Intel Platform Compatibility Guide Number

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:23 pm    Post subject: Intel Platform Compatibility Guide Number Reply with quote

From 2004 to 2009 Intel used a PCG # on motherboards (and retail processors) to show the thermal and power requirements)

You see this marked on CPUs after the speed specs like /04A 05B etc

I always wondered what all of them meant, so I found this
Useful really

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Useful information, thank you!
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So that's what that means! I always wondered that too.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chook wrote:
So that's what that means! I always wondered that too.


haha yah, lol saw it on some NIB processors I got, so gave me enough to search for

funny they just used the year the spec was introduced, as the spec LOL

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