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Is a socket better than a slot?
by Gr8ful | Jan 22 '01
Research the technology and benefits of the motherboard, don't just assume one is better than another. Remember to get the correct board type for the processor you will be using.Return to opinion
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Re: Slot motherboards are out! (Reply to this comment)
by Gr8ful
Just because socket motherboards are the "wave of the future", or whatever, does not mean that slot boards are outdated. A slot A motherboard with a 1000MHz Athlon Thunderbird is going to perform much better than a socket A board with a 700MHz Thunderbird, especially since the slot A 1000MHz processor has the 512k L2 cache which, by the way, is also on die and runs at the full clock speed of the processor.
Gr8ful
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Mar 31 '01
7:37 pm PST
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Re: Specify (Reply to this comment)
by Gr8ful
I would ask that you read my review on "Which motherboard do I need?" located at...
http://gr8ful.epinions.com/cmd-review-7285-46F5A91-39F86250-prod1
...for more information on which type of motherboard would suit you best.
Gr8ful :-)
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Mar 31 '01
7:33 pm PST
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Slot motherboards are out! (Reply to this comment)
by isvikthere
Although some slot motherboards, be it Slot A (AMD) or Slot 1 (Intel) are still for sale, socket is currently the way of the future, and manufacturers are gradually phasing out the slot-type motherboards.
Now that the problem of the level 2 cache situated besides the processor on the slot-in board, running at half the speed of the processor, has been overcome by integrating the cache on the die of the processor core itself, slot-type motherboards have no more reason for being. The advantage is clear, being situated on the processor itself means that the cache now runs at processor speed which can't be beaten for performance, even if the cache has been halved from 512 to 256K for the latest generations of socket-type processors
So in my opinion slots are definitely out !
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Mar 14 '01
3:29 pm PST
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Specify (Reply to this comment)
by sweety-b
I am actually looking for a good, yet cheap motherboard to buy. I'm building a computer for someone who you would never see open up a computer to solve a hardware problem.
So I'm looking for a motherboard with good performance.
What was helpful was knowing about the jumpers which you do have to keep in mind when putting together a new system. But I would have liked to read more of what type of motherboard is good for what. I needed specifics as to what brand is better than the other, or Socket 7 vs. Slot 1, etc. The information ran too much, but very little successfully answering my questions.
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Feb 27 '01
5:47 pm PST
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