?? Slot A or Socket A?

[winglesslight]

Hi,
I am thinking of building pc for the first time.
What cpu type should I get Slot A or Socket A ? Also what are Slot 1 and Socket 1?
Thank you very much.

 

[cellbiogeek]

Not that I'm trying to blow you off but just for your own sake you should do a great deal of reading before putting a system together if you are asking these questions. Slot1 and socket1 are for older Intel processors. As for AMD processors go with socket A. Slot A isn't supported by many motherboards and the L2 cache is a lot slower. But by all means before putting a system together read as many of Tom's old articles as possible and browse other people's posts and read read read.

 

[Arrow]

Do you want an Intel or AMD system? If you're going for Intel, go for an FCPGA processor and if you're going for AMD, get a Socket A processor.

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[Guest]

But if you wanna go with the most bang for your buck, go with an AMD processor.. But the final decision is totally up to you...

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