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Originally Posted by Quantum Reality It's called socket AM2+ and socket AM3
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Originally Posted by captthunderpnts That's pretty much the extent to what you are asking. A universal socket would be awesome if it was possible, but it would severely limit design potential down the road. |
Originally Posted by oliverw92 Not possible because of different interfaces and pins used, for example, 1156 differs from 1366 because you only need p55 for 1156 whereas 1366 needs x58 and another chip like ICH10r |
Originally Posted by da tick 07 if intel wanted to, they could make all the chips use the same general design to save us consumers. they just want their money |
Originally Posted by Quantum Reality I think what oliverw92 is thinking of is that the LGA775 platform proved to be very versatile and was capable of accommodating a wide range of CPU generations. |
Originally Posted by da tick 07 and intel realized that they count make much more money if they make mutiple sockets. therefore people cant get a 6 core cpu on the 1156 socket if they wanted to. and then a new socket they are coming out with? theres many thread only here discussing the bull**** intel is pulling. i like their chips, im just not happy about their ethics anymore |
