Chipsets Explained for Beginners - Northbridge and Southbridge

What are Chipsets? In this video we explain what a Chipset is, how it works, and how it integrates with other internal and external components.

The Northbridge and Southbridge chipsets, make up the core logic chipset of a computer. Watch the video to learn more.

Be sure to leave any questions or comments below!

[AndreasVictorsson]

Thanks Amanda!
Known computers for decades but never really understood where the north and south bridges were, or what they were.

[aureumhabat]

Thank you, I now can actually understand what those two random heat sinks on my motherboards are, it’s the chipsets, awesome!

[RM-xsci]

Ignore the "outdated" comments. If you're working in IT, you can expect to work with vast systems. Not every company will have the latest technology, especially within government. It is better to be well-rounded. I came to this video because I was asked about Northbridge and Southbridge, and I didn't know the answer. Instead of chalking it off, I chose to learn about it.

[RedVRCC]

I've heard these terms thrown around by expert builders before and I was curious cause I've only worked with modern hardware when building my gaming PC. Thanks for this clarification! Was genuinely curious about it.

[LeCommeiLFaut]

Actually not correct, South Bridge controls all on a Motherboard: Gpu, Ram and Especially CPU, if your chipset goes malfanction, your GPU will be not detected, or you will have issue with Ram, and overall perfomance can be tripple cutted. I don't know why always does and says that Chipset does nothing with GPU CPU and Ram, it's kinda frustrating... + within chipset we have Intel ME it controls whole pc

[RednetworkblogNetPlus]

We are soon in 2021. Your video was released in august 2020. It's been more than 8 years now the NorthBridge vanished from the Chipset architecture. You are more than 8 years late. And I won't even talk about the fact you dared talk about the ISA bus, which died more than 25 years ago.

[bedtime_story]

LECTURER:__"But.. the North Bridge is actually more Important than the South Bridge. "
SOUTH BRIDGE:__ Shuts down
COMPUTER:__ Fails to turn on
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C'mon they are all Important 🙄🙄🙄🙄