CPU - Motherboard pairings lisitngs

[osvaldo762]

Hello everyone,

I've been searching the site, but I can't find anything that will let me determine what motherboards are compatible with which CPU's. Does such a chart exist and if so, does anyone know where it can be found?

Much help appreciated.

Thanks

 

[lunyone]

Most of your mobo's list which type of CPU "socket" type they support. This will narrow your search down a bit. From there it can get a bit interesting. Depending on which CPU you want to put into whatever mobo, this is where things get interesting.
What CPU did you want to get and what mobo were you looking at?

 

[teh_boxzor]

most motherboard manufacturers list a a "CPU SUPPORTED" list on their website...

 

[osvaldo762]

Most of your mobo's list which type of CPU "socket" type they support. This will narrow your search down a bit. From there it can get a bit interesting. Depending on which CPU you want to put into whatever mobo, this is where things get interesting.
What CPU did you want to get and what mobo were you looking at?

The reason I asked this is because I wanted a starting point to begin building my PC. I wanted to see my choices and to start comparing prices. From what I understand, the motherboard and CPU should cost the same, so I'm looking for something under $200 ($400 total)

Thanks for your help

 

[lunyone]

Well I can give you a break down of which sockets support which CPU's, but you need to give us some more information on what your build is going to be doing. If you doing basic computer tasks, i.e. surfing the web, downloading music, watching videos, encoding some movies, etc., than you won't need to spend $400 on a CPU/mobo. If your going to be doing some heavy gaming on a fairly big monitor, than getting a $200 CPU and a $100-150 mobo, might make more sense.

Intel:
s775 - Pentium 4's, P4 Duo's, C2D's, C2Q's, & C2 Etreme CPU's
s1366 - Currently the latest chipset supporting only the i7 CPU's

AMD:
s939 - Only s939 Athlon single and dual core CPU's, Semprons too (AMD is no longer making them)
AM2 - Supporting AM2 socketed Athlon single/Dual core CPU's, Semprons, & depending on the mobo they also support Phenom I CPU's (only the first generation Phenom's)
AM2/AM2+ - This is the latest out, which has been out for quite a bit. These support all AM2 chips and will support the Phenom I CPU's and some of the Phenom II CPU's, depending on which mobo you go with.

As you can see there is a lot of variables in what choices to make. If we know your total budget for all of the parts you want and what your purpose is for the build, we can help to minimize your options for you. Right now I'd recommend s775 based mobo's for a budget Intel build. I'd also recommend an AM2/AM2+ for just about any AMD build.

What is your total budget and your purpose of the build??

 

[Proximon]

The guide linked in my signature will help you out.

 

[osvaldo762]

Thanks again for your help. I want to build a gaming PC. I play shooters and a lot of real time strategy games.

I would like the price (everything included except mouse and keyboard) to be under $1500, but that list you gave me is what I needed to start.

With this in mind, which motherboard do you recommend?

 

[Proximon]

A P45 motherboard and probably for an RTS buff a quad core CPU. Q9550.

 

[osvaldo762]

Thank you guys for your help. I was able to research what I needed (and wanted). My parts should be here in a week! Crysis, here we come!

 

[lunyone]

What parts did you get??

 

[osvaldo762]

I got everything on newegg

SIGMA ZEN ZEN-WOB obsidian black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $54.99

Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor $169.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor $314.99

EVGA 896-P3-1265-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card $279.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $79.99

XFX MB-N780-ISH9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Intel Motherboard
$209.99

Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply $59.99

Rosewill RFX-120BL 120mm 2 Ball Bearing Blue LED Case Fan with Fan Controller Set $12.99

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model $23.99

4 X Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model

And finally

Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speaker System $115.99



Everything including shipping and tax came out to around $1600
I know I got a little more than I needed, but I was aiming for something a little more future proof for upgrades and such.

Thanks again dude for your help

 

[lunyone]

Well I hope for your sake the Rosewill PSU works out well. It might have 35A on the 12v rails, but their quality in the past hasn't been good. I would've got a Corsair, PCP&C, Seasonic, Antec PSU myself, but that is me.

 

[osvaldo762]

I hope it does too. It got pretty god reviews on newegg, so hopefully it shouldn't be a problem. But you know what, I did overlook something. I have 8 gigs of RAM, but if I remember. I think a 32 bit OS like XP can only handle 4 if I'm not mistaken.

Do you think I need to upgrade to a 64 bit vista?

 

[lunyone]

Yes if you want to fully use all of your RAM. The 32 bit OS will only see about 3-3.5 gb's of RAM, so you'd be losing some of it. I'd recommend Vista Home Premium 64 bit for the OS. It's going for $100 at Newegg. I'm not quite sure why you need 8 gb's, but make sure you get the 64 bit OS. It'll last much longer than the 32bit version, IMHO.