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AMD / Intel Hybrid Motherboard

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the grand-unification-theory dept.

batgirl writes "ECS has taken advantage of their recent merger with PC Chips and released an interesting take on motherboards. Using the highly portable SiS chipsets, they were able to create a motherboard that supports all kinds of processors across all platforms. The PF88 starts as an Intel socket 775 motherboard, but different expansion cards can be purchased to add support for everything from a Socket 939 Athlon64 to a Socket 479 Pentium-M. The price is right, and performance is as good as can be expected. But how many people would make use of this?"

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  1. Not me by fuzzy12345 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I generally find that by the time upgrading the CPU is cost effective, a new motherboard makes sense as part of the package. YMMV

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  2. Re:Not me; Oh but it is by wondafucka · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I generally find that by the time upgrading the CPU is cost effective, a new motherboard makes sense as part of the package. YMMV
    If this company has done it's job right, this should reduce the overall cost of the board. If vendors have to keep fewer types of boards around then they are buying fewer types, giving them a price break. By having one mainboard that is common to all daughterboards, the total cost of delivering the motherboard is cheaper (one hopes).
    My two cents.

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