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What even is the point of "top-tier" chipsets? Like why would one ever pay extra?
by lostmsu 4y ago
What even is the point of "top-tier" chipsets? Like why would one ever pay extra?
- Dalewyn 4y agoOverclocking capabilities (if you're into that), better build quality overall (primarily to facilitate overclocking), and more nice-to-have features and luxuries (eg: PCIE lanes) in general.
- vinyl7 4y agoGenerally higher end chipsets have more PCIe lanes, which is important if you want a GPU + NVMe drives to run at their full bandwidth
- wtallis 4y agoNah, the chipset doesn't have much to do with that anymore. AMD's current desktop CPUs provide 16 PCIe lanes for the GPU and 8 lanes for a pair of NVMe drives; the PCIe lanes provided by the chipset are in addition to those (routed through another 4 lanes from the CPU). Intel's current desktop platform provides 16+4 direct from the CPU, and routes 8 lanes to the chipset. The high-end chipsets are for people who think they still need lots of SATA ports, or lots of high-speed USB ports. Or for people who want features that are artificially restricted to only be available on boards using the high-end chipsets.
- enlyth 4y agoIt's not just about the chipset, due to market segmentation and companies trying to squeeze the most out of the consumer, basic features like 7 segment displays are missing on mobos which aren't the highest tier.