Should CPU/Sockets be colour coded?

[jihe]

Not for the first time I've seen someone horribly mangled the pins in their 115X motherboard by trying to force an incompatible CPU in. Now that Intel has been producing CPU's with extremely similar pin counts, (not to mention the horrible 2011, 2011-1, 2011-3 sockets), should Intel/Motherboard produces use colours so that red CPUs go into red sockets, blue into blue, etc?

 

[Lonyo]

They should just either give them distinct names, AMD style (but less screwy), or not mention the socket pins and go by chipset.

 

[NTMBK]

If people can't read the "Supported CPU List" for their motherboard, then they shouldn't be messing around with CPU upgrades in the first place.

 

[ShintaiDK]

If people can't read the "Supported CPU List" for their motherboard, then they shouldn't be messing around with CPU upgrades in the first place.

^^ This.

 

[dark zero]

If people can't read the "Supported CPU List" for their motherboard, then they shouldn't be messing around with CPU upgrades in the first place.

But reading tons of text ends to be boring to the newbies. Also there is the fact that in some countries people don't have Internet.

 

[dealcorn]

Should Intel also add texture to signal ECC support, stripes for V-Pro, stars for BIOS version required, and colored sparklies for really special features? How we protect the color blind under this schema?

 

[jihe]

Should Intel also add texture to signal ECC support, stripes for V-Pro, stars for BIOS version required, and colored sparklies for really special features? How we protect the color blind under this schema?

At least those won't break your hardware.

 

[pcgeek11]

You cannot idiot proof anything. When you think you have made something idiot proof along comes a better idiot.

 

[ViRGE]

It's not a bad idea, to be honest. Easy to implement, and Intel changes sockets slowly enough that it would take well over a decade to run out of major colors.

 

[Burpo]

You cannot idiot proof anything. When you think you have made something idiot proof along comes a better idiot.

Bingo! Idiot rebuilds account for 0.067% of the market

 

[VirtualLarry]

If people can't read the "Supported CPU List" for their motherboard, then they shouldn't be messing around with CPU upgrades in the first place.

Totally agree.

Edit: I'm actually more concerned of the talk that Skylake E3 Xeons may no longer drop into consumer-chipset motherboards. That would be a new, and heretofore unforeseen incompatibility. Maybe colors aren't so bad of an idea after all...

 

[dark zero]

Totally agree.

Edit: I'm actually more concerned of the talk that Skylake E3 Xeons may no longer drop into consumer-chipset motherboards. That would be a new, and heretofore unforeseen incompatibility. Maybe colors aren't so bad of an idea after all...

And if AMD moves to LGA, it would be even worse than expected... so is better to have the color /braille pattern to help it.

 

[Rakehellion]

It would be nice if socket type was printed on the CPU and board. There are just way too many now.

 

[ShintaiDK]

The solution isn't to colour sockets or something else. The solution in that case would be to remove the socket. Assuming the answer wouldn't be to "Go buy a Dell".

 

[frogspawn]

Personally I think its a damn good idea. It most total sense . I think its a great idea.

 

[Charlie98]

It would be nice if socket type was printed on the CPU and board. There are just way too many now.

In most cases (all that I have seen, but it seems like there is always an exception...) mobos have such labeling. Personally, I wish they would put the CPU data on the CPU lid in such a way you didn't have to use a microscope to see it...

 

[master_shake_]

It would be nice if socket type was printed on the CPU and board. There are just way too many now.

really?

 

[dark zero]

The solution isn't to colour sockets or something else. The solution in that case would be to remove the socket..

Oh crap.... that is FAR worse than expecting... so why the hell did you bought a 6700K if it comes with SOCKET?
You should have waited for the soldered version WITHOUT any chance to add dGPU and live with only Intel iGPU.

Your dream can't be true since Intel is no longer making mainboards to the consumers.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Oh crap.... that is FAR worse than expecting... so why the hell did you bought a 6700K if it comes with SOCKET?
You should have waited for the soldered version WITHOUT any chance to add dGPU and live with only Intel iGPU.

Your dream can't be true since Intel is no longer making mainboards to the consumers.

You just flame post and nothing else. At least stop cutting the quotes to change the context.

If someone cant put a CPU in a socket, colour coding it wont help. They either need someone else to do it for them or not having the option at all.

 

[VirtualLarry]

If someone cant put a CPU in a socket, colour coding it wont help. They either need someone else to do it for them or not having the option at all.

Bring back SLOT-1, it was brain-dead simple to plug in!

 

[ClockHound]

Bring back SLOT-1, it was brain-dead simple to plug in!

Great idea! Maybe sex it up a bit, call it: SLOT-1 TwoPointOh.

 

[sm625]

If people can't read the "Supported CPU List" for their motherboard, then they shouldn't be messing around with CPU upgrades in the first place.

My current CPU isnt on my motherboard's CPU support list. It is obviously working.

 

[dark zero]

You just flame post and nothing else. At least stop cutting the quotes to change the context.

If someone cant put a CPU in a socket, colour coding it wont help. They either need someone else to do it for them or not having the option at all.

And with that just confirms that what you said was right... You want to see only soldered crap?
You know that on soldered chips if the MoBo dies, everything dies too? And that happens a lot on Celerons N...

 

[MrTeal]

But reading tons of text ends to be boring to the newbies. Also there is the fact that in some countries people don't have Internet.

No country on Earth has no access to Internet, but playing along...

How many people would you think are assembling computers from components in countries with no Internet access, but are newbies who are too lazy to read instructions? I don't need an exact number, +/- 100% is fine here.

 

[dark zero]

No country on Earth has no access to Internet, but playing along...

You understimate Africa and Latam really heavily... The world is not USA BTW