Hardware naming conventions for standardization - what do they mean?

[Grepawking]

I was just reading another thread where someone was listing parts for a server and there was a response of "Too much extra junk in that. K CPU and Z motherboard? overclocking not needed
CPU cooler? No OC, not needed". I took that to mean that the K series CPU and Z series mobo are meant for overclocking - is that correct? If this is so, what is the standard naming convention for computer hardware? I looked up computer hardware naming convention(s) but the results were all geared towards individual computer names (ID's).

Does anyone know of a site or can give an explanation of how these work?

 

[IDontUnderstand]

Yes, they are referring to stuff like i5-4670K on Z87 motherboard, the combination of the two gives you the full ability to overclock.
I'm not sure what you meant by naming convention. For both Intel and AMD, K after the processor's model number means that it's unlocked (overclockable) B in Intel means business oriented, H for HTPC (I believe), M for mobility (like laptop chips)
That's just some from the top of my head.

 

[Grepawking]

Yes, they are referring to stuff like i5-4670K on Z87 motherboard, the combination of the two gives you the full ability to overclock.
I'm not sure what you meant by naming convention. For both Intel and AMD, K after the processor's model number means that it's unlocked (overclockable) B in Intel means business oriented, H for HTPC (I believe), M for mobility (like laptop chips)
That's just some from the top of my head.

That is what I was asking. By naming convention (that is what I have heard it called before) I mean how the part model number is decided. Like some motherboards that start with P or A. From that post I originally read I thought that maybe there was a reason they chose the model ID's with those letters (as you said H for HTPX, m for mobile, etc).

I didn't know if there were standards that companies followed. Thanks for the reply.