Motherboard chipsets explained, including why chipsets are needed and what they do, legacy Northbridge / Southbridge chipsets, and modern platform controller hubs. Plus information on current and recent Intel and AMD chipsets and their processor compatibilities.
My previous video “Explaining PCIe cards” is here:
And the web page where Intel describes a chipset is here:
If you enjoy this video you may also be interested in these earlier ExplainingComputers episodes:
“Explaining Intel & AMD CPUs”:
“How do CPUs Work?”:
and
“The big.LITTLE CPU Revolution”:
More videos on computing and related topics can be found at
You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at:
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Motherboard interfaces
03:12 Chipset Evolution
06:18 Intel Chipsets
09:52 AMD Chipsets
11:46 The Silicon Backbone
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As some of you have noticed, in the Intel diagram from about 06:25 to 07:32, the two labels connected to the processor at the top left should be labelled "x16 PCIe 5.0" and "x4 PCIe 4.0", (not PCI as they appear). My apologies. Somehow, regardless of how many times I check things, an error insists on creeping through! 🙁 The audio correctly describes them as PCIe, as would also be inferred from the previous generic Intel schematic.
Wonderfully informative.
this is great, Ive always wondered what a chipset even was since I first learned about them
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Chris
You are great.
Keith Kuhn
I don't like this Video.
I love it.
Keith Kuhn
I ignored this when it came out, but what a great overview! Thanks as always.
Long time wasn't any video about antique laptops 😉
Thank you!
When I need a valuable academic explanation I enjoy watching ExplainingComputers 🙂 Thank you so much <3
Thanks!
Thank you for the the clear explanation 👍 I ve build since the 200 MHz Intel Celeron Generation one or another PC from scratch. I assume it's rather a question of believe than advantages whether to use AMD or Intel. As a Linux user since 2000 I always tended to AMD based systems.
Very helpful, thank you!!
How did I miss this the first time???
i dont see X chipset. and i dont know where it fits in. its high end, and yet MSI makes a gaming board.
B''H, Christ, Jesus, Amen.
Great video! But why do chipsets still exist? It should be easy for Intel and AMD to move them to the CPU now. And it wouldn't it make motherboards simpler and cheaper to design and build?
As a typical consumer, Its got to the point where I have no need for more power in my pc. The last slow thing was internet access now that's largely gone. It took while to get to this point but I'm glad we're here. And yes I am aware greater speeds and more storage space in industry or out there in the cloud will always be needed.
That is how to explain something, visually and audibly.
EC: lists modern chipsets
Me with a 13-yr. old Intel X58 system: "ooohhh!" 👀
I'll be doing upgrades on it's drive and CPU cooler soon and your older videos are helping there so yeah, subbed. 👆👍
8:07 I need to tell Intel they have to recall all B365 and X299 Mainboards then 😀
Thanks Chris, very important and critical part of understanding CPUs especially those who want to upgrade or build their own. It all starts with the motherboard and chipset that has to work with the CPU.
Moonpie aka Rich
A little late to the party, but thanks a lot. I didn't know this and seriously needed to.
Really, thanks.
Proved extremely helpful to me. Thank you Sir.
how can i make sure that i connect my devices directly to cpu? i cant find a utility that will show me this in a digestable form. all the hardware utilities group things in various ways, except a way that will let me see which devices hang off cpu or chipset. x570-a pro + 3700X.
Most informative, thanks for making this,
Excellent video. Out of 'morbid' curiosity, I wonder if the 2nd gen. H67(0) would work with a 12th gen. CPU (I phrase it that way since I've moved on from Intel – their ME backdoor had me disgusted – and who knows maybe AMD has been so stupid, but as news of an ME equivalent from AMD hasn't come out yet, I reluctantly give them the benefit of the doubt)
This is extremely helpful, I've never given much thought to these chipsets I've literally just searched for a motherboard with the right socket and the right connections I need
can you please make a video about 'Graphics cards' they really confuse me and i would really appreciate it.
Because i cant find any on your channel. so plzplzplzplzplzplzplz.
08:05 'and the last number is always zero!' *small pause
this was the funniest thing ever
Fantastic video. I am doing my research before buying a computer for VFX.
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Thank you for explaining computers. You make good videos.
Excellent! Very informative. Thank you
Such lucidity and simplicity in the explanation is a mark of your erudition Christopher. I express my gratitude to you as appreciation for your work. Bravo!!!
Thank you so much for this clearly presented and wonderfully informative video. Turns out I absolutely do not need a Z690 chipset!
Thanks a lot for the information, please do a video on BIOS & UEFI
It seems like chipsets have gotten far more complicated from the old days. All you had to check was which socket there was and either your Intel, AMD, or Cyrix would pop right in there. There was, of course, a stead march of new chipsets, but it seemed a bit slower and you had a fair chance at upgrading your cpu once or more. Now it's all very specific to CPU and manufacturer and good luck if you want to upgrade.
Thank you
well he'll check my poor ass out Orange Gold/Copper Rush much appreciated 😀 I'm trying to learn
Great vid
This is a great explanation for these modern chipset, thank you for this great video👏🏼
I wonder what the successor of PCIe will be. 🤔
Easy to understand. loved it.
Thanks, how do I know what kind of chipset I have, and is that going to be different than the type of motherboard I have, or are they the same thing?