Are you putting together an Intel-based desktop PC? Sooner or later you will be able to select the right mainboard, also known as motherboard or motherboard. The chipset that is soldered onto it connects all of your PC’s components together. In addition to the RAM, SSD and graphics adapter, this also includes the CPU, which sits in a socket on the motherboard. The chipset often also comes with its own functions, for example network adapters.
The CPU socket and chipset of the mainboard must match the CPU. That’s why we first get an overview of Intel’s current desktop CPUs, compare the chipsets that Intel offers for them and then come to the specific product recommendations.
Intel’s chipsets for Raptor Lake S and Alder Lake S
Processors of both generations require a motherboard with an Intel LGA 1700 socket. This is the component in which the CPU is located and makes contact with the mainboard. You can find these motherboards with different chipsets in stores. From our point of view, the Z690 and the B660 are particularly interesting. They were released at the same time as Alder Lake S, but also work with Raptor Lake S CPUs – assuming a UEFI update.
One of the latest chipsets is the Z790, which Intel launched together with Raptor Lake S. It is more expensive than its predecessor, the Z690, but offers only slightly more performance. Anyone planning a system based on a Raptor Lake S CPU is often better off with one of the two 600 series chipsets. Conversely, there is nothing that stands in the way of using Alder Lake S processors on a Z790 mainboard.
Source: www.connect.de
