect.

Another exmaple, an ATI Radeon X1900 doesn't mean anything except that it is faster than an X1600. Then they add a suffix to further define the card (or confuse you). XT, GT, SE, Pro, Ultra etc. Car models do that too. GT, GTO, SE... Is it a deluxe model or value? The graphics market can get pretty confusing though. They have 2-3 different models based on each segment (high, mid and low). Example: X1900 is high end, X1600 is mid and X1300 is low. Now for the X1900 they have 3 different versions all in the high end. X1900XTX as premium high end, X1900XT as mid high end and X1900GT as low high end. Confused? hehe

The motherboard has a lot of connections and ports and it has to get them to talk together and the CPU. It does that with a chipset which sits in the middle of the board. Companies make and sell them just like CPUs but they don't sell them to the end user. They sell them to motherboard companies (Asus, MSI, DFI etc). Then those companies can make a motherboard. ATI and Nvidia do the same thing when they make their GFX chip and sell them to BFG, Sapphire or other companies to make their graphic cards. Obviously Intel makes their own chipset and their own motherboards. But they all have different features so you would have to read a review to see the differences. That's really the best way to determine what it offers and what's better. Read a review. You don't have to know exactly how it works or why. Just what does it do for you. But don't get caught up in marketing hype!

There is a picture of a motherboard with the chipset labeled here

 

[Naudian]

^ Look there's one right there!

 

[AKIRA]

AMD uses Athlon and Sempron for most of their CPU models. Intel uses "Core" something (Core 2 Duo, Core Duo, Core Solo) and Celeron. They used to use Pentium instead of Core. Think of car companies and their car series. Honda Civic, Honda Accord, and Honda Element are a few examples. That would be like AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon XP, or AMD Sempron.

The model numbers are incremental but they dont' have to mean anything. Like Core 2 Duo E6400 is just a model name. Then there is the Core 2 Duo E6600. The model number is higher so it must be better but it doesn't stand for something. AMD on the other hand picked their Athlon 64 and Athlon XP model numbers to be familiar to the customer. An Athlon XP 3200 will perform similar to their older Athlon series running at 3.2GHz (or 3200Mhz, same thing). Some like to compare the model numbers to Pentium 4's GHz. Athlon 64 3400+ to a Pentium 3.4Ghz. It's hardly exact so you would have to read a review to see how they compare but it gives you an idea of what to expect.

Another exmaple, an ATI Radeon X1900 doesn't mean anything except that it is faster than an X1600. Then they add a suffix to further define the card (or confuse you). XT, GT, SE, Pro, Ultra etc. Car models do that too. GT, GTO, SE... Is it a deluxe model or value? The graphics market can get pretty confusing though. They have 2-3 different models based on each segment (high, mid and low). Example: X1900 is high end, X1600 is mid and X1300 is low. Now for the X1900 they have 3 different versions all in the high end. X1900XTX as premium high end, X1900XT as mid high end and X1900GT as low high end. Confused? hehe

The motherboard has a lot of connections and ports and it has to get them to talk together and the CPU. It does that with a chipset which sits in the middle of the board. Companies make and sell them just like CPUs but they don't sell them to the end user. They sell them to motherboard companies (Asus, MSI, DFI etc). Then those companies can make a motherboard. ATI and Nvidia do the same thing when they make their GFX chip and sell them to BFG, Sapphire or other companies to make their graphic cards. Obviously Intel makes their own chipset and their own motherboards. But they all have different features so you would have to read a review to see the differences. That's really the best way to determine what it offers and what's better. Read a review. You don't have to know exactly how it works or why. Just what does it do for you. But don't get caught up in marketing hype!

There is a picture of a motherboard with the chipset labeled here

Wow, thanks a lot man that helped me out a lot!:cheers:

 

[-Psy-]

My 3200+ ran at 2.4 ghz D:

 

[The Brick]

My e6300 won't run at 6300mhz either

 

[-Psy-]

I thought Asus made a mistake D:

My bad lol.