New-generation motherboard warning -- insufficient power etc....

And other items the MB manufacturers fail to mention....AMD 780G,
NVIDIA 790i, Gigabyte 680i ...........at least.......

Let the buyer beware.. read all specs thoroughly. Assume NO support if
a particular CPU is not mentioned in the "supported-CPU" list on the
manufacturer's website.

See:-

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3279

John Lewis

John Lewis wrote:
> And other items the MB manufacturers fail to mention....AMD 780G,
> NVIDIA 790i, Gigabyte 680i ...........at least.......
>
> Let the buyer beware.. read all specs thoroughly. Assume NO support if
> a particular CPU is not mentioned in the "supported-CPU" list on the
> manufacturer's website.
>
> See:-
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3279
>
> John Lewis

I caught that already, by reading between the lines on a
CPUSupport web page. It's been a while, since a motherboard
maker had the nerve to shave off a few watts on the Vcore
circuit, preventing the usage of high end processors.

http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.co...5?dmode=source

Since so many of the manufacturers chose to do that, it would
seem someone directed them to do it. I cannot imagine what
possessed them - they must have realized when they did it,
there'd be blow-back from doing something that stupid.

It is one reason, a visit to the CPUSupport web page, is one
item on the buyer check list. No matter how many times you
look, and everything is grand, there'll always be a day when
a surprise awaits...

Paul

Somewhere on teh intarweb "Paul" typed:
> John Lewis wrote:

[selective snippage]

>> Let the buyer beware.. read all specs thoroughly. Assume NO support
>> if a particular CPU is not mentioned in the "supported-CPU" list on
>> the manufacturer's website.
>
> It is one reason, a visit to the CPUSupport web page, is one
> item on the buyer check list.

Exactly. I don't see the big deal here to be honest. When enough research
was done all those boards that the guys at AnandTech blew up only blew with
CPUs that weren't on the supported list. If I'm buying a mobo with a
particular CPU in mind, either now or in the future, I check the mobo
manufacturers CPU support page. Only common sense really.

It is for this reason I bought an 8 phase PWM mobo and carefully studied
this page before buying:

http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...=P5K-E/WIFI-AP

It's up to the buyer to be sure that what they're buying is suitable for the
intended purpose, as always. I mean, the concept has been around long enough
that even the Romans had a term for it: Caveat Emptor. There's nothing new
here.

Cheers,
--
Shaun.