I'm looking to purchase one of these boards:
I'm also getting a SSD that supports hardware encryption, like Samsung's 840 EVO. Two questions:
1) Both boards have TPM headers and let you configure a HDD password in the BIOS. Would either board support my SSD's hardware encryption?
2) Would I need a special CPU (i7?) to use the SSD's hardware encryption, or would any LGA1150 CPU do just fine?