marine1
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ok now next qustion whats difference between 3, 5 and 7 in those boards
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lol Here is the rundown on Intel chips and sockets.
In Nehalem (Core iX and latest Xeon), the memory controller is on-die (or integrated on the processeor package but on a separate die in the case of Clarkdale, which is Westmere architecture, the 32nm version of Nehalem), meaning that there is no northbridge memory controller (amongst other things moved to the CPU), and thus there is much better memory latency. The extra pins that LGA 1366 has over LGA 1156 is the reason why LGA 1366 i7's can run tripple channel memory. 1156 pins isn't enough to do so. LGA 1156 also has a couple of other changes, in that QPI and PCIE is done by the processor, which is why LGA 1156 doesn't support full x16 dual PCIE lanes.
As for the chips:
LGA 1366
i7 Quad core = Bloomfield, w/ HT. Turbo Boost. Tripple channel memory controller.
LGA 1156
i7 Quad Core = Lynnfield, w/ HT. Turbo Boost. Dual channel memory controller.
i5 Quad Core = Lynnfield w/ out HT. Turbo Boost. Dual channel memory controller.
i3/i5 Dual Core = Clarkdale w/ HT. Integrated GPU. No Turbo Boost, which is not very useful on a dual core. Dual channel memory controller.
So, basically the chipset difference that matters to you would be that PCIE x58 has a northbridge PCIE controller that will let you run dual x16 PCIE lanes (and supports tripple channel memory, depending on motherboard), whereas p55 only supports a single x16, or dual x8, through the CPU (and only supports dual channel memory).
In Nehalem (Core iX and latest Xeon), the memory controller is on-die (or integrated on the processeor package but on a separate die in the case of Clarkdale, which is Westmere architecture, the 32nm version of Nehalem), meaning that there is no northbridge memory controller (amongst other things moved to the CPU), and thus there is much better memory latency. The extra pins that LGA 1366 has over LGA 1156 is the reason why LGA 1366 i7's can run tripple channel memory. 1156 pins isn't enough to do so. LGA 1156 also has a couple of other changes, in that QPI and PCIE is done by the processor, which is why LGA 1156 doesn't support full x16 dual PCIE lanes.
As for the chips:
LGA 1366
i7 Quad core = Bloomfield, w/ HT. Turbo Boost. Tripple channel memory controller.
LGA 1156
i7 Quad Core = Lynnfield, w/ HT. Turbo Boost. Dual channel memory controller.
i5 Quad Core = Lynnfield w/ out HT. Turbo Boost. Dual channel memory controller.
i3/i5 Dual Core = Clarkdale w/ HT. Integrated GPU. No Turbo Boost, which is not very useful on a dual core. Dual channel memory controller.
So, basically the chipset difference that matters to you would be that PCIE x58 has a northbridge PCIE controller that will let you run dual x16 PCIE lanes (and supports tripple channel memory, depending on motherboard), whereas p55 only supports a single x16, or dual x8, through the CPU (and only supports dual channel memory).
marine1
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Thanks guys.
What is the difference between the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R and the GA-EX58-UD5R?
Also this is revision A is that not a problem?
What is the difference between the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R and the GA-EX58-UD5R?
Also this is revision A is that not a problem?
Archer
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Why has nobody asked what the OP is going to be using this for?? You pay quite a premium for X58, so if you dont intend to use a multi GPU setup why bother with X58?
Just be careful, some boards like the Asus P7P55D-E doesn't support PCIe 16x while having USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbs enabled.
By chance came across this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1419576 and remembered your post.
By chance came across this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1419576 and remembered your post.
Archer
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No P55 board will have full PCIe x16 when running USB/Sata 3 since it does share bandwidth on the CPU's built in northbridge. Unless you get a high end board with a NF200 chip dedicated to the PCIe x16 slots, but then you might as well go get a X58 board.
marine1
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And the x58? Will that have full x16?