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com/user/larrydmi ==== ==== The Computer Hardware that allows for all the great inovations in tech and is the most crucial is the PC motherboard. The PC motherboard, or sometimes called by other names such as Mainboard comes in differant socket types and chipsets, the socket type allows you to install a certain processor such as Intel or AMD brand. In the early days of computers in the late 1980s Intel used a few differant sockets like socket 1 and then socket 2 the details look like this below Socket name Year of introduction Year of End Of Life CPU families Package Pin count Pin pitch Bus speed Notes DIP 1970s Still available Intel 8086 Intel 8088 DIP 40 2.54mm 5/10 MHz PLCC ? Still available Intel 80186 Intel 80286 Intel 80386 PLCC 68, 132 1.27mm 640 MHz Socket 1 1989 ? Intel 80486 PGA 169 ? 1650 MHz Socket 2 ? ? Intel 80486 PGA 238 ? 1650 MHz Socket 3 1991 ? Intel 80486 PGA 237 ? 1650 MHz Socket 4 ? ? Intel Pentium PGA 273 ? 6066 MHz Socket 5 ? ? Intel Pentium AMD K5 IDT WinChip C6 IDT WinChip 2 PGA 320 ? 5066 MHz Socket 6 ? ? Intel 80486 PGA 235 ? ? Socket 7 1994 ? Intel Pentium Intel Pentium MMX AMD K6 PGA 321 ? 5066 MHz Super Socket 7 1998 ? AMD K6-2 AMD K6-III Rise mP6 Cyrix MII PGA 321 ? 66100 MHz Socket 8 1995 ? Intel Pentium Pro PGA 387 ? 6066 MHz Slot 1 1997 ? Intel Pentium II Intel Pentium III Slot 242 ? 66133 MHz Celeron (Covington, Mendocino) Pentium II (Klamath) Pentium III (Katmai)- all versions Pentium III (coppermine) Slot 2 1998 ? Intel Pentium II Xeon Slot 330 ? 100133 MHz

Socket 463/ Socket NexGen ? ? NexGen Nx586 PGA 463 ? ? Socket 499 ? ? Alpha 21164A Slot 587 ? ? Slot A 1999 ? AMD Athlon Slot 242 ? 100 MHz Slot B ? ? Alpha 21264 Slot 587 ? ? Socket 370 1999 ? Intel Pentium III Intel Celeron VIA Cyrix III VIA C3 PGA 370 1.27mm[1] 66133 MHz Socket 462/ Socket A 2000 ? AMD Athlon AMD Duron AMD Athlon XP AMD Athlon XP-M AMD Athlon MP AMD Sempron PGA 462 ? 100200 MHz This is a double data rate bus having a 400 MT/s (megatransfers/second) fsb in the later models Socket 423 2000 ? Intel Pentium 4 PGA 423 1mm[2] 400 MT/s (100 MHz) Willamette core only Socket 478/ Socket N 2000 ? Intel Pentium 4 Intel Celeron Intel Pentium 4 EE Intel Pentium 4 M PGA 478 1.27mm[3] 400800 MT/s (100200 MHz) Socket 495 2000 ? Intel Celeron PGA 495 1.27mm[4] ? PAC418 2001 ? Intel Itanium PGA 418 ? 133 MHz Socket 603 2001 ? Intel Xeon PGA 603 1.27mm[5] 400533 MT/s (100133 MHz) PAC611 2002 ? Intel Itanium 2 HP PA-8800, PA-8900 PGA 611 ? ? Socket 604 2002 ? Intel Xeon PGA 604 1.27mm[5] 4001066 MT/s (100266 MHz) Socket 754 2003 ? AMD Athlon 64 AMD Sempron AMD Turion 64 PGA 754 1.27mm[6] 200800 MHz Socket 940 2003 ? AMD Opteron Athlon 64 FX PGA 940 1.27mm[7] 2001000 MHz Socket 479 2003 ? Intel Pentium M Intel Celeron M PGA 479[8] ? 400533 MT/s (100133 MHz) Socket 939 2004 11/2008 AMD Athlon 64 AMD Athlon 64 FX AMD Athlon 64 X2 AMD Opteron PGA 939 1.27mm[7] 2001000 MHz Support of Athlon 64 FX to 1 GHz Support of Opteron limited to 100-series only LGA 775/ Socket T 2004 ? Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium D Intel Celeron Intel Celeron D Intel Pentium XE

Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Xeon LGA 775 1.09mm x 1.17mm[9] 1600 MHz Socket 563 ? ? AMD Athlon XP-M PGA 563 ? ? Socket M 2006 ? Intel Core Solo Intel Core Duo Intel Dual-Core Xeon Intel Core 2 Duo PGA 478 ? 533667 MT/s (133166 MHz) For notebook platform Replaces Socket 479 LGA 771/ Socket J 2006 ? Intel Xeon LGA 771 1.09mm x 1.17mm[10] 1600 MHz Socket S1 2006 ? AMD Turion 64 X2 PGA 638 1.27mm[11] 200800 MHz Socket AM2 2006 ? AMD Athlon 64 AMD Athlon 64 X2 PGA 940 1.27mm[7] 2001000 MHz Replaces Socket 754 and Socket 939 Socket F 2006 ? AMD Athlon 64 FX AMD Opteron LGA 1207 1.1mm[12] ? Replaces Socket 940 Socket AM2+ 2007 ? AMD Athlon 64 AMD Athlon X2 AMD Phenom AMD Phenom II PGA 940 1.27mm[7] 2002600 MHz Separated power planes Replaces Socket AM2 AM2+ Pkg. CPUs can work in Socket AM2 AM2 Pkg. CPUs can work in Socket AM2+ Socket P 2007 ? Intel Core 2 PGA 478 5331066 MT/s (133266 MHz) For notebook platform Replaces Socket M Socket 441 2008 ? Intel Atom PGA 441 ? 400667 MHz LGA 1366/ Socket B 2008 ? Intel Core i7 (900 series) Intel Xeon (35xx, 36xx, 55xx, 56xx series) LGA 1366 4.8-6.4 GT/s Replaces server-oriented Socket J (LGA 771) in the entry level. rPGA 988A / B/ Socket G1 / G2 2008 ? Intel Core i7 (600, 700, 800, 900 series) Intel Core i5 (400, 500 series) Intel Core i3 (300 series) Intel Pentium (P6000 series) Intel Celeron (P4000 series) rPGA 988 1mm 2.5GT/s, 4.8GT/s For notebook platform Socket AM3 2009 ? AMD Phenom II AMD Athlon II AMD Sempron PGA 941[13] or 940[14] 1.27mm[7] 2003200 MHz Separated power planes Replaces Socket AM2+ AM3 Pkg. CPUs can work in Socket AM2/AM2+ Sempron 140 Only LGA 1156/ Socket H 2009 ? Intel Core i7 (800 series) Intel Core i5 (700, 600 series) Intel Core i3 (500 series) Intel Xeon (X3400, L3400 series) Intel Pentium (G6000 series)

Intel Celeron (G1000 series) LGA 1156 ? 2.5 GT/s DMI bus is a (perhaps modified) PCI-E x4 v1.1 interface Socket G34 2010 ? AMD Opteron (6000 series) LGA 1974 ? 2003200 MHz Replaces Socket F Socket C32 2010 ? AMD Opteron (4000 series) LGA 1207 ? 2003200 MHz Replaces Socket F, Socket AM3 LGA 1248 2010 ? Intel Intel Itanium 9300-series LGA 1248 ? 4.8 GT/s LGA 1567 2010 ? Intel Intel Xeon 6500/7500-series LGA 1567 ? 4.8-6.4 GT/s LGA 1155/ Socket H2 2011/Q1 ? Intel Sandy Bridge-DT LGA 1155 ? 5 GT/s Supports 20 PCI-E 2.0 lanes. LGA 2011/ Socket R 2011/Q3 ? Intel Sandy Bridge B2 LGA 2011 ? 4.8-6.4 GT/s Supports 40 PCI-E 3.0 lanes. Socket FM1 2011 ? AMD Llano Processor PGA 905 1.27mm Socket name Year of introduction Year of EOL CPU families Package Pin count Pin pitch Bus speed So as you can see from the chart above if you want a new Intel Processor you will have to buy a socket R motherboard but the brand only matters if it has the features you want like usb 3 ports and HDMI so if a Gigabyte motherboard had these features in the Socket R your in luck. Chipsets are very important too they control many things like the Cache and the main memory controler,also the system that controls your video bus, like an AGP slot though now the newest video slots are PCI Express . Motherboards have other features that might interest you, like a Duel Bios which means it has a backup chip that all the bios info can be restored back into the motherboard in case of a cmos virus attack,Gigabyte has this option in there motherboards. Solid state capacitors are more durable and last longer then old electrolytic capacitors some motherboards offer these too. ==== ==== Get your computer training by watching video computer tips the easy way http://youtube.com/user/larrydmi ==== ====