CPU & mobo compatibility
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:11 am
Hi,
When looking for compatibility I've got to look at the socket to match it up eg LGA 2013 v3 - With the Asus X99 boards there is also compatibility with Xeon CPU's, I'm not saying all of them but a decent number.
Another curve ball is the nm of the cpu or the motherboard [lithography] something to do with efficiency and narrower circuits on the motherboard itself.
Two motherboards I've been looking at, both Asus, X99 Sabertooth 22nm & X99 Deluxe II 14nm - On the CPU support pages for CPU compatibility there are quite a number of XEONS on the list.
I got a but worried that I'd mis-understood something that could result in buying something that isn't compatible. I thought that the 22nm and 14nm may be a compatibility number - eg, if they are not the same they won't work but both mobo's & both CPU's are LGA 2011 v3
Is this just an efficiency number only and not pertaining suitability ?
A computer journalist / blogger tested out a number of Xeon chips on Asus X99 motherboards and they worked quite well even though it wasn't stated on their Asus website.
When looking for compatibility I've got to look at the socket to match it up eg LGA 2013 v3 - With the Asus X99 boards there is also compatibility with Xeon CPU's, I'm not saying all of them but a decent number.
Another curve ball is the nm of the cpu or the motherboard [lithography] something to do with efficiency and narrower circuits on the motherboard itself.
Two motherboards I've been looking at, both Asus, X99 Sabertooth 22nm & X99 Deluxe II 14nm - On the CPU support pages for CPU compatibility there are quite a number of XEONS on the list.
I got a but worried that I'd mis-understood something that could result in buying something that isn't compatible. I thought that the 22nm and 14nm may be a compatibility number - eg, if they are not the same they won't work but both mobo's & both CPU's are LGA 2011 v3
Is this just an efficiency number only and not pertaining suitability ?
A computer journalist / blogger tested out a number of Xeon chips on Asus X99 motherboards and they worked quite well even though it wasn't stated on their Asus website.