The end of the road for the DIY PC?
geoff wrote:
The motherboard industry could cook up a flexible solution all on their own. ... but MB manufacturers usually work from reference hardware put out by Intel/AMD/etc. Would they be willing to produce items not covered in the reference? What does BGA really mean, one buys the MB/CPU as one item? BGA = Ball Grid Array, the CPU no longer has pins to fit into a socket, but an array of small solder balls. This is then soldered onto the mainboard. In other words: you'll buy the CPU & mainboard as a single package. Or does the whole DIY concept die and the Newegg 'Computer Hardware' section disappear? Not so fast. There are still plenty of options: graphics cards, disks, memory, additional controllers, cases, PSUs, ... Kind regard, Alex. -- "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison |
The end of the road for the DIY PC?
On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:31:30 +0100 Alexander Schreiber
wrote in Message id: : BGA = Ball Grid Array, the CPU no longer has pins to fit into a socket, but an array of small solder balls. This is then soldered onto the mainboard. In other words: you'll buy the CPU & mainboard as a single package. There are sockets that hold BGA chips. http://www.advanced.com/products/bga-socketing-systems Yes, they are very expensive now, but if implemented on a mass scale like PC motherboards, and given the ability of China to make low cost technology on a large scale, I wonder... |
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