Re: The end of the road for the DIY PC?

Date	Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:11:56 -0500
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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

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