Slot vs Socket

[Budokan]

Which one will you choose?
Slot or socket CPUs.
What are the disadvantages or advantages?

 

[AppleTalking]

Neither AMD nor Intel is producing any more Slot versions of their latest chips. Buy a socket version, it's the way everything is going these days.

Nick

 

[TheCorm]

The Slot format looked like it may be the future interface at one point but was abandoned for the more familiar socket interface ultimately

 

[NeoMadHatter]

socket, saves space. i like those better

 

[GregMal]

I agree....go with the socket......But I really like the slot 1's
better.....it's easier to install the CPU in a slotket and then
slide the slotket into the slot 1......but that's just me....
Greg

 

[ukDave]

slots look better but are sh1tter. hmmnn. not very good english...

 

[Davegod75]

socket. there will be no more slot chips

 

[4824guy]

Socket,

slot's mobo's are getting hare to find and are being phased out.

 

[Bremen]

The reason slots were used in the first place was to add extra cache. This meant the chip itself could have a smaller die size, although I guess they had problems getting cache chips... and besides, on-die cache is faster and therefore preferable. As for the assertion that slot will die out completely I am doubtful. There is still a demand for large cache proc's, and I seriously doubt either Intel or AMD are going to integrate 4MB of cache unto a chip (well... they might, then they can charge even more outrageous prices and of course with the chips where the full 4MB cache dosn't work they can sell it as 2MB or something...).



<< Neither AMD nor Intel is producing any more Slot versions of their latest chips >>



Intel still produces PIII Xeons in a slot package, as per my argument above some versions contain extra cache.