H55, 57, 61

[zex95966]

sorry if this is somewhere already, but I was wondering if someone could tell me the differences between all of these?

 

[de5_Roy]

h55,57 chipsets are for lga1156 cpus. you can check out the chipsets on these pages:
h55 compatible cpus
http://ark.intel.com/products/chipsets/41728?wapkw=intel+h55+express+chipset
h57 compatible cpus
http://ark.intel.com/products/chipsets/41727?wapkw=intel+h57+express+chipset
h61 chipset is for lga 1155 cpus.
http://ark.intel.com/products/chipsets/52773?wapkw=intel+h61+express+chipset
another list from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_Controller_Hub
h-series chipsets are for using integrated gpu in intel cpus. they usually don't allow cpu overclocking.

 

[zex95966]

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