slot A vs. socket A

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what's the difference betwen a socket A and slot A?
more than socket a mainboards have 150% higher price

 

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Intel and AMD aimed to reduce the production costs by reintroducing the socket designed processors. This also allows faster communication in the most important part of the mainboard and better future proofing.

There's loads from reasons too but you can read all that on Tom's reviews of AMD mainboards, check them out