So exactly how long lived is Socket A?

MadSkillzMan · May 27, 2004

im just curious here...i see people saying socket A is quite old....i built my first AMD machine last november, and its a dual socket A, and im just curious how old socket A really is.

Thanx guys.

cack01 · May 27, 2004

My first guess is mid-late 1999, but I do not know much AMD history before via's KT133.

I think back then they were using the thunderbird core.

Captain Newbie · May 27, 2004

Socket A could be "Socket Ancient". It's an outgrowth of PGA370 which is late 90's/early 2000.

Sjaak · May 27, 2004

From the good old T-bird days

(calling them good old..i used to be an intel fanboy then

)

I think the cpu on slot A (big cardridges) was already socket A shape...just mounted different

Captain Newbie · May 27, 2004

Sjaak said:
From the good old T-bird days

(calling them good old..i used to be an intel fanboy then )

I think the cpu on slot A (big cardridges) was already socket A shape...just mounted different

Correct. Take $2 out of petty cash.

The Slot-A Athlons were quite similar to the Socket 462/A T-birds.

Thunderbirds are awesome :attn:

MadSkillzMan · May 27, 2004

what are some of the slowest speeds for it?

michaelkahl · May 27, 2004

I had a Duron 600MHz that OC'd to 1GHz and was Socket A. Socket A came about around 2000. That's following Slot A of course. I'm not sure how similar they are. The slowest I think I was 550MHz maybe 500? but definately no slower than that. So socket A is probably around 3 1/2 to 4 years old.

Captain Newbie · May 27, 2004

Slot A went from 500MHz to 1.0GHz for the Athlons.

MadSkillzMan · May 27, 2004

SLOT or SOCKET?

theflyingrat · May 27, 2004

Slot-A became available, it seems, in late '99. Socket A was introduced in about mid 2000. So it's about four years old now.
I remember socket A CPUs (Durons) as low as 600 MHz, but I don't think there were any slower than that. It's definitely one of the more long-lived sockets in recent memory.

Too bad we'll probably never see AMD and Intel share a platform again, as was the case with Socket 7. That would be truly fantastic. But the two design their CPUs so differently now that this would be nearly impossible. What I wouldn't give to be able to put my XP2500+ into my MSI i865 board.

walldow · May 28, 2004

ya i rember my first pc back in the day with the VIA 133 chipset and a good old 1.4 gig thunder chicken! lol the socket A has lasted a good while and proved to be a great platform! i'm hoping the Athlon 64 will meet the same fate!

Sjaak · May 28, 2004

i'm hoping the Athlon 64 will meet the same fate!

Unlikely for at least some time...they already have 3 sockets now, and another one is coming.

cV · May 28, 2004

I remember the Socket A Tbirds when they came out...quite fast chips, that's for sure.

Socket A is set to be perhaps the most long-lasting socket for PC platforms...right now, it's surpassed Socket 7 in market age and new chipsets are still being made for it (nForce2 Ultra Gb)

Sjaak · May 28, 2004

/me looks at the pin layout of the P1 133 and the 1800+ in front of him

Im sure theres a way to fit them in

walldow · May 28, 2004

Sjaak said:
/me looks at the pin layout of the P1 133 and the 1800+ in front of him

Im sure theres a way to fit them in

good one!

LOL- ya! its called a HAMMER!

walldow · May 28, 2004

Sjaak said:
Unlikely for at least some time...they already have 3 sockets now, and another one is coming.

yes and as the socket A also had its counterpart- the slot A. id say as the socket 939 shows its head, hopefully as expected, it will take a stand as the 754's start to fase out?

Sophisticated · May 29, 2004

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/AboutAMD/0,,51_52_533,00.html

this will answer everybody's questions str8 from the AMD source

Sjaak · May 29, 2004

yes and as the socket A also had its counterpart- the slot A. id say as the socket 939 shows its head, hopefully as expected, it will take a stand as the 754's start to fase out?

But Slot A was moved away much more firlmy after Socket A had appeared, they didnt exist next to each other very long, and they used almost the same voltage / boards / ram etc. (some ddr exceptions)

the link that sophisticated gave is some useful information for a speech about AMD...just too little about sockets and slots IMO

MisterEd · May 29, 2004

AMD - Athlon (K7 / Athlon Professional) (Slot A)
http://www.geek.com/procspec/amd/k7.htm

AMD - Athlon - (Thunderbird and Athlon-C) (Socket A)
http://www.geek.com/procspec/amd/k7ultra.htm

Sjaak · May 29, 2004

Why cant they just design a socket with 2000 pins that will be enough for anything to come, and theyll just use the pins they will need. Getting sick of having to buy a new mobo ram and cpu everytime. Back to the good old socket 7 times, when you could fit any cpu in at any time :beer:

So exactly how long lived is Socket A?

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