Socket Database

All of the CPU sockets are in descending chronological order, starting with the most recent. Wondering what sockets, slots, and chipsets are? Go to the definition page for more information.

Most of the individual Socket pages contain Wikipedia entries. I have personally contributed large sections to these articles including Socket 478, Socket 4x4, Socket 370, Slot 1, and Socket 8. As I do not own all of these sockets and cannot report everything about them, Wikipedia's vast user base is helpful for this information. However, I am supplementing these sometimes concise articles with more information, Creative Commons or fair use pictures, and more external links. I believe that this combination of legally mirrored Wikipedia entries and separate, verifiable additional information is a more effective presentation for people building their own computers, than if the user was directed to Wikipedia or left with the more spartan information I could gather myself. See Part 2 and Part 3 of the Build your own computer guide for more information about, you guessed it, building your own computer.

I'm looking for people to help with this project, contact me here if you're interested kcas88@gmail.com Thanks for your support.

Kevin Castor
Version Alpha .05 January 10th 2006, First Published 11/5/05.
Version Alpha 1.0 June 8th 2006
Updated July 10th 2006

AMD
Socket G (Future Server?)
Socket AM3 (Future DDR3 Desktop)
Socket F (Future Socket 1207, Opteron Server)
Socket S1 (Future Notebook Turion 64)
Socket 4x4 Chipset (Future Dual CPU implementation of Socket AM2)
Socket AM2 (Formerly M2) Socket 939
Socket 745
Socket 940 (Opteron)
Socket 462 (Socket A)
Slot B
Slot A
Super Socket 7
Socket 7 (Also used by Intel)

Intel
Socket P (?)
Socket 480 (Future Server)
LGA 771 (Socket J, Some Xeons)
Socket M (FCPGA6 Core Architecture, Mobile and Some Xeons)
Socket 775, T (LGA 775)
Socket 604 (Xeon server)
Socket 603 (Xeon Server) Socket 479
Socket 478
Socket 423
Socket 370
Slot 2 (Xeon server)
Slot 1
Mobile Module, MMO (Mobile Pentium and Pentium II chips) Socket 8
Socket 7 (Also used by AMD)
Socket 6
Socket 5
Socket 4
Socket 3
Socket 2
Socket 1
Misc. Intel
Socket PAC611 (Itanium 2)
Socket PAC418 (Itanium)
Slot 3 (Slot M, Itanium, never released)

NexGen ( Now part of AMD )
Socket 463 (Socket NexGen, 586)

Via-Cyrix (Now Via)
Socket 370 ( Also used by Intel)

DEC Alpha (Alpha Processor Inc., API NetWorks Inc) (Incomplete?)
Socket 499
Slot B

Acknowledgements and More Information:
Understanding the Hype: Under the Hood -- David Risley
http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/tutorials/20/7/
The Mother of All CPU Charts -- Bert T�pelt Daniel, Schuhmann Frank V�lkel
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041220/
CPU Socket -- Various
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_socket
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