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1 JohnMcPherson 1 The physical socket on the motherboard that the [CPU] plugs in to. Different CPU families need different sockets, all incompatible shapes and sizes.
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4 | Socket 462 (aka Socket A) | [AMD] Duron and Athlon
5 | Socket 754 | AMD Athlon 64
6 | Socket 940 | AMD Athlon Opteron
7 | Slot 1 | [Intel] Pentium II, III and Celeron (233-650MHz?)
4 PhilMurray 8 | Slot 2 | [Intel] Pentium II and Pentium III Xeons
2 AlastairPorter 9 | Socket 7 | [Intel] Pentium
1 JohnMcPherson 10 | Socket 370 | Pentium III and Celeron ?
4 PhilMurray 11 | Socket 603 | [Intel] Pentium 4 Xeon
5 PhilMurray 12 | Socket 604 | Second generation [Intel] Pentium 4 Xeons, backwards compatible with 603 chips
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6 JohnMcPherson 14 Notes
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16 # for the sockets, the number generally refers to the number of pins on the CPU.
17 # Socket 370 to Slot 1 adapters exist.