difference between socket and slot cpus?

[borat_sagdiyev]

remember when people had those slot processors?

http://images.google.ca/images?svnum...or&btnG=Search

what were the differences between those and the socket processors?

advantages? disadvantages?

i know they're old, but i just wanted to know the difference

[The_Other_One]

There are no real advantages. Back then they couldn't fit all the Cache on the chips as easilly, so they used the slots for more RAM...that's what I heard, at least. For the most part, Slot1 is compatable with Socket370.

[GenoXide]

Slot and Socket varies. Socket I believe transfers data better, although i could be mistaken.

A Slot CPU for example is the Itanium, and the announced Itanium2, a good Socket CPU is the Pentium 4 or Athlon 64. I don't recall any AMD slot CPUs.

[borat_sagdiyev]

yeah, there was a slot A amd athlon. my friend has a slot pIII 600mhz. he USED to have a slot pII 500mhz, until we smashed it.

[GenoXide]

I used to have a Slot 1 Pentium III 600Mhz CPU. It was slow, but did what i wanted at the time, which was browse the internet and play music, until I started to game did I require a more demanding CPU and what not.

[joxley1990]

"Slot" processors didnt need cooling, neither did the motherboards, so you did get a silent PC..!

[setishock]

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[borat_sagdiyev]

Originally Posted by joxley1990

"Slot" processors didnt need cooling, neither did the motherboards, so you did get a silent PC..!

they need a fan.

[GenoXide]

Originally Posted by setishock

GenoXide
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[borat_sagdiyev]

seems fair enough. you may continue using the bold post

[joxley1990]

Slot processor..dont think so..well mine dont..



Sorry about quality, just took a snap on my phone.

[The_Other_One]

They do so need cooling. My PIII 733 get SOO freakin' hot! It actually was cooled by the PSU's fan in the original case, but now I had to strap a fan to it because it was getting close to overheating...

Now some of the OLD ones might be ok without a fan. But I mean my old PII266 and dad's PII350 both have fans

joxley1990 - There is a place for a HS on that processor. I know many old ones could run without a heatsync and/or fan, but many did reccomend it.

[joxley1990]

I suppose, thats at 250ish Mhz, and does get a little hot, but not too hot..

I think that fan from the PSU did cool it a little, but they can survive without..

[ISOwner]

I remember those. I use to have the original Athlon using the Slot A. They don't necessarily have to be fan cooled directly like the CPUs these days, but most PC do have some sort of cooling for it. They don't use heatsinks like the socket CPU we use. They have air ducts that goes from the slot CPU to the side of the case or however your system routes the air. I had a huge 120mm fan that did that.

[ownage]

slot processors are like a sound card. A processor on a PCB that plugs into a slot. Can it get any simplier?