Tribute to Socket LGA775

[PeteRoy]

This thread is a tribute to Socket T LGA 775, probably the most successful socket ever made.

The first socket to have pins in the socket itself instead of the CPU

This concept was somewhat controversial when it came out, people thought Intel is trying to put the blame for bent pins on motherboard makers instead of itself, even if it was true this argument stopped completely.

Socket 775 was the home for widest CPU's range

When it started with Pentium 4 in 2004 nobody would have thought that it will also accommodate the fastest CPU's in 2008. From Pentium 4 to Pentium D and eventually Core 2 Duo and finally to Core 2 Quad, from single core to quad core in 1 socket.

Also, this socket was available to budget CPU's such as Celeron and Pentium E.

Compare this socket to other and you will see how great it is

Sockets like the 478 which only powered Pentium 4, Socket 754 that only powered Athlon 64.

4 different process technologies

Socket 775 powered CPU's from 130nm (Gallatin Extreme), 90nm (Prescott), 65nm (Conroe), to 45nm (Penryn), no other socket had gone through 4 different process technologies.

 

[postmortemIA]

intel figured out that it would be cheaper to make long-term socket rather to reinvent the wheel every time?

 

[ghost recon88]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA
intel figured out that it would be cheaper to make long-term socket rather to reinvent the wheel every time?

And for that reason we give them props :beer:

 

[Cheesetogo]

Just curious - no motherboard from the Prescott era is actually be capable of running a Penryn, right?

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
Just curious - no motherboard from the Prescott era is actually be capable of running a Penryn, right?

That is correct. As a matter of fact, many Prescott boards can't run Conroe either. This is because Socket 775 started on some old chipsets, like the Intel 915 and 945 chipset.

Nonetheless, there are also bridge products like the ASUS P5B-E, which use the Intel 965 chipset that support most Prescotts and everything in between.