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Originally posted by jukaimessenger
Are there different motherboards made to suit different brands of cpus? e.g. a motherboard that fits athlon cpus won't fit intel cpus? I heard you have different sockets for each kind of cpu; is that correct?
Indeed. Make sure you have the right CPU for the right motherboard and visa-versa. If you're buying your parts from a store they should be able to tell you what is compatible and compatible CPUs should also be listed on the box containing the motherboard.
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Originally posted by jukaimessenger
Also I heard that e.g. athlon 2800 is only like 1.7ghz while pentium 4 is normally like 2.4 ghz or above? if pentium is so many more ghz more than athlon then why do people buy athlon?
Intel purposely designed their CPUs to provide less processing power per cycle, making them hotter and less efficient than competitive Athlons, in the aim of making the public believe that they were better. They were also ~20% more expensive. See the
Megahurtz Myth.
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Originally posted by jukaimessenger
I heard if the volts of a video card isn't the same as a motherboards then the video card won't work?
Don't worry about that. Though, make sure if you're buying a motherboard with a PCIe graphics card slot that you buy a PCIe graphics card. The same for AGP. I suggest you get a PCIe graphics card if you're looking for anything decent
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