On 11/25/2013 9:54 AM, madunix@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > I am in the process of getting multiple Desktops to run linuxfor Research > and Development, at the moment am comparing the following intel chipset > H81, Q87, Q77, H61...What is the difference?What would be best performance > issue? the ?8? chipsets are current, for the Haswell family processors (core I?-4???). The ?7? chips are for the prior Ivy Bridge, core i?-3???. I believe the 6 is for the Sandy Bridge, a couple years ago, core i?-xxx (3 digit numbers). My Ivy Bridge Core I5-3670 is in a Z77 based motherboard. the Zxx chipsets are the top line, have the best performance, and most ports and features. The H and Q are budget/economy versions, with fewer IO channels, lower performance. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos