turkey3_scratch Expert Ambassador Jul 15, 2014 22,627 9 60,960 Aug 29, 2014 #1 It confuses me because I know the processor socket is something such as LGA1150 so what is Z97?
Solution Dark Lord of Tech Aug 29, 2014 http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z97-vs-H97-What-is-the-Difference-562/ Z97 vs H97 - What is the Difference?
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z97-vs-H97-What-is-the-Difference-562/ Z97 vs H97 - What is the Difference?
drumminandstuff93 Distinguished Jul 15, 2013 221 0 18,760 Aug 29, 2014 #2 It's the chipset which can control a wide variety of things on the motherboard and communicates with the CPU: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/z97-chipset.html Upvote 0 Downvote
It's the chipset which can control a wide variety of things on the motherboard and communicates with the CPU: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/z97-chipset.html
Dark Lord of Tech Retired Moderator Aug 18, 2009 128,817 1,871 159,590 Aug 29, 2014 Solution #3 http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z97-vs-H97-What-is-the-Difference-562/ Z97 vs H97 - What is the Difference? Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z97-vs-H97-What-is-the-Difference-562/ Z97 vs H97 - What is the Difference?
mlga91 Admirable Jul 8, 2014 2,545 0 7,960 Aug 29, 2014 #4 Z97 (and h97,h81, etc) AKA chipset is something like an intermediator, between the cpu and pci express lanes, sata drives, usb, lan, among other things. Upvote 0 Downvote
Z97 (and h97,h81, etc) AKA chipset is something like an intermediator, between the cpu and pci express lanes, sata drives, usb, lan, among other things.