Put the CPU on a different PCB than the rest of the Mainboard?

[GhostLegion]

@amoun

It seems the ‘new’ main board, from the images, come with a heatsink and fan and memory.

If I wanted to upgrade the CPU why would I want all those periferals??

The images may not be accurate but even if they were, how else would you make the old board operate? Unless you were planning on just throwing out the old board/recycling it which seems wasteful to me unless it were truly broken.

[amoun]

@GhostLegion

Unless you were planning on just throwing out the old board

I wouldn’t buy a new board unless it failed and then I wouldn’t require the periferals.

[GhostLegion]

@amoun

I wouldn’t buy a new board unless it failed

Some will be like you, other will want to upgrade from a usable board. Either way, I don’t think the pictures are accurate. I doubt they provide RAM with purchase. The heatsink is possible though.

[Peter_Schofield]

I would have thought they should provide the heatsink/fan unit. new chip means new thermal requirements which a prior generation solution may not be correct/adequate.