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Old December 2nd 12, 12:11 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel,alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default The end of the road for the DIY PC?

On 29/11/2012 5:19 PM, Paul wrote:
Bug Dout wrote:
But the lack of a replaceable CPU need not doom DIY. I have a 5+ year
old DIY PC that I am considering upgrading. But since I want USB 3.0
ports,
that means I have to replace the MB anyway, and probably the case to get
external USB 3.0 ports. And maybe the disk drives to get the latest
high-speed drives there, and of course memory, to get the best.

The point being, after a couple of years, lots of things have to be
replaced, not just the CPU.


Asrock's solution from years ago, was a separate processor
module. Now, this doesn't make a lot of sense, but it gives
another idea of how to chop up hardware if required. The
FSB in that case (edge card), would be HyperTransport.
On an Intel equivalent, that might be DMI or DMI + PCIE.


They would need to come up with a standard module across multiple mobo
manufacturers.

Yousuf Khan