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Slot 1
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Socket 370
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socket 478
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socket 754
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socket 939
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socket 940
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socket 775
3% (1)

socket AM2, socket AM2+
7% (2)

socket 1366
3% (1)

socket AM3, socket AM3+
11% (3)

socket 1155, socket 1156
3% (1)

socket 2011
0% (0)

others (anything not on this list)

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3/2/12 at 1:58pm

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What do you think is the most significant CPU socket ever. Why? Post your comments.

Also check out the "Most Significant CPU Ever" thread under "General Processor Discussions"
http://www.overclock.net/t/1223717/best-psu-brand-poll
http://www.overclock.net/t/1221690/most-significant-cpu-ever-poll
http://www.overclock.net/t/1220047/undisputed-champions#post_16547378
Edited by so-gun - 3/3/12 at 7:27pm

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3/3/12 at 2:49pm

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My answer is AM2+ AM3, but I can't give that!..

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WD Scorpio Blue 250Gb	LiteOn DVD-RW	stock	Win 7 Home Premium
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OS
Windows 7 x64 Professional
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Intel Pentium G840 DualCore SB 2.8Ghz	AsRock H61M-VS	Inno3D 8800 GTS 320	Kingston HyperX 1600 4Gb
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WD Scorpio Blue 250Gb	LiteOn DVD-RW	stock	Win 7 Home Premium
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Acer 19" 1440x900	Logitech MX3200	beQuiet 300W	MS-Tech CA-0130 Black
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3/3/12 at 2:51pm

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Socket A as well.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
830x4	ASUS blah blah blah PRO/USB3	FiveEightFiveZer0	2x4 AMD entertainment edition memory lolwut
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Seagate Barracuda >:]	WD Scorpio >:]	idk lol	212
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
xx64en_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-_EN_DVD	LED 23'' 1080P 5MS no dead pixels :D	Goodwill	500w PCP+C 80+<3
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Antec 300	Was a G500 :*(	Steel Series
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830x4	ASUS blah blah blah PRO/USB3	FiveEightFiveZer0	2x4 AMD entertainment edition memory lolwut
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda >:]	WD Scorpio >:]	idk lol	212
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
xx64en_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-_EN_DVD	LED 23'' 1080P 5MS no dead pixels :D	Goodwill	500w PCP+C 80+<3
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Antec 300	Was a G500 :*(	Steel Series
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3/3/12 at 2:55pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ronnin426850

My answer is AM2+ AM3, but I can't give that!..

^^^ This.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD phenom II x6 1045t	ASUS m4a79xtd evo	asus hd 4870 1gb dark knight edition	2x 4gb G.Skill Ripjaw 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
WD 2tb green	WD 320gb @7200rpm	HP dvd 1270t	HP dvd 1040e
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	Monitor
GCE-4881b	cooler master hyper 212 plus	Windows7 Ultimate 64 bit	Viore 19 inch hdtv @1920x1080i
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
HP Wireless	X-Power Pro 600	Antec Three Hundred	HP Wireless
Mouse Pad	Audio	Audio	Audio
generic black	Altec Lansing BX1020 Speakers	Altec Lansing BX1221 Speakers with Subwoofer	Subwooferish Portable Speaker
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Megecam 15fps
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD phenom II x6 1045t	ASUS m4a79xtd evo	asus hd 4870 1gb dark knight edition	2x 4gb G.Skill Ripjaw 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
WD 2tb green	WD 320gb @7200rpm	HP dvd 1270t	HP dvd 1040e
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	Monitor
GCE-4881b	cooler master hyper 212 plus	Windows7 Ultimate 64 bit	Viore 19 inch hdtv @1920x1080i
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
HP Wireless	X-Power Pro 600	Antec Three Hundred	HP Wireless
Mouse Pad	Audio	Audio	Audio
generic black	Altec Lansing BX1020 Speakers	Altec Lansing BX1221 Speakers with Subwoofer	Subwooferish Portable Speaker
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Megecam 15fps
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3/3/12 at 2:56pm

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Socket 775. It lasted for a few years compared to a lot of other sockets.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar	Western Digital Caviar Green	Western Digital Caviar Green	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	HP Lightscribe DVD+RW Burner	Thermaltake Frio	Windows 7 Ultimate
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Dell 23" SP2309W	Dell 20" 2007FP	IBM (Lexmark) Model M	Antec NeoPower Blue 650W
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Slightly Modded P180B	Logitech G500	Rocketfish	SoundMAX Integrated S/PDIF
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Yamaha RX-V992	Superlux HD681
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550	ASUS P5E64 WS EVOLUTION	MSI GTX560 Ti Twin Frozr II	OCZ Reaper HPC Edition
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar	Western Digital Caviar Green	Western Digital Caviar Green	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	HP Lightscribe DVD+RW Burner	Thermaltake Frio	Windows 7 Ultimate
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Dell 23" SP2309W	Dell 20" 2007FP	IBM (Lexmark) Model M	Antec NeoPower Blue 650W
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Slightly Modded P180B	Logitech G500	Rocketfish	SoundMAX Integrated S/PDIF
Audio	Audio
Yamaha RX-V992	Superlux HD681
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3/5/12 at 1:40am

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Socket 5/7, one of the longest lived consumer sockets and the last socket that supported all major x86 competitors.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
3930K (C2) @ 4.3GHz, HT on, 1.308v	GA-X79S-UP5 (F4v)	Radeon 7950, 1053/1650, 1.163v GPU, 1.65v mem, ...	Radeon 7950, 1080/1675, 1.081v GPU, 1.65v mem, ...
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
32GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3D/US @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2,...	Kingston V+100 96GB	4x WD Scorpio Black 500GB RAID 10	3x Hitachi 7k1000.C 1TB RAID 0
Cooling	OS	Keyboard	Power
Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 + 2x NF-P14 + PK-1 (TIM)	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise	Flico Majestouch Tenkeyless (MX Brown)	Antec True Power New 750w
Case	Mouse	Audio
Fractal Design Define R4 + 6 Cougar CF-V14HB	CM Storm Spawn (firmware 61)	Realtek ALC898
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
i7 970 3012B113 @ 4GHz, 1.264v, HT On	Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 rev 2.0	Radeon 6870 1GB	Radeon 5750 @ 918/300 (cryptography coprocessor)
RAM	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
6x4GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3 @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2, 1.4v	1TB Hitachi 7K1000.C, 2x250GB Seagate 7200.10s	Prolimatech Genesis	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Monitor	Monitor	Power	Case
ASUS 22"	Acer 22"	Enermax Modu82+ 625w	Antec P182
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.52GHz (210x21.5), 1.45v load	GA-970A-UD3 rev 1.0 (F8a BIOS)	Radeon 6950 @ 945/1425, 1.2v	4x8GiB G.Skill Ares @ 1680, 9-10-9-28-T2, 1.5v
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung F3 1TB	2x Samsung F3 500GB RAID 0	Lapped TRUE + Panflo FBA12G12H1BX	Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
Monitor	Power	Case
Dell S2740L (27", 1920x1080, 7ms, IPS)	Corsair TX650w	Cooler Master HAF 932
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
3930K (C2) @ 4.3GHz, HT on, 1.308v	GA-X79S-UP5 (F4v)	Radeon 7950, 1053/1650, 1.163v GPU, 1.65v mem, ...	Radeon 7950, 1080/1675, 1.081v GPU, 1.65v mem, ...
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
32GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3D/US @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2,...	Kingston V+100 96GB	4x WD Scorpio Black 500GB RAID 10	3x Hitachi 7k1000.C 1TB RAID 0
Cooling	OS	Keyboard	Power
Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 + 2x NF-P14 + PK-1 (TIM)	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise	Flico Majestouch Tenkeyless (MX Brown)	Antec True Power New 750w
Case	Mouse	Audio
Fractal Design Define R4 + 6 Cougar CF-V14HB	CM Storm Spawn (firmware 61)	Realtek ALC898
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
i7 970 3012B113 @ 4GHz, 1.264v, HT On	Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 rev 2.0	Radeon 6870 1GB	Radeon 5750 @ 918/300 (cryptography coprocessor)
RAM	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
6x4GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3 @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2, 1.4v	1TB Hitachi 7K1000.C, 2x250GB Seagate 7200.10s	Prolimatech Genesis	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Monitor	Monitor	Power	Case
ASUS 22"	Acer 22"	Enermax Modu82+ 625w	Antec P182
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.52GHz (210x21.5), 1.45v load	GA-970A-UD3 rev 1.0 (F8a BIOS)	Radeon 6950 @ 945/1425, 1.2v	4x8GiB G.Skill Ares @ 1680, 9-10-9-28-T2, 1.5v
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung F3 1TB	2x Samsung F3 500GB RAID 0	Lapped TRUE + Panflo FBA12G12H1BX	Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
Monitor	Power	Case
Dell S2740L (27", 1920x1080, 7ms, IPS)	Corsair TX650w	Cooler Master HAF 932
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3/5/12 at 1:44am

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775 is/was a great socket.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel i5 2500k	Biostar TZ68K+	MSI GTX-465 Twin Frozr II Golden Edition	Corsair Vengeance 8gig
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
Seagate	No Name Drive	Windows 7 64bit Home Premium	Samsung Syncmaster2232BW 22inch
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Rosewill $6 keyboard	Rosewill 630 Watt	Apevia X-Plorer	Logitech Wireless
Mouse Pad	Audio	Other
Black standard pad.	Plantronics Headset	Hyper 212+
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i5 2500k@4.3Ghz	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen 3	PNY GTX560 ti	Corsair Vengeance 8gig
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Seagate	ASUS	Hyper 212+	Windows 7 64bit
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
ASUS VS228	Logitech wireless	Rocketfish RF-700WPS 700 Watts	Haf 912
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Cyborg R.A.T. 7	Massive blue cloth pad	Boston speakers from 1997
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Intel i5 2500k	Biostar TZ68K+	MSI GTX-465 Twin Frozr II Golden Edition	Corsair Vengeance 8gig
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
Seagate	No Name Drive	Windows 7 64bit Home Premium	Samsung Syncmaster2232BW 22inch
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Rosewill $6 keyboard	Rosewill 630 Watt	Apevia X-Plorer	Logitech Wireless
Mouse Pad	Audio	Other
Black standard pad.	Plantronics Headset	Hyper 212+
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i5 2500k@4.3Ghz	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen 3	PNY GTX560 ti	Corsair Vengeance 8gig
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Seagate	ASUS	Hyper 212+	Windows 7 64bit
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
ASUS VS228	Logitech wireless	Rocketfish RF-700WPS 700 Watts	Haf 912
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Cyborg R.A.T. 7	Massive blue cloth pad	Boston speakers from 1997
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3/5/12 at 2:15am

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Why no love for AMD?

CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Core 2 Duo P8400	Nvidia 9600M GT	2x2Gb Hynx DDR2	WD Scorpio Blue
OS
Windows 7 x64 Professional
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Pentium G840 DualCore SB 2.8Ghz	AsRock H61M-VS	Inno3D 8800 GTS 320	Kingston HyperX 1600 4Gb
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
WD Scorpio Blue 250Gb	LiteOn DVD-RW	stock	Win 7 Home Premium
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Acer 19" 1440x900	Logitech MX3200	beQuiet 300W	MS-Tech CA-0130 Black
Mouse
Logitech MX300 Laser
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Core 2 Duo P8400	Nvidia 9600M GT	2x2Gb Hynx DDR2	WD Scorpio Blue
OS
Windows 7 x64 Professional
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Pentium G840 DualCore SB 2.8Ghz	AsRock H61M-VS	Inno3D 8800 GTS 320	Kingston HyperX 1600 4Gb
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
WD Scorpio Blue 250Gb	LiteOn DVD-RW	stock	Win 7 Home Premium
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Acer 19" 1440x900	Logitech MX3200	beQuiet 300W	MS-Tech CA-0130 Black
Mouse
Logitech MX300 Laser
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3/5/12 at 12:39pm

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I'd have to say socket 775, It lasted from 2004 to 2009, everything from Pentium 4s to Core 2 Quads ran on it. LGA 1366 was pretty good as well but didn't embrace such a wide variety of processors. I think socket 603/604 lasted even longer, from the Foster Pentium 4 to hexacore Dunnington... like 8 or 9 years?

Worst socket ever? 423

Used for one generation of a chip that sucked anyway then abandoned because it couldn't supply enough power.
Edited by Hydroplane - 3/7/12 at 8:44am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4 GHz	Asus P5E3 Premium/WiFi-AP @n	MSI GTX 680 Lightning	4GB Corsair XMS3 1600 MHZ
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB	Asus DVD-RW	Zalman 9700	Windows 7 Professional
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
NEC MultiSync PA271W	Samsung SyncMaster 305T+	Logitech MK320	Silverstone ZM1200M
Case	Mouse Pad
Lian-Li PC-V2110	Alienware mousepad
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Core i7 2720QM @ 2.2 GHz	Quadro 1000M	8GB DDR3-1333	500GB 7200RPM
Optical Drive	OS	Monitor	Power
DVD-RW	Windows 7 Professional 64 bit	1920x1080 Matte 15.6"	170W Brick
Mouse
Microsoft Ergonomic Potato
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Pentium 4 Northwood @ 2.4 GHz	Asus P4B533	ATI Radeon 9700 Pro	512 MB PC-2700
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
80GB 7200RPM	DVD-RW	Windows XP Professional 32 bit	Samsung SyncMaster 204T
Power
Chieftec 420W
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4 GHz	Asus P5E3 Premium/WiFi-AP @n	MSI GTX 680 Lightning	4GB Corsair XMS3 1600 MHZ
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB	Asus DVD-RW	Zalman 9700	Windows 7 Professional
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
NEC MultiSync PA271W	Samsung SyncMaster 305T+	Logitech MK320	Silverstone ZM1200M
Case	Mouse Pad
Lian-Li PC-V2110	Alienware mousepad
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Core i7 2720QM @ 2.2 GHz	Quadro 1000M	8GB DDR3-1333	500GB 7200RPM
Optical Drive	OS	Monitor	Power
DVD-RW	Windows 7 Professional 64 bit	1920x1080 Matte 15.6"	170W Brick
Mouse
Microsoft Ergonomic Potato
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Pentium 4 Northwood @ 2.4 GHz	Asus P4B533	ATI Radeon 9700 Pro	512 MB PC-2700
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
80GB 7200RPM	DVD-RW	Windows XP Professional 32 bit	Samsung SyncMaster 204T
Power
Chieftec 420W
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