smbu2000 on 06 August 2011
| JEMC said: Ok, this may sound stupid, but if your brother-in-law goes with a Sandy Bridge CPU and wants to use the onboard graphics he will have to go with a mobo based on the H67 o Z68 chipset as those are the only ones with video connection (D-sub, DVI and/or HDMI). Forget the mobos with the P55 chipset. And the same goes with the former i5 and i7, you had to buy the H55 or H57 mobos, not the P55. On the other hand, the whole range of AMD mobos has video connections. |
One more note about the Sandy Bridge cpu's as well. The desktop cpus have 2 different versions of integrated graphics. The standard SB cpu's have the Intel HD 2000 graphics, the SB cpu's with the "K" (unlocked) annotation have the more powerful Intel HD 3000 graphics. All the mobile SB cpu's have the Intel HD 3000 graphics included, I believe.
Oh and it's P67 chipset for SB cpu's. ;-p They're good if you don't plan to use the onboard video.
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