2012-11-30, 19:29
A soldered CPU could present a number of advantages as mentioned. The other thing is say you had a Sandy Bridge 1155 socket mobo, ivy bridge is still 1155 so you could swap but you won't get all the advantages out of the IVB as you would if you went to the new IVB chipsets, right? Chances are too if you're swapping from SB to IVB its because you need the latest and greatest too so it stands to reason you'd also be after the matching IVB mobo.
As far as the increased integration, ya all in one stuff sucks when one part fails but we already have in many cases, all the ports, graphics, sound, LAN, USB, etc integrated in the mobo. The days of filling an ATX board to get a full featured computer and long gone already, this is just one more thing.
What worries me more is that Intel makes mobos too and it sounds from the article like they surprised the other mobo makers with this announcement and want more of AMDs market share. To lose the variety of mobo makers and have AMD fall off the map would be detrimental. Choice is always good for the consumer.
The other thing these days too is things are changing because I think we've reached a point where the hardware is way beyond the needs of Joe Average computer user. If your needs are web browsing, email, watching youtube videos, facebook and the occasional word document or something and a couple games any new computer can handle that, including the one that fits in your pocket and doubles as a phone. Even serious PC gamers don't need the top of the line cpus.
As far as the increased integration, ya all in one stuff sucks when one part fails but we already have in many cases, all the ports, graphics, sound, LAN, USB, etc integrated in the mobo. The days of filling an ATX board to get a full featured computer and long gone already, this is just one more thing.
What worries me more is that Intel makes mobos too and it sounds from the article like they surprised the other mobo makers with this announcement and want more of AMDs market share. To lose the variety of mobo makers and have AMD fall off the map would be detrimental. Choice is always good for the consumer.
The other thing these days too is things are changing because I think we've reached a point where the hardware is way beyond the needs of Joe Average computer user. If your needs are web browsing, email, watching youtube videos, facebook and the occasional word document or something and a couple games any new computer can handle that, including the one that fits in your pocket and doubles as a phone. Even serious PC gamers don't need the top of the line cpus.
