With the official release of the H370/B360/H310 motherboard chipset, it means that we are saying goodbye to the absurd times that the 8th generation Core Core can only be used with the Z370 motherboard, which means that we can assemble more hosts with both performance and price.
However, this may also cause some consumers to wonder. What kind of motherboard is better suited to the 8th generation Core I bought? Today, Xiaobian will analyze it with you, and let everyone see how to buy the right Intel 300 series motherboard. Also avoid spending money.
The difference between the four chip sets
Chipset parameters summary:
We can simply see that the scalability of the four chipsets is decreasing from Z370, H370, B360, and H310 in turn. Of course, their motherboard prices are also decreasing in turn. After all, the biggest difference between the chip sets is the difference in expansion capabilities. .
Of course, we can also find that the 370 motherboard does not have the full range of other chipsets. The reason is very simple. The Z370 motherboard chipset is the vest of the Z270 motherboard chipset. Therefore, we can easily see that the Z370 motherboard and other motherboards are basically not A family, many new motherboard chipset technologies such as the native USB 3.1 Gen2 interface it does not.
So where did the original Z370 motherboard chipset go? Presumably many of the ombudsmen know that Intel announced the Z390 motherboard chipset a few days ago. In fact, it is the real Z370 motherboard chipset. Of course it has no products yet. We are here. It will not be discussed first.
However, after reading such parameters, there may be many observers who feel that they are unclear. Here we will briefly analyze what the main parameters mean.
PCIe 3.0 bus number
PCI-Express is a general-purpose bus specification that has now been upgraded to the third generation, commonly known as the PCIe 3.0 channel number. A PCIe 3.0 channel bandwidth is 8Gbps, we generally refer to PCIe 3.0 X 1, two are PCIe 3.0 X 2.
Now all the internal hardware of the computer is interconnected with the CPU through the PCIe channel for data exchange, such as graphics cards, sound cards, and NVMe SSDs, so the number of PCIe 3.0 channels will directly affect the number of interconnected hardware within the platform.
For example, if you want to install two top-level graphics cards and two full-speed NVMe SSDs, a top-level graphics card needs to occupy PCIe 3.0 X 16 channels to avoid bandwidth bottlenecks.
A full-speed NVMe SSD needs to occupy PCIe 3.0 X 4 channels. At this time, it needs to occupy 40 channels. Only the Z370 motherboard chipset (16 CPUs directly connected to PCIe 3.0+24 chipset to PCIe 3.0) can Meet your needs.
But if I only need to connect a video card, I just need to use SATA SSD. At this time, the number of PCIe 3.0 bus lines of the H310 motherboard chipset is more than enough for me.
Overclocking function
All along, Intel's motherboards only have Z-Series and X-Series motherboards that are open for overclocking, so if you want to experience the fun of CPU overclocking, you can only buy Z-Series or X-Series motherboards.
Speaking of the X-Series motherboards here, it may not be easy for the monitor to generate a lot of doubts. This is where the motherboard chipset popped up. In fact, the X-Series motherboard chipset is an Intel enthusiast-grade platform, which is the i9-7980XE. Those who are provided to the ultimate enthusiasts or consumers with special needs, have nothing to do with most users.
Number of I/O channels
Let's take a look at what is an I/O interface. The I/O interface is called Input/Output Interface. It refers to the input/output interface.
The PCIe bus is a channel used by various hardware data exchanges inside the computer. They are very fast. The I/O channel is the channel for data exchange between the computer and external devices. They are relatively slow, because the external devices of the mouse and keyboard do not need to be too With high bandwidth, their data transmission and running speed are too slow compared to the CPU.
So what is the effect of the number of I/O channels is also well understood. It directly determines how many U-disks you can plug in, how many monitors and other peripherals.
New Technology Analysis and Summary USB Interface and Native USB Interface
Currently, the USB interfaces on the motherboard are mainly divided into three types. One is a USB 2.0 interface, the interface bandwidth is 480Mbps, and the other is a USB 3.1 Gen1 interface (also known as USB 3.0). Its theoretical bandwidth is 5Gbps. USB 3.1 Gen2 (abbreviated USB 3.1), theoretical bandwidth up to 10Gbps.
The theoretical bandwidth of the interface is naturally as high as possible. For example, we have a USB 3.0 USB disk, but the motherboard only has a USB 2.0 interface. At this time, the transmission speed of the computer and U disk is limited by the highest transmission speed of the computer USB interface. Go to about 20MB/s!
However, many motherboards may add a third-party USB interface. The third-party USB interface is a USB interface controlled by a USB host chip provided by a third party (such as Xiang Shuo). They need to be installed before the driver can be used normally.
In contrast, the native chipset USB interface is used. The native USB interface of the chipset can be used normally without installing additional drivers. It eliminates a lot of trouble and improves the user experience. Therefore, it is natural for small white consumers. That is the native interface is better, otherwise it will produce the question 'Why does my computer have some USB interface?'
Interestingly, in addition to the Z370 and the low-end chipset H310, other Intel 300 series motherboard chipsets provide native USB 3.1 Gen2 interfaces.
CNVi wireless network card technology
CNVi is Intel's next-generation wireless network card technology. In the MAC (Bluetooth and WIFI module) part of the chipset integrated wireless network card, the host can get rid of the traditional external wireless network card, reducing the PCIe and USB channel occupancy.
This is Intel's development of a new wireless network card specification, its greatest role is to reduce the cost of wireless network card, wireless network card design can also be more simple, allowing consumers to use low-cost to the network card using 2x2 802.11ac Wave2 protocol, these The theoretical bandwidth of the network card reaches 1734Mbps, which is twice the theoretical transmission bandwidth of 2X2 802.11AC.
2x2 802.11ac Wave2 supports multiple input and multiple output, that is, it can connect several devices to transmit and access data at the same time. That is, the computer can receive wireless network, and can also act as a WIFI transmitter or WIFI signal booster, which is very convenient.
Now many high-end H370/B360 motherboard models (especially ITX motherboard models) are pre-installed with 2x2 802.11ac Wave2 protocol cards, which is a boon for ITX console consumers.
Conclusion
Now we can conclude that the motherboard's chipset determines the motherboard's expansion capabilities, how many graphics cards can be plugged in, peripherals, can insert M.2 SSD, AOpen memory, etc., so we can according to their own needs how much hardware and external Suppose you don't need to use these hardware to decide which type of motherboard you want to buy. After all, you can save a lot of money by purchasing a low-end chipset motherboard.
Some netizens may ask, 'Will there be a very powerful H310 motherboard, hang the Z370 motherboard?'
Obviously impossible, although motherboard makers can design their own extensions, but the motherboard chipset can provide the PCIe bus, etc. determine the number of motherboard vendors to play in space, there is a saying that is good, clever women can not be without straw.
Then some netizens may ask, will the chipset affect CPU performance? Here, Xiaobian can tell you that different chipsets will definitely not affect the performance of the CPU! So why sometimes the CPU is on different motherboards? What is the difference in performance?
This is related to the motherboard vendor's BIOS tuning capabilities. They may overclock the processor intelligently. This has nothing to do with the chipset.
Among the four chipsets, although the Z370 chipset is only the previous generation's vest chipset, it is the only chipset that can provide overclocking capability because it has the best development capabilities of the four. Therefore, everyone is buying the high-end K-series 8 generations. When Core Duo can only choose it.
The H370 chipset is relatively slim. To extend the performance than the Z370, it is more affordable and more expensive than the B360. The new features it has compared to the Z370 are not useful to most consumers. Therefore, it is generally not recommended. The H310 chipset is Suitable for those who have no desire for expansion, only need a motherboard that can install CPU.
The B360 chipset is the most suitable chipset for most consumers. It has an affordable price and ample margin for expansion. It is more balanced.
