The question is pretty simple I suppose. What is the difference between the three southbridges found on AMD motherboards ? I know for one that the 600 indicates that its in the 6xx chipset line and the 700 indicates that its in the 7xx chipset line. But in real world terms, what is the difference between the three ?
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AMD SouthBridges - SB600 vs SB700 vs SB750 - whats the difference ?
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Originally posted by curaga View PostThere was some SATA slowness in the SB600. I don't remember how much, it was around ~10% slower than other chipsets IIRC, but this was fixed in SB700.
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SB600 had much slower USB performance, much less ports, and only supported SATA1.
SB700 has more & faster USB, more SATA ports, uses less power.
SB750 = SB700 with ACC (Advanced Clock Calibration) and RAID5 support.
For most users SB700 will be the ideal choice. If you want to over-clock the SB750 seems to help a lot.
I believe the SB710 is an SB750 without RAID5.
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Originally posted by SavageX View PostSB600 supports SATA2. It for sure has some USB problems, though.
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Hmm... so SB600 looks like a dead goat.
And I doubt SB700 would be useful since Linux users are usually power users and overclocking is something which many of us may be naturally be inclined to do since we use a geeky OS.
SB750 seems to have it all, but is it worth the increase in cost, by around 20-25$ compared to SB700 ?
As for SB710, I highly look forward for it, since it seems perfect. Whats its expected price ?
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