[Aynjell]

Let's put together a list of Socket 1156 boards that have confirmed LOTES branded sockets. For those of us with water cooling, this can make or break whether or not a board can be used by us for extreme overclocking. Almost every board I'd of considered for one reason or another has been shot down because it uses a foxconn socket which have known issues. And knowing this matters to me, it will matter to others, so let's get a list together because I can't find one anywhere else!

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3661

Please read the article at the above link for more info...

This will not effect moderate overclocking, but can be a factor if you're buying a new p55 board and I myself want to make sure I pick up a board with a known better socket.

Originally Posted by sno.lcn

That Anandtech article is so irritating, this is being blown way out of proporion. If you're water cooling (thus not doing any extreme overclocking), you probably don't have to worry about your socket burning up. The pictures at Anandtech are of a CPU overclocked to 5.1ghz+.

There's no reason to go out of your way to avoid Foxconn sockets if you're not doing any REAL extreme overclocking.

Worth reading: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...72#post6295872

Apparently Lotes sockets blow up too, but there's no doubting that lotes sockets are built better, and seem to be experiencing the issues LESS.



Here is the list so far -

eVGA:
P55 SLI (per newegg pix) *sample I recieved did NOT have a LOTES brand socket, had a foxconn socket. be advised *
P55 SLI FTW (per newegg pix)
P55 NF200 FTW (per newegg pix)
P55 NF200 Classified (Per Icebob)
P55 LE (Per Raul-7 visiting Fry's)

DFI:
P55-T3eH9 (per clunk review, official dfi, and per the sample I recieved)

Gigabyte:
P55A-UD6 (per clunk review)

MSI:
MSI P55-CD53 LGA 1156 (Per Raul-7 visiting Fry's)

Intel:
BOXDP55WG LGA 1156 (Per Raul-7 visiting Fry's)
BOXDP55WB LGA 1156 (Per Raul-7 visiting Fry's)

Biostar:
T5 XE CFX-SLI (Per Raul-7 visiting Fry's)
TP55 (Per Raul-7 visiting Fry's)

[sno.lcn]

That Anandtech article is so irritating, this is being blown way out of proporion. If you're water cooling (thus not doing any extreme overclocking), you probably don't have to worry about your socket burning up. The pictures at Anandtech are of a CPU overclocked to 5.1ghz+.

There's no reason to go out of your way to avoid Foxconn sockets if you're not doing any REAL extreme overclocking.

[hokiealumnus]

I can confirm the EVGA P55 FTW has the lotes socket. See the two picks to the right at the top of this page for photos.

+1 to sno.lcn as well.

[Aynjell]

Originally Posted by sno.lcn

That Anandtech article is so irritating, this is being blown way out of proporion. If you're water cooling (thus not doing any extreme overclocking), you probably don't have to worry about your socket burning up. The pictures at Anandtech are of a CPU overclocked to 5.1ghz+.

There's no reason to go out of your way to avoid Foxconn sockets if you're not doing any REAL extreme overclocking.

This thread was started to catalog boards known to utilize lotes sockets. I appreciate your input and I understand it's for extreme overclocking, but I still want to create a list of known lotes sockets. Let's face it, better can never mean worse.

[Aynjell]

Originally Posted by sno.lcn

Fair enough.

According to this thread, the DFI P55-T3eH9 has a LOTES socket.

LOL, I came back to the thread to put that in. lol time warp

Anyway, this is probably the board I'm getting, need to read more about it, but I'm pretty sold on going dfi again. 8 sata ports, 3 pci-e 16x, and a good layout plus a lotes socket has me sold already, but gotta make sure it doesn't fall short in the oc area.

[sno.lcn]

Fair enough.

According to this thread, the DFI P55-T3eH9 has a LOTES socket.

[Supershanks]

GIGABYTE P55A mobos - SATA3, USB3 and 3x USB power Oh and Lotes sockets

[Raul-7]

According to raja, MSI have switched over to LOTES as well.

[Supershanks]

According to raja, MSI have switched over to LOTES as well.

:lol: just asus to go then. Still to see any Foxconn p55 boards, wonder what socket they'll use

[icebob]

EVGA P55 NF200 Classified= Lotes, I know I have one, and I guess not all foxconn socket have problem, I have a Maximus III Formula that I've burn 30 liters of LN2 on it and no trace of socket burn...

[Aynjell]

Originally Posted by icebob

EVGA P55 NF200 Classified= Lotes, I know I have one, and I guess not all foxconn socket have problem, I have a Maximus III Formula that I've burn 30 liters of LN2 on it and no trace of socket burn...

Thank you for the update, icebob. Let's try and keep these coming in, guys, and thank you all for the cooperation and contribution!

[MIAHALLEN]

Originally Posted by Supershanks

GIGABYTE P55A mobos - SATA3, USB3 and 3x USB power Oh and Lotes sockets

Original source is Tweaktown:
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/13357/...nks-for-voting

I will be reviewing one of these very soon, stay tuned

[Supershanks]

Original source is Tweaktown:

yes, as we mentioned in the link I gave :lol: look forward to your review

[icebob]

Hey Miah look at this thread and when you get the board and the usb3.0 gizmo can you check if you use it if it really affect the pcie performance? Thx GigaMiah!

[MIAHALLEN]

Yeah, I saw that thread...I'll look into it

Gigabyte made a point to ask me specifically to test the USB 3.0 feature, and that they are "trying to get a 3.0 device" from a third party...hopefully that will work out

[Raul-7]

Originally Posted by MIAHALLEN

Original source is Tweaktown:
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/13357/...nks-for-voting

I will be reviewing one of these very soon, stay tuned

Also on Newegg:

[Evilsizer]

well seems GB added some more boards, the P55A-UD3R and P55A-UD4P.
http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Moth...ProductID=3252
http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Moth...ProductID=3250

[zangler]

Originally Posted by Evilsizer

well seems GB added some more boards, the P55A-UD3R and P55A-UD4P.
http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Moth...ProductID=3252
http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Moth...ProductID=3250

i believe every GB board with the 'A' after P55 has that socket.

[Supershanks]

Originally Posted by Evilsizer

well seems GB added some more boards, the P55A-UD3R and P55A-UD4P.
http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Moth...ProductID=3252
http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Moth...ProductID=3250

Yes I'd assumed from the designation that P55A was meant to give a distinct split from the previous boards and that P55A
meant:
USB3
Sata3
Lotes

Originally Posted by zangler

i believe every GB board with the 'A' after P55 has that socket.

- Exactly.

[Raul-7]

I stopped by Fry's today to pickup a new case and saw the following boards with LOTES sockets:
Intel BOXDP55WG LGA 1156
MSI P55-CD53 LGA 1156
BIOSTAR (don't remember the model #)
EVGA P55 LE

Only the GIGABYTE and ASUS boards still had the Foxconn sockets.

[Aynjell]

Originally Posted by Raul-7

I stopped by Fry's today to pickup a new case and saw the following boards with LOTES sockets:
Intel BOXDP55WG LGA 1156
MSI P55-CD53 LGA 1156
BIOSTAR (don't remember the model #)
EVGA P55 LE

Only the GIGABYTE and ASUS boards still had the Foxconn sockets.

Thank you for the contribution. Biostar board omitted at this time due to no part number.

[Raul-7]

Next time I go I'll take a paper and pen to make sure of all the models.

[Aynjell]

Originally Posted by Raul-7

Next time I go I'll take a paper and pen to make sure of all the models.

I appreciate it greatly. I'd do this myself but the only even close store to something like fry's is Best Buy. Not sure those people even know what a mb looks like.

[EarthDog]

Originally Posted by hokiealumnus

I can confirm the EVGA P55 FTW has the lotes socket. See the two picks to the right at the top of this page for photos.

+1 to sno.lcn as well.

+1 again to Sno...but....

Uh oh...???
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...72#post6295872

Massive clocks and volts though it seems.

[Raul-7]

I went back and can confirm that the:
BIOSTAR T5 XE CFX-SLI
BIOSTAR TP55
Intel BOXDP55WG
Intel BOXDP55WB

Have a LOTES socket.

[Aynjell]

Originally Posted by Raul-7

I went back and can confirm that the:
BIOSTAR T5 XE CFX-SLI
BIOSTAR TP55
Intel BOXDP55WG
Intel BOXDP55WB

Have a LOTES socket.

Thanks again, Raul-7

[sno.lcn]

I just received an Big Bang Trinergy from MSI, LOTES socket confirmed on this board

[Aynjell]

Originally Posted by sno.lcn

I just received an Big Bang Trinergy from MSI, LOTES socket confirmed on this board

Holy ****, it's real?

[Abzug86]

Originally Posted by Raul-7

According to raja, MSI have switched over to LOTES as well.

What is "raja"? I've heard the rumor as well, but haven't found a source for that yet...

[Supershanks]

Originally Posted by Abzug86

What is "raja"?

:lol: It's who the guy who wrote the original Anandtech article lionked to in post #1 see -

Anandtech P55 Extreme Overclockers: Check your sockets! Author: Rajinder Gill


I see Asus are launching an -E series there is P7P55D Deluxe and P7P55D-E Deluxe for example. Not seen any close ups yet of sockets, I reckon they may be going the same route as gigabyte, using USB3 & Sata 600 as a convenient time to switch sockets?