Can I say H61 < Q77 < Q87 < H81 ? On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:24 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 11/25/2013 9:54 AM, madunix at gmail.com wrote: > > I am in the process of getting multiple Desktops to run linuxfor Research > > and Development, at the moment am comparing the following intel chipset > > H81, Q87, Q77, H61...What is the difference?What would be best > performance > > issue? > > the ?8? chipsets are current, for the Haswell family processors (core > I?-4???). The ?7? chips are for the prior Ivy Bridge, core i?-3???. > I believe the 6 is for the Sandy Bridge, a couple years ago, core i?-xxx > (3 digit numbers). My Ivy Bridge Core I5-3670 is in a Z77 based > motherboard. > > the Zxx chipsets are the top line, have the best performance, and most > ports and features. The H and Q are budget/economy versions, with > fewer IO channels, lower performance. > > > > -- > john r pierce 37N 122W > somewhere on the middle of the left coast > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >