AMD and Intel Chipset Names Explained

[@Garrettdx1988]

This was surprisingly helpful, even though I’m not buying a motherboard anytime soon.

Same thoughts here. Nice to know.

[@harithizzuddin]

Aren't we all?

[@scruff921]

We’re all looking for new pc parts , some of us just don’t know it yet …….

[@floridaman7490]

Surprisingly, I already bought a z390 motherboard yesterday, so I’m not going to upgrade sooner.

[@MuhammadIlhamuodd254512]

Ok you gonna change that processor right ?

[@programmershouse885]

def coming back to this when i build a pc. i finally figured out intel's numbering scheme for their cpus, but i couldn't figure out at all what made a motherboard cheaper or more expensive

[@e21big]

it's not just the chipset that makes mobo cheap or expensive (though it is the big part of it), there are even more expensive among Intel Z-series and AMD X-series chipset that offer more.. features, that range from something legit useful (like Bios flashback) to 'only GN would care' (like OLED display) some board of the same class are also built differently some are sturdier than others

[@werewolfmoney6602]

@@Kigoz4Life Gamers Nexus, another KZbin tech channel You should totally follow them too, they're a great group of people and their test methodology is top tier

[@kicapanmanis1060]

Intel CPU numbers are pretty straightforward to me (and no I'm not being sarcastic). And I don't even buy CPUs often.

[@killthatbeast4392]

Oof don't go intel

[@programmershouse885]

@@killthatbeast4392 ...why?

[@jablue4329]

Okay, the Ford F150 joke got me. Take your angry like, damnit.

[@SRC267]

Cries in B450M - only has two fan headers. Can't connect a 3rd top case fan unless I get a splitter cable.

[@Demonslayer20111]

Get a pwm controller/hub

[@Gabriel87100]

hey at least you don't have an A320M like me

[@Bratfalken]

Do NOT click on the link from the Instagramuser, thinking of the war Linus launched on comment spammers I would NOT ever try this, but as I have no proof I won't report it. Easier just to stay clean of it! Edit, as more of the same "comment" showed up in other replies I'm now sure it is a spam robot!

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Cries in H110m

[@Zanithos]

Silverstone makes a super cheap 1 to 8 pwm fan hub that I've used before, I'd highly suggest picking both it and a 5 pack of Arctic P12 PWM PST fans if you're looking to add some more cooling on the cheap. It's currently less than $50 for both right now.

[@GreenZapperZ]

I'm looking at mobos and CPUs to upgrade my PC currently and couldn't understand what the chipsets meant. This was rather helpful. Thanks!

[@-ghasildimagh9525]

SUNDAY TIMES : Satoshi Nakamoto wrote an Ebook, the title "1 Million Bitcoin"

[@GreenZapperZ]

@@-ghasildimagh9525 what

[@leepicgaymer5464]

@@GreenZapperZ scams

[@ASOTFAN16]

Could you guys do a video about NVidia's low latency option in their graphics driver? Like what kind of things you give up to get the lower latency, does it have a performance impact and such and is this different on GTX cards compared to RTX cards or just slower on lower end cards?

[@banztagtv]

If this is related to those settings i see in like apex with "Geforce reflux" or something like that then sure +1

[@amashaziz2212]

@@banztagtv reflex*. it's for mice

[@amb1gamermain22]

use ultra>on>off if u dont stutter. (start with ultra)

[@RyanxDunn]

@@banztagtv GeForce Reflux sounds like a great concept lol

[@Spartan-sz7km]

Low latency mode reduces input lag, there's a render queue for the GPU to render frames, low is basically 1 frame buffer while ultra is 0. Nvidia Reflex is a software that bypasses the render queue entirely and let's the CPU communicate with the GPU. Ultra usually has a small performance impact while reflex mostly doesn't have any. Between ultra and off its quite apparent, I think the best game to showcase this would be overwatch bevause of how God awful the baseline input lag the game has

[@johngaltline9933]

Riley: The numbers don't mean anything. X399: Guess I'll just leave.

[@poseidon9948]

2 years later and im still daily driving my x399

[@sultanofsick]

When I built my new AMD 5000 system, the B550 motherboard I ended up with actually had MORE I/O than X570 of comparable price (around the $200 mark). I would have had to go to the ridiculous $500 level boards to get more from X570, and IIRC, similar options existed for B550.

[@zetsubou3704]

Yeah this video should be taken with a grain of salt as some A520 motherboards also support overclocking.

[@DeNoobGamer]

if i may ask, doesnt the b450 mobo's also support the 5 5600?

[@Nekromast]

I'm always happy to see Riley in a video! Can't explain why, became a fav

[@MouathAlawadhi]

He's energetic

[@Cosplayinghuman]

@Instagram User Instagram use detected, opinion dejected

[@EmceeJoseph]

These videos are very helpful but a website with a nice library of infographics to quickly reference afterwards would be even better.

[@KeppyKep]

Fantastic, clear explanation. Great writing, Jon

[@gareth4348]

This is super helpful for someone like me, who had no idea what the numbers and letters meant

[@javierortiz82]

Nowadays you can have an AMD 5700X paired with an AMD 5700 XT, on an AMD X570 chipset not confusing at all

[@sultanofsick]

.... 5700x?

[@extremederpz4270]

Man do you mean the Ryzen 7 5800x? Or you gonna tell me what copium you using.

[@javierortiz82]

@@extremederpz4270 my bad, I meant 5700g

[@RomanBellicTaxi]

Well, how crazy the tech world is, now there IS a 5700x!

[@javierortiz82]

@@RomanBellicTaxi they called me crazy

[@shadowsteak]

The way AMD allowed AM4 to be inter-generational is what i love & appreciate..!😍

[@mediumsurmoon6283]

You spoke too soon

[@hhhapz]

@@mediumsurmoon6283 Not sure how you expected a new chipset going from PGA to LGA to stay backwards compatible

[@gekojazz798]

Me literally yesterday: mmmm I need to choose a motherboard for my first build but i know nothing about it, I wonder what those alpha-numeric codes stands for LMG: let's cover this in a video on techquickie thanks guys, this was really helpful

[@vanfly6731]

Very useful and informative video and also hilarious 😂 i never knew there was a Q variation for intel motherboards good thing the video also addressed Where/When it was used Pretty awesome video as always

[@Paulkjoss]

Was good but I feel I need more - perhaps an LTT deep dive Riley and Anthony 👍🏾

[@enox3547]

I need this information in an excel spreadsheet just to buy a new MB

[@dark_night8268]

You should do a video on graphics card names, invidia is simple ish, but amd's are more confusing

[@AndrewPL5]

They do quite often explain the difference and specs comparing different cards from both Nvidia and AMD, as well as CPU's.

[@wossle73]

Campbell's Alphabet Soup! at the end! 🤣 Good one Riley👍

[@fatildaiv8632]

0:12 "You should pay close attention to these names because they tell you what chipset the motherboard has." 0:20 _using image of ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO which doesn't include chipset in its name_

[@hiwiscifi997]

Now do this video again, but for Monitor names (Helpful vid btw, I've always struggled to find the differences between Chipsets)

[@Totorus]

Great video, for the banding on the background you can add a little bit of noise, and will look smoother. Greetings.

[@zakurocer2473]

Thanks for info I never thought that I needed to know these

[@jaumeroca9612]

This is the video that I loved most in my entire life.

[@shizzywizzy6169]

0:03 Ahh yes...the F150 chipset how could I forget

[@Picoman121]

would love one explaining different cpu naming please!!!

[@josav09]

Very useful, no more looking for motherboards based on how modern is the i/o

[@honeypeadigital]

Can we also get the CPU names decoded? Especially and.

[@gurubhaktmohit]

Great. Now only if you guys could decode Sony's mess, we could have finally be transformed into an advanced intergalactic civilization

[@kamrulahasanshanto3512]

What mess are you talking about? I am just interested to know.

[@aloisvana1487]

For example the names of their audio equipment, TVs or some cameras... just strings of numbers and letters most of which have very unclear meaning. Like say "XR-83A90J"... 83 is the screen size, but what the hell is the rest supposed to mean?

[@kvendy]

@@aloisvana1487 I find Sony's naming for cameras is very simple

[@why_tho_]

@@kvendy agreed

[@silverhand861]

That's more of a documentary at this point... They produce so many models, of so many types of products, for such a long time, that it's a massive catalogue. In fairness to them, their naming is great for cataloguing. Terrible for marketing though, as names like "WH1000mx4" lacks the simplicity and impact of things like "Thunderbolt", "Retina display", etc. Seems to work for them though. They might have enough credibility and recognizability that customers see past it?

[@lmaooxdd3899]

1:34 bro, thats an AMD motherboard

[@edwin_terrones]

I recently had to learn chipsets since I had to do a bios update, turns out they are super important! Or your windows won’t update if the bios version is to old. Lol

[@adan342]

The intro was awesome!

[@wesleyer9380]

it seems i only do a pc upgrade when amd does a socket change, so i'm excited for am5

[@danielcunha6813]

Thank you so much for this, I have had trouble for some time understanding the intel chipset naming scheme so this was an amazing help!

[@reddcube]

Thanks Riley, I never know how to pronounce "HBQZ" or "ABX"

[@Xmakes]

Thanks! This is first time I have understand motherboard naming!

[@RayMak]

I'm learning a lot

[@ivanvalverde7018]

F-150 was pretty funny to be the intro.

[@SamVenning]

I get so excited when I see there is a new video featuring Riley! 😊 😜

[@ironfistalexander3246]

this was really helpful. it really is needlessly complicated, like amd adding 2 extra numbers for no reason

[@lekhontaz2234]

This was really a good explanation.

[@thesexman6337]

i feel my brain expanding thank you !

[@frostail5623]

I cant believe it took so long to make this useful video. well done guys I learned a lot!

[@SyCoREAPER]

Very helpful! They really over complicated it and you explained it all in about 5 minutes.

[@SyCoREAPER]

@ZyklonBeezy FINAL Intel you want a MB starting with B or H. If you want to overclock you want one starting with a Z. The first Number indicates which Intel Gen processor you have (it's by codename, so if you have a 12th Gen CPU, it's Adler Lake, which according this means the first number is a 6. If you have a 11th gen it would start with a 5, and down, etc.. Second number tells you how "advanced" features the motherboard will have, only consider a 6 or up. And the third number will always be 0 and irrelevant. So an actual example. Say you have a 12th Gen processor and you want to overclock. You want at least a Z660 (which doesn't exist) so you'd get a Z690. If you don't want to overclock you'd get a B or H board which would be B660 or better, B670, B680, B690, etc.. some of the numbers I wrote may not exist but I'm using it for clarification. AMD is a lot simpler. Only get an X. The first number means which processor you have. So if you have a Zen 3 CPU such as a Ryzen 5000 series the number will be 5. So Again, AMD is really simple. Just look for an AMD motherboard labeled X570.

[@ayoub4180]

@@SyCoREAPER thanks!

[@GusGusMatt]

Finally a mobo naming guide!!! WOOO

[@superninja2022]

This is informative. Will watch this video again if need. Thanks!

[@kondgeo]

Luckily pricing helps always to understand positioning of motherboards. More money more features 😊

[@shohan282]

yes but...if you don't check will those features be compatible with your other parts then you will face bottleneck and hence wastage of those extra money.

[@violettiplady3113]

Thank you! This helps more than you know. I am studying all about making can to make one. I think AMD X range is what I’m looking for so I’ll go and have a look at their website and read up on what is on offer

[@kwarkon1]

Third number is not always 0 . Just check for example Gigabyte product list and you will see X299, B365, C621, C606, C236, C232, c246......

[@MegaMech]

Ah, computing with captain keys. Never gets old.

[@kiarieamos]

next up please explain Xeon, generations and everything

[@BadwolfGaming5]

I use AMP by cube coders. And yes its great and pretty easy. Their support line is very helpful also!

[@randomstuff508]

Literally planning a big upgrade for my PC and one of the things was a motherboard. This was a godsend.

[@psionx1]

keep in mind AMD X470 and below have 24 or less PCI-E lanes. where as B550 has 26 and X570 has 40 to 36 depending on CPU used.

[@OmarFW]

The optane snark is delicious.

[@sen7073]

Thanks for the explanation, its really helps. If you don't mind, could you make a video of Mice Sensor Names Explained please? thanks

[@gnpaone]

You forgot about mobile chipset motherboards like Intel HM370 for 9th gen and HM470 for 10th gen mobile CPUs

[@guyman1570]

He specifically said he was talking about the desktop motherboards, like within the first 30 seconds.

i would love a f150 chipset

[@GoodKingMody]

I was gonna go for the F150, good to know it only runs Deisel Lake CPUs. Thanks for the info!

[@brice5569]

Thank you for doing this episode !!!

[@garudaos]

3:36 wow i didn't know my motherboard was this fancy

[@andreyllosa9106]

Very informative indeed thank you I've always wondered what those letters and numbers meant in those motherboards!

[@j_c771]

4 million subs congrats ltt🥳🥳

[@emike09]

You forgot about Intel's X series chipsets. Come on Riley!!!! Get with the game!

[@lilv728]

I love that Riley always sounds sarcastic

[@DanielDaAbadSukarno]

I don't have any idea Q about series is, thx for explanation it very helpful 😅

[@derwissenskiosk8041]

I genuinely needed that video now... If build my last PC in 2015 and it fells like everyone losing there minds on Modelnames and generation markings. I would say that i'm not that ethusiastic about my pre build research as back then, but still it droped onto me like back of sand. The one Topic where everyone would cheer up about if AMD and Intel would have just meet for Tea to work this out, so that even ones without a full libary of Motherboard history, could understand. And they stapped us ones again...

[@eldibs]

I can't believe any company still charges extra for overclocking. It's pure anti-consumer garbage. Imagine having to pay extra for a phone that can charge via car charger, or a calculator that can use the number 6.

[@pierreuntel1970]

Advanced user who have the money to buy beefy cooler surely can put a little extra for overclocking

[@eldibs]

That is the worst possible excuse. "You're an advanced user, you can afford to pay more for features it should already have." That's like saying advanced drivers can afford to pay extra for a car that can shift into second gear.

[@pierreuntel1970]

@@eldibs I mean... on the other side, this will give lower end user cheaper? Hardware.... I don't know because this is very common in high end equipment like oscilloscope, you pay for the device itself is pretty cheap but the license for use its advanced function will cost more than the device itself

[@eldibs]

They are definitely not lowering the prices on the the lower end hardware, just raising the price on the higher end, because they can get away with it. At least with things like high-end A/V and lab equipment, they can justify it with how much money you can make by using the equipment, but for consumer-grade hardware to have certain features locked just to upsell, it's not right.

[@reypolyo]

Glad I watched this. Now I know which mobo I would buy. Great video, very helpful and informative.

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

Riley how I know which motherboards support downloading more RAM please?

[@mordecaiepsilon]

I love that he probably wrote that F150 joke and read the script over a few times before filming and still couldn't help but laugh I think I laughed too hard at that joke

[@kamrulahasanshanto3512]

Really helpful, thank you guys.

[@Faruq-xn4gj]

4:54 On AMD chipset while other two numbers is not mean anything it's psychology useful for for non tech literate customer, higher number mean better and more feature.

[@kawag2780]

Will you be doing an update on laptop SKUs as well? Current gen Alder lake has the new 4 digit + P naming such as the Intel Core i7-1280P. Although it might not age well since the previous gen Tiger Lake with their 11xxGx naming only lasted for 2 years.

[@ashleybrand-benee4013]

I beg, now do one for gpu family’s and how old each family is!

[@perk7542]

Hi! Could you please make a video addressing the various brands names for GPUs and other hardware? Such as, ASUS TUF, Prime, ROG etc. Or MSI Ventus, Gaming X etc. I don't think people really know what these mean and why they're priced so differently. New PC enthusiasts NEED this explained! PLEASE!

[@MightyWinz]

I agree, but it’s mostly just a matter of fans.

[@mixeddrinks8100]

Intel: just buy Z AMD: just buy X if only someone would make a Y! XYZ would be the pinnacle of all chipset!

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

_looks at Nvidia_ That's your cue.

[@AayushyaNavani]

Thanks for this video it was helpful for me:-)

[@yr6sport418]

Thanks.. i just start to comeback build a pc. So helpful.

[@systemreset9410]

The numbers Mason, what do they mean?

[@hedonistic_mushroom]

It took me over a year before I deciphered which boards were Intel platforms and AMD. At some point I had to ask someone if there were Intel B550 boards?

[@Masterrunescapeer]

Most proper online tech stores have a filter for selecting the correct socket, so pick a CPU, tick the socket, then pick the mobo, though check both Intel and AMD within a ~$100 range, since AMD motherboards are typically cheaper than Intel depending on region.

[@shivajaiswal985]

Why not talk about the last words that the motherboard company mentions like B760M D2H, B760M-P, B760M PRO RS, B760 GAMING AC, B760M DS3H, B760M DS3H AX, B760M-A (specially for this one), B760-PLUS, B790 GAMING X AX.

[@shivajaiswal985]

You have explained about the chipsets now explain this.

[@sheikhgadgetsgaming]

Thanks bro....

[@matsroscam]

I never understood so little of a video and still felt smarter afterwards

[@Twingotwongi]

I have an old 4690k setup, with Asus B85 PRO-Gamer mobo and it has the multiplier overcloking feature. I overcloked it to 4,7GHz and it works really good.

[@man0reboot517]

Thanks Brother Understanding is under processor Number Latter.........

[@lukeernst2101]

Well I’ve already bought a motherboard and won’t upgrade for a while, but I’m sure I’ll remember this helpful video in 5 years

[@Darkrealm7]

My friend picked out my X570 board for me and this makes me want to thank him all over again

[@BSSKRFT3RS43]

I did not expect that F150.. LMAO

[@atomictem5725]

Can you guys do HDMI next. Please.

[@charleshines1553]

I at least like nVidia for not having a lot of confusing counterintuitive names. After all, who would ever guess an RX 560 would be similar to a GTX 960 in performance? I am glad I did some searching before ever buying since I am not too familiar with AMD GPUs.

[@Surgeplus]

Just one thing. Some Zen 1 motherboards could also support Zen 2 CPUs with a BIOS update. For example, I have an X370 board which was designed for Ryzen 1000 and 2000. But after a BIOS update, I can run a Ryzen 5 3600 on it just fine. I just won't be able to take advantage of all of the newer CPU's features.

[@techheck3358]

he says that ^^

[@ronaldvinuth7349]

Liked your explanation. Thanks

[@youtubesilv9199]

this video is so necesary, thank you

[@nuwanrajapakshe3234]

I love these videos. Please keep them coming!

[@russel7766]

Put Riley in a lab coat and it'll be like he's describing Objects of Power in Control

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

I'm enjoying my X570 chipset and plan to stay put for a long time

[@badluckpoppy]

Have you covered what does it mean to have RAID something storage?

[@yeetso8788]

this was the one naming scheme of computer hardware that i didn't understand, like i understood what 12900k meant, and what a 5700 xt was, but i never understood the naming schemes of the motherboards.

[@BGB17]

Great vid. Will forget. Will read box.