Intel chipsets are already its not-so-secret weapon. Let's see... what do we do better than AMD? Chipsets! When did anybody see a chipset for an AMD processor they really trusted? Chipsets it is then. :-) >< Much snippage. You really have to read...

3 Celerons in two motherboards, one K7, and a bunch of oldie Cyrix's. As of today VIA chipsets are still a bit troublesome in particular cases, but not very with the current drivers. Stick with current NVIDIA video boards with current VIA chipsets and save...

though: Is the difference in performance between different chipsets that much? Specifically, the difference between the 770 and 790 chipset. Also the motherboard you recommended isn't available from the usual place I shop at, will have to check out other...

fine on an Asus P5Q Deluxe and a Biostar TPower I45. The chipset is what's important, not the motherboard's manufacturer. In other words, a motherboard based on an Intel X58, P45, X48 and a few other Intel chipsets will run it fine because Matrix Storage Manager...

compatible motherboard and a standard ATX case. Dell uses primarily Intel-designed motherboards, so there is a generic retail equivalent (or 99% equivalent) Intel-branded available. It is important to match up the motherboard chipsets as closely as possible....

then what motherboard chipset should I purchase based on the fact that although intel most certainly has faster cpus than amd, but the amd 780g and upcoming 780gx most certainly have better integrated graphics. How important are the onboard chipsets to the...

brings up the more important choice of motherboard chipset. While NVIDIA and their SLI setup seems to be more main stream from my understanding their motherboard chipset runs hot and isn't as good as the one offered by Intel. ATI on the other hand and the 4870...

Motherboard Chipset We will now get into the specifics of motherboard choices. When we talk about motherboards, the first and most important thing (after CPU socket) is chipset. The chipset of the motherboard will determine how the board handles all the various...

computer, remember to make sure the chipset on your motherboard is friendly to your soundcard. that is the most important area. in fact you should figure out what soundcard you want, and then get a motherboard with a chipset that works well with it. Archived...