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Socket T is ?
what processors it can use? |
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Intel LGA 775
Latest Pentium 4, Intel Core 2 DUO, Xeon, Celeron |
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| Socket 462. Used by AMD Athlon and Duron, XP and Sempron |
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Socket B
processors support ? |
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Intel LGA 1366
used by Intel Core i7 NEHALEM |
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used by AMD
-1207 Pins. LGA
-Same socket generation as AM2
-Designed for Servers,
HAS FASTER FSB , DDR2 |
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Socket H2
describe it.Name code names of compatible processors. |
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Intel Socket 1155
not compatible with H1SANDY BRIDGE and IVY BRIDGE |
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AMD
-942pins, PGA-ZIF
AM3 processor can be used in AM3+ NOT visa versa |
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-940 pins , PGA -ZIF (Physically = AM2)
-Faster Communication and beter power management
needs BIOS update for AM2 mobo |
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-941 pins, PGA-ZIF NOT compatible with prvs versions
-AM3 processors can be used in AM2, AM2+ socket mobos with BIOS update
-adds support of DDR3 |
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Socket AM2
-940pins, PGA-ZIF BUT!!! NOT compatible with Socket 940
-Supports only DDR2 |
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AMD
-PGA,ZIF
-AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 FX
-designed for 64 bit servers, supports DDR |
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Intel LGA 1156 Supports
Intel Celeron
Intel Pentium
Intel Core i3
Intel Core i5
Intel Core i7
Intel Xeon |
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AMD
905 pin
PGA, supports DDR3 |
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PROCESSOR SPEED
what is REAL SPEED? |
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Real Speed = in MHz or Ghz
for instance 3,4 GHZ |
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PROCESSOR SPEED
What is ACTUAL SPEED? |
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Actual Speed = combination of different factors
Clock Speed, Architecture, bus speed, bus width, L1 and L2 cache sizes, Operating Systems |
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| Intel's Virtualization Technology |
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| Platform Controller Hub = Chipset = Southbridge (Intel uses PCH to call Chipset) |
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Direct Memory Interface=High Speed Point to point interconnection to the processor also called DMI bus.DMI makes use of lanes (Serial .a Lane is two serial wires that can transfer and receive data simultaneously.
DMI1.0 = 10Gb/s each direction
DMI2.0= 20 Gb/s each direction |
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| Quick Path is faster version of DMI used by server mobos = 25,6Gb/s |
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| (Memort Controller Hub)older Intel motherboards had Northbridge chipset |
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| I/O Controller HUB (Southbridge) |
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| is used by AMD =25.6Gb/s but it uses it to transfer PCI express data to processor as well.Todays AMD processor still use Northbridge and Southbridge, but unlike Intel's chipsets Northbridge controls connection of PCIe x16 and RAM is controlled directly by Processor |
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| Front Side Bus = Connects MCH to Processor, speed is measured in MHz (800Mhz, 1066MHz or 1333Mhz, depends on what processor is used, when choosing processor check Mobo requirment for FSB. |
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| another name of Memory bus - connects MCH to RAM |
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| Peripheral Component Interconnect |
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PCI extended used only in servers
64bit width unlike PCI (32bit) |
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| What's the speed of PCIe x16 version 3.0? |
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What's the speed of PCIe 2.0?
What's the speed of PCIe 1.0? |
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500 MB/s per lane
250MB/s per lane |
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what's AGP stands for?
what was the speed of original AGP and later versions ? |
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Accelerated Graphics Port was originally 66MHz x 32 bit = 266MB/s 1x
2x =533MB/s
4x=1GB/s
8x=2GB/s |
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| the Communication and network riser? |
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| the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association or PC cards |
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| What's the size of full ATX Motherboard? |
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| 12 x 9.6 inch or 305 x 244 mm |
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| What's the size of mini ATX Motherboard? |
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| 9.6 x 9.6 mm or 244 x 244 mm can be as small as 6.75 x 6.75 in or 171.45 x 171.45 mm |
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| What's the voltage of ORANGE pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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| What's the voltage of Black pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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| Black pin is a GROUND wire |
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| What's the voltage of RED pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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| What's the voltage of Purple pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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| What's the voltage of YELLOW pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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| What's the voltage of GREEN pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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| What's the voltage of GREY pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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| What's the voltage of BLUE pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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| What's the voltage of WHITE pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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| What's the voltage of BROWN pin of main Power connector of ATX MB? |
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ITX is mobos form factor created by VIA technologies
4 types
Mini ITX
Nano ITX
Pico ITX
Mobile ITX |
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| what's the size and use of Mini ITX? |
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mini ITX is 6.7 x 6.7 ins,
good for HTPC , could have up to PCIe x16, has passive cooling and can be used in ATX and micro ATX cases |
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| what's the size and use of Nano ITX? |
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Nano ITX is 4.7 x 4.7 in
used in media centers, automotive PCs, set top boxes STB, and PVRs Personal Video Recorders. |
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| what's the size and use of Pico ITX? |
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| Pico ITX 3.9 x 2.8in is uses powerful processors and RAM , Ultra Mobile PCs and extremely small PCs |
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| what's the size and use of Mobile ITX ? |
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| Mobile ITX is 60mm x 60mm used in military and medical markets, used in UMPC and Smartphones |
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