Best thing to do is simply do a search and you'll find tons of information on this and
some will not be too
technical for you if you look around. In layman's terms, it's sort of the 'brains' of
a board. You find them
in motherboards, video cards, sound cards, etc. A bit more technical; it is an
integrated set of VLSI chips
that perform all of the vital functions of a computer system, including the functions
that once required
separate chips. The types of devices replaced by the chipset. They are usually about
1.25" square, thin, and
next to the CPU slot or socket. Sometimes there is a heatsink covering them up.
The intel 810 is part of the intel 800 series boards (800, 810, 820). There has been
some problems with these
and intel has recalled more than a million of them. The intel 440BX chipset is still
about the best going even
though it's been out for a long time. Extremely stable, great for overclocking. It
is great for PII and PIII
cpu's. (I personally use a Soyo mobo w/440BX chipset, and a PIII 600e running @800mhz
on it). 440LX and 440EX
are some older ones from intel, not of the reliability or quality of the 440BX. The
440ZX has become very
popular with Celeron CPU's and it's a pretty good one. SiS & ALi are not among the
best out there, for one
reason, SiS uses "shared memory architecture" (as it's called) in most cases (on board
built in video, etc).
You can see an image of a chipset here.
http://orpheuscomputing.com/images2/7via71a.jpg In this example, it has a green
heatsink on it (in between the
horizontal brown slot & the 2 thinner black horiz slots below it). This is a mobo for
an Athlon slot 'A' cpu.
AMD makes sets for some boards that are made for Athlon CPU's (AMD760 series) and they
are quite good. Some
others are the AMD640, 686, many others.
VIA Apollo is another popular brand, there are really dozens of more manufacturers out
there. It all boils
down to what type of CPU you want and the style, as in for example; 'slot 1', 'socket
370' or 'flip chip
FCPGA' for intel CPU's.....'slot A' or 'socket A' for new AMD CPU's (Athlon, Duron,
Tbird), and so on.....they
each have their own respective chipsets that they "like" better than others.
-Clint
http://orpheuscomputing.com
Clint Hamilton, Owner
Orpheus Audio/Video & Computing
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
I see "Intel 810 chipset" in most PC specs, but today as I was comparing
specs (before making a purchase), I came across "SiS 630". I like to know
what exactly is a chipset ? And in what way does it affect my purchase
decision. I tried looking on the Net for answers but I guess it's too
technical for my understanding.
I hope I am not starting a debate here , just a hardware novice in doubt.
Thanks a lot,
Jackie
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