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| The mainboard or motherboard is the main part of your computer. It houses the processor, memory and all the various connectors such as ide, sata, mouse, keyboard, serial, parralel and usb connectors. These vary in price depending on quality and features from circa £20 to £300. |
The mainboard used will also depend on the type of processor fitted as most processor's use a different socket/slot. The main sockets or slots are:-
Discontinued sockets |
| Unnamed |
168 Pins |
486DX |
| Socket 1 |
169 Pins |
486 DX,
486 DX2,
486 SX,
486 SX2 |
Socket 2 |
238 Pins |
486 DX,
486 DX2,
486 SX,
486 SX2, Pentium Overdrive |
| Socket 3 |
237 Pins |
486 DX,
486 DX2,
486 SX,
486 SX2, Pentium Overdrive, 5x86 |
| Socket 4 |
273 Pins |
Pentium-60 and Pentium-66 |
| Socket 5 |
320 Pins |
Pentium-75 to Pentium-133 |
Socket 6
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235 Pins |
486 DX,
486 DX2,
486 DX4,
486 SX,
486 SX2,
Pentium Overdrive
5x86
(Never Released) |
| Socket 7 |
321 Pins |
Pentium-75 to Pentium-200,
Pentium MMX,
K5,
K6,
6x86,
6x86MX,
MII |
| Super Socket 7 |
321 Pins |
AMD K6-2, K6-3 |
| Socket 8 |
387 Pins |
Pentium Pro |
| Socket 370 |
370 Pins |
Celeron,
Pentium III FC-PGA,
Cyrix III,
C3 |
| Socket 423 |
423 Pins |
Pentium 4 |
| Socket 463 |
463 Pins |
Nx586 |
| Slot 1 |
242 Pins |
Pentium II,
Pentium III,
Celeron SEPP (Cartridge) |
| Slot 2 |
330 Pins |
Pentium II Xeon,
Pentium III Xeon |
| Slot A |
242 Pins |
AMD Athlon (Cartridge) |
Current Sockets (Intel)
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| Socket 478 |
478 Pins |
Pentium 4,
Celeron,
Celeron D,
Celeron M,
Core Duo,
Core Solo,
Pentium 4 Extreme Edition,
Pentium M,
Mobile Pentium III,
Mobile Celeron,
Mobile Pentium 4 |
| Socket 479 |
479 Pins |
Core Duo,
Core Solo,
Pentium M,
Mobile Pentium III,
Mobile Celeron,
Mobile
Pentium 4,
Celeron M |
| Socket 775 |
775 Pins |
Pentium 4, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, Pentium D,
Pentium Extreme Edition, Celeron D, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme
Core 2 Quad |
| Socket 603 |
603 Pins |
Xeon, Mobile Pentium 4 |
| 604 & 771 |
604 or 771 |
Xeon |
| Socket 418 |
418 Pins |
Itanium |
| Socket 611 |
611 Pins |
Itanium 2 |
Current Sockets (AMD)
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| Socket 462 |
453 Pins |
Athlon,
Duron,
Athlon XP,
Sempron |
| Socket 754 |
754 Pins |
Athlon 64,
Sempron, Sempron 64,
Turion 64 |
| Socket 939 |
939 Pins |
Athlon 64,
Athlon 64 FX,
Athlon 64 X2,
Opteron |
| Socket 940 |
940 Pins |
Athlon 64 FX,
Opteron |
| Socket S1 |
638 Pins |
Turion 64 X2 |
| Socket F |
1,207 Pins |
Athlon 64 FX (7x models) |
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