Blazkowicz
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Ah yes, they do this for VT-d, ECC support and other fringe things (TxT, vPro). A non-K CPU enables back most of it, and for ECC you have to get down to core i3.
They do market segmentation at every step, on the high end they don't want you to get away with running a 4.5GHz CPU on the cheapest Z77 or Z87 motherboard and get all these "pro" features.
They do market segmentation at every step, on the high end they don't want you to get away with running a 4.5GHz CPU on the cheapest Z77 or Z87 motherboard and get all these "pro" features.