ARG the different types of cpu\mobo combos are annoying, help

[dan420]

I've scoured the internet looking for a good explanation on the different types of cpu "holders" (dont know their real name ). What are the different types? What is the kind that sorta looks like a PCI slot that is usually for celerons and stuff? Why dont they use those anymore? what are the modern "square" style ones called? Do both athlons and P4's use the square ones? If anyone could offer some help that'd be great...

 

[sohcrates]

slot I and slot II's were used for pII's and PIII's (they're the ones that looked like 'pci' slots)

"socket a" are used for amd thunderbirds

"socket 7" were used for older pentiums.

the reason they went back to a "socket" chipset is that they were finally able to make the L2 cache onboard the chips's dye (or is die the correct spelling?), and therefore make the entire cpu smaller as it's speed increasted. (i think). that's why p3's and stuff are much larger than the faster p4's and tbirds.

 

[henmaster]

slot 1 is the pci looking one that was used in the early celerons, all Pentium 2's, and some Pentium 3's.

The modern ones are called sockets. Actually the socket is not at all new, it was used in 486's, Pentiums, Pentium Pro's, and all of the K6 family. I believe it was used in the chips before that as well but Im not sure. Those chips, with the exception of the expensive pentium pro, had their L2 cache on the motherboard which hindered performance since it could only communicate with the cpu at the bus speed. So following that AMD and Intel moved the the slot format, in which they put the L2 cache in a cartridge with the CPU, which is why they were so big. Intel used slot 1 for its desktop cpu's, and AMD used a similar format known as slot A. Now, both AMD and Intel produce chips with the L2 cache actually on the die with the CPU... AMD's format for their thunderbird and duron line of cpus is socket A, while Intel uses socket 370 for its Pentium 3's and Celerons. The Pentium 4 uses a format known as socket 423.

 

[Buddha Bart]

here's a quick rundown of the ones your likely to encounter.

Socket7 - old, p100's to p233's and assorted cyrix/k5/k6's
SuperSocket7 - extended socket 7 to the 100mhz FSB, some are good up to a k6-600 (though i think you have to overclock to get that high.. i forget)
Slot-1 - started with the original P2's and celerons and went through newer versions all the way up to the p3 coppermine. Just now becoming obsolete (you basically can't get an 815 board in one.. .except that abit... but dont' get me started)
Slot-2 - used for p2 and early p3 xeon's.
Socket 370 PPGA - for the mendocino celerons, 366-533.
Socket 370 FCPGA - for the coppermine and celeron128's, usualy backwards compatable with PPGA
Socket 423 - The current socket for Pentium 4's
Socket 478 - what upcoming p4's will use
Socket 603 - the current socket for Pentium Xeons (aka p4 xeons)
Slot-A - original for athlons, and some very rare thunderbirds
Socket-A - current standard for thunderbird/duron and soon palomino/athlon4/athlonMP/whatever.

uh... think i got 'em.

bart