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swapping out chipsets from a mobo
So,
Someone is telling me they got an ASUS intel chipset mobo, then had someone customize it so that it took on an AMD 8 core. Is that even possible? I thought the CPU chipset was formed INTO the motherboard and not like an interchangeable part? Something doesn't jive.
This is the mobo they say they got is this:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...217&CatId=7379
But he said they took out the intel chipset and replaced it to use this CPU:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...1&Sku=A79-8350
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Originally Posted by kujoe2002
No. This is not happening, for many reasons, but not the least of which is the fact that the two companies don't use compatible technologies between CPU and chipset, and don't use similar pin counts.
You would have to replace the CPU socket and the chipset, which requires reconnecting roughly 2011 traces to a new cpu socket, which only has 942 pins. Not to mention that intel uses a PCH "unified" 1-chip solution, while AMD is still using Northbridge/Southbridge 2-chip solutions for chipsets.
Admittedly, these days a chipset is nothing more than a way for peripherals to talk to the CPU since the memory controller and the primary PCIe controller were moved on-die. So running from the chipset is SATA, NIC, USB, and sound. But the chipset is just as unique as the CPU, and is designed to work in concert with a specific CPU series. You can't plug an AMD CPU into an Intel Chipset or vice versa. Hell, you can't even plug an old AMD CPU into a new AMD chipset. Won't work.
I'm calling bunk on this. The idea of not just changing a pin-compatible chipset (say like when Intel did minor revisions to a given chipset, allowing motherboard manufacturers to re-use existing designs), but replacing it with a competitors chipset(s) and CPU socket without destroying the board is not possible.
Quick stats on the two CPU's and chipsets involved here.
Code:
CPU
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BRAND Intel AMD
SOCKET LGA2011 AM3+
SocKET TYPE LGA PGA
PIN COUNT 2011 942
PIN LOCATION SOCKET CPU
CHIPSET:
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BRAND Intel AMD
CHIPSET X79 990FX
TYPE PCH NORTH/SOUTH BRIDGE DESIGN
SocKET TYPE mBGA FCBGA
PIN COUNT 676 692
SOUTHBRIDGE - SB950
SB SOCKET - *
SB PIN CT. - *
* I was unable to easily track down the pin count and packaging style of the SB950 portion of AMD's chipset.
Last edited by James; 07-29-2014 at 08:12 AM.
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